Piazzolla: El Otro Astor, Music for Guitar and Strings

Most albums of music by the undisputed master of Argentine tango, Astor Piazzolla are still issued at full price but following the success of ‘Café 1930’ (94896) with guitarist Andrea Dieci and violinist Piercarlo Sacco, Brilliant Classics presents some of the composer’s best-loved ensemble works. The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires is a chic 20th-century counterpart to Vivaldi’s cycle of violin concertos, and has been paired as such in performance and on record by Gidon Kremer among others, as Piazzolla’s music has always been susceptible to sympathetic arrangement; here the cycle of four character pieces is performed in a version (created by the guitarist Giorgio Mirto, who has made many albums for Brilliant Classics) nearer to its origins as a piece for Piazzolla to play on bandoneon with his tango quartet.

Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Artists: Quartett Orfeo, Alessio Nebiolo guitar, Nadio Marenco accordion, Alessandro Schillaci double bass


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The five Tango Sensations are heard in an arrangement adapted from one made by Manuel Barrueco, where the solo bandoneon part has been reassigned to the guitar, rather than the more common arrangements for chamber orchestra which arose after Piazzolla’s death in 1990; the recording sessions with the Kronos Quartet were the last he attended, and the music itself may reflect a ‘late’ character of melancholy which is shared by the concerto he wrote in 1985 for bandoneon and guitar. Here the parts for string orchestra are played one to a part by the members of QuartettOrfeo, an exciting young string quartet based in Rome. The album is rounded off by an arrangement made especially for this recording of the Ave maria which has become such a signature tune for Piazzolla, and featured on many film soundtracks.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Astor Piazzolla: The Four Sesasons of Buenos Aires: I. Primavera porteña
00:07:23 Astor Piazzolla: The Four Sesasons of Buenos Aires: II. Invierno porteño
00:11:56 Astor Piazzolla: The Four Sesasons of Buenos Aires: III. Otoño porteño
00:16:48 Astor Piazzolla: The Four Sesasons of Buenos Aires: IV. Verano porteño
00:23:47 Astor Piazzolla: The Five Tango Sensations: I. Asleep
00:28:53 Astor Piazzolla: The Five Tango Sensations: II. Loving
00:34:43 Astor Piazzolla: The Five Tango Sensations: III. Anxiety
00:39:34 Astor Piazzolla: The Five Tango Sensations: IV. Despertar
00:46:12 Astor Piazzolla: The Five Tango Sensations: V. Fear
00:50:26 Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon, Guitar and String Orchestra: I. Introduction
00:54:59 Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon, Guitar and String Orchestra: II. Milonga
01:00:52 Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon, Guitar and String Orchestra: III. Tango
01:08:02 Astor Piazzolla: Ave Maria



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