Piazzolla, Astor > Le Grand Tango

The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings

8 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-11-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito, tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; Histoire du tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos, tango; Le Grand Tango; Revirado; Pacho...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sérgio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Peka...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

Transatlantic - Ravel: Sonatine; et al / Kam, Presland

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Victor Steinhardt: Tango, for violin & piano; Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique; Dave Grusin: Central Park Tango, for violin & piano;...
Performers: Carole Presland; Kam, Ning

Changing Colors - works for cello & piano by Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Piazzolla et al. / Duo Anger-Gerassimez

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Robert Schumann: Arabeske for pia...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Anger-Gerassimez (Cello, Piano)

These two young musicians have won numerous awards, ranging from the prize of the Concours Rostropovich for cellist Norbert Anger to the first prize and...continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla, Berlin, Germany (07/25/2011-07/27/2011)....continue...

Piazzolla: Chamber Music / Interensemble Padova

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette sequenze; Tres Piezas, for guitar; Preludes (3) for piano; Le Grand Tango; Adi&oacu...
Performers: Antonello, Stefano; Beggio, Bernardino; Fagiuoli, Alessandro; Paccagnella, Luca; Pavin, Marco
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Ensemble: Interensemble Padova

Born in Argentina in 1921, Ástor Piazzolla grew up in New York before eventually returning to his homeland in 1955. One of the finest composers...continue...
Recording information: Cappella di Santa Maria dei Servi, Auditorium Maddalena (12/28/1995-02/11/1996)....continue...

Piazzolla: Tango Distinto - Music for Solo Trombone & Ensemble by Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Piazzolla / Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Michelangelo 70; Histoire du Tango; Soledad; Le Grand Tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel se...
Performers: Adams, Samuel [Bass]; Brunetti, Octavio; Choi, Arnold; Del Curto, Hector; Garcia, Raul Y Su Grupo Kabildo; Giraudo, Pedro; Han, Jiyun; Liarmakopoulos, Achilles; Powis, Simon; Rosenbaum, Ian; Scheid, ...

Legendary tango performer and composer Astor Piazzolla gained experience of jazz in New York and classical form and technique through studies with Alberto Ginastera. His...continue...
Recording information: Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT....continue...

Homage

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 3; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a Theme by Handel, WoO 45; Sergey ...
Performers: McVicar, Corey; Ward, Alicia

Recording information: Spencerville Church, Silver Spring, Maryland....continue...

Shuffle.Play.Listen / Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

2 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2011-09-27

Works: Christopher O'Riley: Vertigo Suite, for cello & piano (after Bernard Herrmann); Leos Janácek: Fairy tale; Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: ...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; O'Riley, Christopher

"Mr. Haimovitz's singing tone is a substantial asset in folksy works by Janacek and Martinu, with Mr. O'Riley providing polished, responsive support. Interspersing those works...continue...
Recording information: Multimedia Room, Schulrich School of Music, McGill Univ (06/19/2011-06/23/2011).

Cellist Matt Haimovitz has included arrangements of rock songs on his recordings and made...continue...

Gidon Kremer - Hommage à Piazzolla

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-09-20

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito; Enrico IV; Escualo; History of the Tango; Concierto para quinteto; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos; Le Grand Tango; Jerzy Peterburshsky: El sol sue&n...
Performers: Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Friedrich; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Pekarsky, Mark; Portal, Michel; Posch, Alois; Sakharov, Vadim; Tonkha, Vladimir

"...This is one of the most effective Piazzolla discs I have heard by anyone other than Piazzolla himself. Kremer and crew capture the bittersweet character...continue...

Antonio Lysy at The Broad: Music From Argentina - Ginastera, Piazzolla, Schifrin

1 CD / Yarlung / 2011-06-28

Works: Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana no 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21; Cinco Canciones Populares Argentinas, Op. 10; Puneña no 2 for cello ("Hommage à Paul Sacher"), Op. 45; José Bragato: Graci...
Performers: Levy, Phillip [Violin]; Lysy, Antonio; Pezzone, Bryan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capitol Ensemble

Latin GRAMMY Award-winning recording now widely available
This music champions the rich soul of Argentina, and 'cellist Antonio Lysy makes excellent use of his...continue...
Recording information: Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA, USA (06/08/2009-06/09/2009)....continue...

Journey

1 CD / Tina Guo / 2011-06-14

Works: Nuno Malo: Amalia; Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 3; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Tina Guo: Winter Star, for cello & electronics; Winter...
Performers: Boaz, Jamison; Dicandia, Thomas "Baraka"; Guo, Tina; Miller, Jason Charles; Sobel, Glen; Utomo, Christine

Recording information: Baraka Studios; Central Command Studios; Singapore.

Tina Guo's 2011 release, The Journey, is a crossover album of a few familiar classical selections and a majority of or...continue...

Trio d'Ante play Astor Piazzolla & Enrique Arbos

1 CD / Gramola / 2011-01-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle; Enrico IV; Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); La muerte del ángel, tango (from Ange...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio D'Ante

Music from Argentina and Spain is the subject of this new recording by the prize-winning Trio D’Ante. The Tres piezas originales al estilo español Op....continue...
Recording information: Franz Liszt Zentrum, Raiding, Burgenland (04/20/2010/04/21/2010)....continue...

Song of the Birds: Spanish & Latin cello music

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2010-11-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Suite Populaire Espagnole; Pablo de Sarasate: Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 23; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Enriqu...
Performers: Gibson, Tannis; Green, Nancy

Recording information: Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music and (08/2008)....continue...

Bartok, Debussy, Piazzolla, Schubert, Widmann / Yang, Grisanti, Oeler

1 CD / Oehms / 2009-05-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, D 934/Op. 159; Béla Bartók: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 86; J...
Performers: Grisanti, Marco; Oeler, Harald; Yang, Sinn

Schoenfield: Café Music; Gershwin, Piazzolla, Turina / Trio Solisti

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-05-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle; Le Grand Tango; Paul Schoenfield: Café Music, for piano trio; Joaquín Turina: Trio for Piano a...
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Ensemble: Trio Solisti

Trio Solisti's new disc, Cafe Music, based on the title of Paul Schoenfield's popular trio, is a program full of surprise and high spirits. Beginning...continue...

Tango!

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-11-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del Angel; Enrico IV; Le Grand Tango; Four, for Tango; Las estaciones porteñas (4); Libertango; Erwin Schulhoff: Pieces (5) for string quartet
Performers: Cords, Nicholas; Jacobsen, Colin [Violin]; Perez, Vanessa; Vogler, Jan; Wang, Mira [Violin]

Jan Vogler has become one of today's most sought-after cellists. He is known for his decisive musical concepts and singing playing style. During the last...continue...
Personnel: Jan Vogler (cello); Colin Jacobsen (violin); Vanessa Perez (piano).

Recording information: Studio Manfred Knoop Music, NJ....continue...

Tango Nuevo - Astor Piazzolla, Markus Horn / Duo Villarceaux

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2008-09-30

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Maria de Buenos Aires; Suite Troileana; Markus Horn: Memoria; Tren a Constitución; Tormenta; Cielo del sur; Variations (8) on "Libertango"
Performers: Mosch, Judith; Sostmann, Alexandra
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Ensemble: Duo Villarceaux

Seresta - Music from South America / Merker, Admik, Vargas, Lindner

1 CD / Antes / 2008-06-17

Works: José Bragato: Milontan; Graciela y Buenos Aires; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana no 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21; Francisco Mignone: Modinha; Miloslav Kabel&aacut...
Performers: Admik, Anna; Lindner, Wolfgang; Merker, Martin; Vargas, Marília

This CD is like a musical journey through South America. The road leads from the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires to North-eastern Brazil, yet simultaneously from...continue...

Freuz: Liebelieder; Enescu, Glinka, Piazzolla / Laurent Rochat, Miaomiao Li

1 CD / Doron / 2008-05-07

Works: Emil Kreuz: Liebeslieder for Viola and Piano, Op. 5, no 1; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Mikhail Glinka: Sonata for Viola and Piano in D minor; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Performers: Li, Miaomiao; Rochat, Laurent

Tango Romances - Piazzolla, Bragato / Devich Trio

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle; Enrico IV; Le Grand Tango; Revolucionario, tango; La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Jos...
Performers: Devich, Hanna; Havelaar, Jasper
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Ensemble: Devich Trio

What started as the trio's concert encore has resulted in a whole CD filled with nine musical gems from the Argetinean tango master and his...continue...

Le Grand Tango - Piazzolla / Eichhorn, Berger, Gallardo

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-04-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Las estaciones porteñas (4); Enrico IV; Revirado; Adiós Nonino, tango; Milonga del Angel; Fracanapa, tango; Le Grand Tango
Performers: Berger, Julius; Eichhorn, Friedemann; Gallardo, José [Piano]

A unique program not available anywhere else, this is a delightful disc of Spanish and Latin-flavored music for violin and guitar....continue...

Viola Voilà - Schubert, Stravinsky / E. Apituley, R. Tanaka

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Riccardo Drigo: Valse Bluette; Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio for Viola solo, Op. 55 no 9; John Cage: Dream; Igor Stravinsky: Elegy, for viola (o...
Performers: Apituley, Esther; Calmes, Eric; Dagelet, Hans; Tanaka, Rie
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Ensemble: Amsterdam Viola Quartet

Esther Apituley is one of the greatest viola players of our time, alongside Kim Kashkashian and Yuri Bashmet. This broad, balanced program is a strong...continue...

Junctions - Rzewski, Piazzolla, Adams, Bolcom, etc / Split Second

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2007-01-01

Works: John Adams: Hallelujah Junction; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Frederic Rzewski: Four North American Ballads; Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez: Calacas y Palomas, for 2 pianos; William Bolcom: R...
Performers: Split Second Piano Ensemble

Split Second has been offering works for four hands at one piano and two pianos for over a decade. The duo is widely recognized for...continue...

Gulda meets Piazzolla and Gulda / Paul Gulda, Jan Pas

1 CD / Edition HERA / 2005-12-01

Works: Friedrich Gulda: Concerto for Cello; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Las estaciones porteñas (4); Tanti Anni Prima
Performers: Gulda, Paul; Pas, Jan; Pas-Van Riet, Gaby
Conductors: Gulda, Paul
Ensemble: SW German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart

"This project seems to be very much a labor of love with family overtones. Paul Gulda's parents both died in close succession (1999 and 2000),...continue...

Richter 6.2 / Paulina Zamora, John Milbauer

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-10-18

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Maurice Ravel: La valse
Performers: Milbauer, John; Zamora, Paulina

Debut - Piazzolla, Falla, etc / Gerhardt, Dokshinsky

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Fritz Kreisler: Danse Espagnol; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Enriqué Granados: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37; Colección (7) de canciones a...
Performers: Dokshinsky, Rina; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]

Le Grand Tango / Yvonne Timoianu

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-11-01

Works: Joaquin Nin: Seguida española; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Sonata, for cello & piano no 2, A. 103 (Op. 46)
Performers: Preda, Alexander; Timoianu, Yvonne

Piazzolla: Le Gran Tango / Marcucci, Storer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-05-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Fugata, tango; Otoño porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas [The Four Seasons]); Milonga en ré, tango for violin (or cello) & piano; Tango Su...
Performers: Katona, Peter; Katona, Zoltan; Marcucci, Alfredo; Storer, Daniel; Twins, Katona
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Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet; Katona Twins

This CD features Piazzolla's original guitar duet, the 'Tango Suite', and several other pieces that the Katonas have arranged over the last couple of years....continue...
Personnel: Alfredo Marcucci (bandoneon).

Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (06/2002)....continue...

Latin American Journey / Duo Turgeon

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2004-01-27

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; Manuel Ponce: Idilio Mexicano, for 2 pianos; Octavio Pinto: Scenas Infantis, for 2 pianos; Francisco Mignone: Second piano part for Ernesto Nazareth's Travesso; Valsa...

"Duo Turgeon: Anne Louise-Turgeon & Edward Turgeon Following the success of their first Marquis recording, Romantic Dances (MAR 241) Duo Turgeon presents Latin American Journey,...continue...

Cello Matters - Pitombeira, Schnyder, et al / Dennis Parker

1 CD / Centaur / 2003-02-07

Works: Liduino Pitombeira: Concerto for Cello, Op. 53; Daniel Schnyder: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango; David Nathaniel Baker: Singers of Songs/Weavers of Dreams
Performers: Grimes, Jan; Kingan, Michael; Parker, Dennis
Conductors: Parker, Dennis
Ensemble: LSU Volunteer Chamber Orchestra

Alma Latina - The Latin Soul of the Cello / Colón, Mo

1 CD / Klavier / 2002-01-01

Works: Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana no 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21; Manuel Ponce: Estrellita for voice & piano (or orchestra); Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Astor Piazzolla: Le G...
Performers: Colon, Emilio

Oblivión - Piazzolla, Nin: Cello Works / Beiser, de Mare

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-06-22

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Adios nonino; Le Grand Tango; La Mufa; Joaquin Nin: Suite espagñole for Cello and Piano; Comentarios (4) for Cello and Piano; Cantos populares españoles (20)
Performers: Beiser, Maya; de Mare, Anthony

This beautiful new release brings the special sounds of Astor Piazzolla and Joaquin Nin together with the intimate tones of cello and piano for a...continue...

Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-11-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Tango Suite for 2 guitars; Regreso al amor, tango song (from Sur); Le Grand Tango; Fugata, tango; Mumuki, tango; Tres minutos con la realidad; Milonga del Angel; History ...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Castro-Neves, Oscar; Corliss, Frank; Gandini, Gerardo; Ma, Yo-Yo; Malvicino, Horacio; Marconi, Leonardo; Marconi, Nestor; Piazzo...

This disc contains a multimedia portion.

SOUL OF THE TANGO received the 1999 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album." 'Tango Remembrances' was nominated for the Award for "Best Instr...continue...

The Love Collection

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-06-01

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mino...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Camden, Anthony; Cejka, Jozef; Chang, Hae-Won; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jablokov, Alexander; Jando, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kliegel, Maria; Kraft, N...
Conductors: Edlinger, Richard; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Antal, Mátyás; Wildner, Johannes; Ward, Nicholas; Krcek, Jaroslav; Stankovsky, Robert; Kopelman,...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra