The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla
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Composer: Astor PiazzollaPerformer: Gerald Joseph (Gerry) Mulligan
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-02-14
Music Label: World Music Network
Soundtracks:
- Libertango
- Revirado
- Otono Porteno
- 20 Years Ago
- Golazo
- Bandoneon
- Tres Minutos Con La Realidad
- Milonga Del Angel
- Tanguedia 1
- Tanguedia 2
- Tanguedia 3
- Vuelvo Al Sur
- Los Suenos
- Adios Nonino
The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla Poster
Astor Piazzolla is arguably the greatest tango musician of all time and, from the 1950s onwards, he continued to experiment to test the limits of the genre. A virtuoso on the bandone?n, a brilliant composer, arranger and bandleader, Piazzolla conjured a sound that fused the evolutionary tangos of An?bal Troilo, jazz, ambient and classical avant-garde aberrations. The Rough Guide To Astor Piazzolla is a soundtrack to the teeming city of Buenos Aires - peopled by colourful characters and incredible stories - and reflects his remarkable lifetime achievement.Before Piazzolla, Argentinean tango, whether performed in a Buenos Aires waterfront dive or cafe society bo?te, was primarily music for a dance famously described as a "vertical expression of a horizontal desire." But filtered through Piazzolla's cosmopolitan outlook and intellect, it became a sophisticated yet still searingly sexy fusion of Argentina's rural milonga and African derived candombe styles with American jazz, European pop and 20th-century classical influences. Today, it's hard to believe that nuevo tango initially raised howls of indignation as Piazzolla's spell-binding bandoneon (accordion) and compositions ultimately won over the traditionalists. This compilation includes many of the late Maestro's best-known tunes, such as Libertango and two versions of Adios Nonino, an elegy for his father. From the percussive, Shostakovich-like thrust of Tres Minutos Con La Realidad to the keening, fatalistic bitterness of Milonga Del Angel, it is a collection to treasure, ideal for beginners and enlightening for collectors. --Christina Roden
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