Astor Piazzolla Tango

Astor Piazzolla & Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Live in Colonia 1984
FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Artwork | Size: 699 MB / 2xCD
Cat#: Intuition INT 3343 2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Tango | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Brilliantly capturing the essence of this true legend at this live gig recorded almost twenty years ago at the end of a 30 date european tour, they were fired up and ready for it.

Astor Piazzolla - Ma'alot Quintet - Chamber Music: Estaciones Portenas / Tango Ballet / Histoire Du Tango / Four for Tango
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 228 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG # "Gold" 345 1392-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Chamber Music

…This disc is definitely not for the listener who turns to Piazzolla to find immersion in the dark mood of Buenos Aires at the zero hour, but it is recommended to those following the still-evolving understanding of this unique creative figure of the twentieth century.

Astor Piazzolla & Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Live in Colonia 1984
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 543 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Intuition # INT 3343 2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: World & Folk | Style: Latin, Tango

"Brilliantly capturing the essence of this true legend at this live gig recorded almost twenty years ago at the end of a 30 date european tour, they were fired up and ready for it."

Inspired by a general love of the tango, and more specifically the tango of Astor Piazzolla, on the part of Yo-Yo Ma, the Soul of the Tango album is a masterful work of the nuevo tango, played by Ma's cello and many of Piazzolla's former associates. Piazzolla's old guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad even showed up to work on a pair of tracks arranged by Sergio: the Tango Suite (consisting of Andante and Allegro). The sheer beauty of one of Piazzolla's tangos is generally enough to warrant the purchase of an album involving them. An album such as this one, where all of the songs (save one: Tango Remembrances, where Ma plays along with outtakes from Piazzolla's recording of The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night album) are compositions by Piazzolla is even better. Add to this the masterful playing of Ma, and the surprising facility in which the cello fits into the tango, and you've got what could become a classic album, if only it weren't on the classical label from Sony.

A rendition of a tango operita, commissioned by the Argentinian Ministry of Culture (this rendition anyway), was revived by violinist Gidon Kremer, who had such a love for the original LPs from Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer that he wanted to recreate the music. Ferrer was kept on as El Duende (the Goblin) – the role that he created when he wrote the libretto thirty years earlier. Regrettably, Piazzolla had passed on prior to the remake. Nonetheless, the arrangements and orchestrations are remarkable. The suffering and the passion of Maria (the main character in the show) are perfectly portrayed by the tango. The music changes forms as her character progresses, taking on traditional tangos, modern tangos, milongas, waltzes, and other styles to reflect changes in Maria. The music is always well-composed. This is an opera for the display of modern music, and the tango of Piazzolla is modern music at its finest.