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In the South: Works for string quartet by Wolf, Puccini, Verdi, Turina, Piazzolla, Paganini / Brodsky Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Hugo Wolf: Serenade for String Quartet in G major "Italian Serenade"; Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet for Strings in E minor; Joaquín Turina: L...

The Brodsky Quartet here turns to the sunshine, bright colors, and deep passions of the South, performing Latin-inspired music for string quartet by composers who...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/28/2012-10/30/2012)....continue...

Fiesta Criolla: Latin American Orchestral Works

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milongón festivo, for bandoneon, guitar & orchestra; Manuel Gómez Carillo: Fiesta Criolla, for orchestra; Rapsodia Santiagueña, for orchestra; Juan José Castro: A...
Performers: Chastain, Nora
Conductors: Castagna, Gabriel
Ensemble: Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlinger

Enjoy a veritable feast of early to mid-twentieth century orchestral music by composers from Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Columbia. The works are all premier recordings,...continue...
Recording information: Studio, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (03/19/2010-03/20/2010)....continue...

Dances / Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-07-27

Works: Egberto Gismonti: Baiao Malandro for 2 guitars; Eduardo Martín: Hasta Alicia Baila, for guitar quartet; Andy Scott: Seven Dances and 'No Looking Back', for guitar quartet; Luigi Boccherini: In...
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Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

The percussive capability of the guitar lends itself extremely well to the rhythmic energy of many dance forms. The music that the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet...continue...
Recording information: The Grand, Lancashire, England (02/20/2010-02/21/2010)....continue...

Dance / Kathryn Scott

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-10-28

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5; Alberto Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa; Béla Bartók: Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56; Antonin Dvorák: Dumka for...
Performers: Stott, Kathryn

Kathryn Stott writes "This year is very much a celebration for me – a fiftieth birthday and thirty years on the concert platform! When Ralph...continue...

Piazzolla: Symphonic Works Vol 2 / Castagna, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires, for orchestra ("Tres Movimentos Sinfónicos"); Concerto for bandoneón & orchestra ("Aconcagua"); Mar del Plata 70, tango; Las estaciones porte&nt...
Performers: Mosalini, Juan Jose
Conductors: Castagna, Gabriel
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

The Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla is best remembered for his tangos, which in their orchestral form combine the raw energy of the dance with the...continue...

Escenas Argentinas - A Symphonic Anthology

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Carlos López-Buchardo: Escenas Argentinas, symphonic poem; Julián Aguirre: Danze Argentine (2), for orchestra (orch. by Ernest Ansermet); Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo, for orchestra; Luis Giann...
Performers: Orquesta Sinfonica de Entre Rios
Conductors: Castagna, Gabriel

The music on this CD is full of color and energy, full of striking rhythms and harmonies. "...if any recording can make you appreciate Ginastera's...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Municipal, Parana, Provincia de Entre Rios, Arge (06/19/1999-06/21/1999)....continue...

Song of the Angel - Piazzolla / Crabb, Tognetti, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon; Tangos (3) for Bandoneón and Orchestra; Milonga del Angel; Vayamos al diablo; Romance del diablo; La muerte del Angel; Tanguedia; Enrico IV
Performers: Crabb, James; Martin, Ben
Conductors: Tognetti, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra

Piazzola: Symphonic Works Vol 1 / Castagna, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo, for orchestra; Tres movimientos tanguísticos porteños, for orchestra; Milonga del Angel; Sinfonietta, chamber orchestra
Conductors: Castagna, Gabriel
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

BBC Music Magazine
Gabriel Castagna has already proved himself something of a Piazzolla specialist... all the performances sound affectionate and thoroughly idiomatic, and overall it's an...continue...

Piazzola: Symphonic Works Vol 1 / Castagna, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo, for orchestra; Tres movimientos tanguísticos porteños, for orchestra; Milonga del Angel; Sinfonietta, chamber orchestra
Conductors: Castagna, Gabriel
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

BBC Music Magazine
Gabriel Castagna has already proved himself something of a Piazzolla specialist... all the performances sound affectionate and thoroughly idiomatic, and overall it's an...continue...

La guitarra latina / Eleftheria Kotzia

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Roland Dyens: Tango en Skai, for guitar; Hector Ayala: Serie Americana, suite for guitar; Ernesto Cordero: Cantigas (3) negras, for guitar; Edmundo Vàsquez: Auzielle, milonga for guitar; Joao Te...
Performers: Kotzia, Eleftheria