Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla strove during the early part of his career to become a classical composer, writing music in conventional classical forms and traveling to Paris to study with the famed pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. (She told him to stick with the tango.) Various recordings, most notably those by violinist Gidon Kremer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, have offered the music of the mature Piazzolla in arrangements for classical ensembles, but only this novel release from Delos has explored manifestations of Piazzolla ...
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Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla strove during the early part of his career to become a classical composer, writing music in conventional classical forms and traveling to Paris to study with the famed pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. (She told him to stick with the tango.) Various recordings, most notably those by violinist Gidon Kremer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, have offered the music of the mature Piazzolla in arrangements for classical ensembles, but only this novel release from Delos has explored manifestations of Piazzolla's work within a purely classical sphere. This disc includes an early work by Piazzolla for bandoneón (the Argentine concertina Piazzolla himself played) and orchestra, the Tres movimientos sinfónicos of 1953, together with a famous Piazzolla tango (Oblivion) and two pieces by contemporary Argentine composer Luis Bacalov. One of these is Bacalov's short theme from the hit Italian film Il Postino. The other is an ambitious Triple Concerto for Bandoneón, Soprano, Piano, and Orchestra,...
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