"Toccata in Dm" J.S. Bach played on accordion by Charles Magnante

Charles rarely ventured into the baroque repertoire with his standard accordion arrangements, but here's a wonderful exception. "Toccata" is Italian for "touch" & such a composition is meant to show off a keyboard performers finger dexterity. So, although the standard accordion was not designed for elaborate left-hand solo work, Charles's virtuosic adaptation of this organ thriller offers the listener a pleasurable musical experience.
N.B. Some musical scholars claim that Johan Sebastian Bach didn't write the Toccata & Fugue in D minor. And I totally agree with them...as Mark Twain would say...it was written by "a different man with exactly the same name."

[@gloriagarrison8055]

Stancato School of Accordion circa 1955 age 10..I have his arrangement of Malaguena . Thank you for sharing this .

[@accordionland1205]

Thank you Gloria! Charles is certainly a giant figure in the history of the accordion. The first arrangement of his I ever played was "Andalucia" & I really loved it.

[@RobertKarlBerta]

I play this on my piano accordion with Stradella bass. The Fugue part of this isn't played here but to play correctly you need a free bass. I do have a converter free bass when I need to play both movements.

[@accordionland1205]

I agree, the fugue part should not even be attempted on a stradella accordion.

[@nathanhamidi3585]

Is he playing a free bass or stradella?

[@accordionland1205]

Charles was exclusively a stradella artist.