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Tango, anyone?

Discover ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
and why his music has become a favorite
of today's classical performing artists

But don't judge a CD by its cover! This is not your typical ballroom-dancing, double-dipping tango music. Sure, you could dance to it if you wish, but don't be surprised if instead you found yourself listening to it over and over again.

FanFaire viewers were first introduced to Piazzolla's music by the Rossetti Quartet, his Tango Ballett being among the selections of the Quartet's first CD (an earlier FanFaire CD Giveaway). It made an excellent chamber music piece. And if one paid attention to recent CD releases and today's evolving concert repertoire, he/she would discover that Piazzolla, who has long had a following outside the classical music world, has (since his passing in 1992) caught the attention of today's classical musicians. They are perhaps drawn to the unique character, the complex rhythms, and the vibrant colors of his music (widely punctuated by the accordion-like sound of his treasured "bandoneon"). And perhaps perplexed by the unique style in which he has blended classical and jazz elements into the traditional tango music of his beloved Argentina - creating a new music that is at once fun (played by bands and heard on the dance floor) and serious (today performed by some of the world's august symphony orchestras).
Fuga y Misterio (Track 1)
Concierto de Nacar
Lento Melancolico (Track 3)
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Inverno Porteño (Track 8)

Among the other renowned musicians who have embraced Piazzolla's music are conductor/cellist Mstislav Rostropovich - who commissioned Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango, conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim (Argentinian by birth) - whose recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra include Piazzolla's Adios Nonino and Decarissimo, violinist Gidon Kremer who has performed Piazzolla's works on record and in concert (with the Kremerata Baltica), and cellist Yo-yo Ma who in 1997 recorded an album of Piazzolla's music called "The Soul of the Tango".

The present CD features the Trio Fundacion Astor Piazzolla (with Marcelo Jaime Nisinman - bandoneon, Sebastian Foster - piano, and Timora Rosler - cello) and the Orquesta de Camara Mayo, conducted by Pedro Ignacio Calderon.The centerpiece of the CD is the Concerto de Nacar, arranged for Trio and String Orchestra, which premiered at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The 4-part Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas and Adios Nonino are the other major pieces composed for orchestra, while Fuga y Misterio and Concierto Para Quinteto, though possible scored for a bigger ensemble are here performed by the Trio alone. The musicians, "anointed" either by their close association with the composer or devotion to his works, are clearly worthy interpreters of Piazzolla's music.

Click for brief biography of Astor Piazzolla and to join the FREE PIAZZOLLA CD GIVEAWAY.


FRONT PAGE GRAMMY 2001
WINNERS 		SOUNDTRACKS: Classical Music goes to the Movies A NEW BREED OF CROSSOVERS
 		HIGH AND LOW VOICES A LITTLE WORLD MUSIC CDs FROM THE RECENT PAST


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