Astor Piazzolla & New Tango Quintet - Tango: Zero Hour
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Free Music Review: Tango evolved to its most abstract and profound expression
Hit: 5 Stars
Im ashamed to say I began listening to Piazzola at my mid thirties... well, better late than never... Im not a music critic, but all I can say is that Tango has a higher dimmension where it becomes universal and mayble the category of jazz (higher jazz that is) is best to classify it.
Tango is tragic and sensuous... listening to Piazzolla is like listening to classical music quintent.. at the same level it is..
Free Music Review: A must
Hit: 5 Stars
This is music to breathe and dream to. Piazolla at his best is probably the most enchanting and transcendental. It takes a Master Extraordinaire to make music like this, Piazolla's recordings only get better with age and never outdated because it is made up of the spirit and passions of a life lived richly. The Melancholy laments of the Bandoneon is truly one of the most haunting, nostalgic most beautiful musical Innovations ever made and noone interprets the manic poetry of it like Piazolla. I can't say much more then what the others have said here but this belongs in every serious music afficianado's collection.Free Music Review: The most passionate music I've ever listened to
Hit: 5 Stars
"Tango: Zero Hour" is, according to Piazzola himself, his masterpiece. This album is second to none in passion and musicianship. Listening to "Contrabajisimo" and "Concierto Para Quinteto" and not shedding one single tear is a certificate of one's total lack of emotions.Free Music Review: A poet of the timeless tango!
Hit: 5 Stars
Piazolla was a master without restrictions . His approach to the tango is more than a simple coincidence . It was a real twist of fate .
When Gardel knew about his virtouosity (being a teenager) , he requested the permission to hire him , but this petition was denied by Piazzola ' s father. That request was just the last tour in Gardel 's life . So, when Gardel dies in that no sense and stupid accident in Medellin (Colombia) , Piazzola felt the inner solitude and he decided to transform the tango and carrying it to a top level. He decided to study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and the rest is story.
The Milonga del angel is one of his greatest compositions , but his expressiveness and powerful sense of musicality are out from his own time. Died on 1992 July 5, his name keeps growing among the new music lovers.
Since my favorite Piazzola one is Adios Nonino (in memoriam of his recent died father), works such Tangedia or Mumuki are loaded of tragical mood .
He composed la balada para un loco (The ballad for a mad )sung for Amelita Baltar his wife in that age.
His status as artist has so many virtues that you will be surprised with his rapture inspiration. I was an exception witness when I saw him twice in Caracas in 1977, when Aldemaro Romero a venezuelan conductor and gifted composer invited him for The New Wave Festival playing with the Caracas Philarmonic Orchestra, one of the best historical orchestras (if not the best) in the story of my country.
Enter into Piazzola world and you will be rewarded.
Free Music Review: Beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
I will just say that this is a beautiful work. Piazzolla is a master of emotions, he really knows that music is the universal languague of the heart. Particularly breathtaking is Milonga del Angel, a slow, rather melancholic tune. It makes you think of a rainy Buenos Aires on a dark winter night...
What can I say, stop wasting your time, get this CD, lay on your couch and be prepared to be transported by this genius of what the heart and soul sing...