Piazzolla, Astor > Chamber Music

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, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Pekarsky, M...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

4 Buenos Aires - Transcriptions for bandonéon & guitar by Astro Piazzolla / Denis Plante, bandoneon; David Jacques, guitar

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-08-28

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle; Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette sequenze;...
Performers: Jacques, David [Classical Guitar]; Plante, Denis

Denis Plante presents transcriptions for bandonéon and guitar of Astor Piazzolla's seminal works. Plante's concept is to enter completely into Piazzolla's musical world - as...continue...
Recording information: Francois Bernier Hall, Domaine Forget, St. Irénée, Queb (02/2012)....continue...

Essential Tangos - Over 2 hours of Lively and passionate dances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita; Angel Villoldo: El choclo, for tango ensemble; Maximo Barbieri: De vuelta y media, tango; Edgardo Donato: A media luz; Vicente Greco: Ojos Negros; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Janssens, Denis Sung-Ho; Pahud, Emmanuel; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Basso, Jose; ; Varela, Hector; Calo, Miguel; Garello, Raul; Sassone, Florindo; Troilo, Anibal; Piazzolla, Astor; Federico, Leopoldo; Pugliese, Osvaldo; Carli, José
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Eroica Trio; Sexteto Mayor; Soledad

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...

Tangos de Piazzolla / Ensemble Triade

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2012-03-27

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Enrico IV; L'évasion, tango (from film, Lumière); Suite troileana, tango suite
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Ensemble: Triade

Astor Piazzolla's name has become synonymous with tango, that epitome of sadness and melancholy expressed in dance and singing. The Argentinian composer and bandonéon player...continue...
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Classical Accordion: Scarlatti, JS Bach, Berio, Mozart, Piazzolla / Ksenia Sidorova, accordion

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Arne Nordheim: Flashing, for accordion; Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831; Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIII, for accordion; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D mino...
Performers: Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]

This is the debut recording from stunning young classical accordionist, Ksenija Sidorova featuring the best contemporary works for classical accordion, alongside well-known transcriptions. The accordi...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

50 Best Tango

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra; Angel Villoldo: El choclo, for tango ensemble; Maximo Barbieri: De vuelta y media, tango; Juan de Dios Filiberto: Quejas de bandoneón, tango;...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne; Posch, Alois
Conductors: Basso, Jose; ; Varela, Hector; Troilo, Anibal; Canaro, Francisco; Pugliese, Osvaldo; Calo, Miguel; Mores, Mariano; Sassone, Florindo; Garello, Raul; Garcia, Carlos; Piazzolla, Astor; Federico, Leopol...
Ensemble: ; Sexteto Mayor

The Piazzolla Project / Jacques Ammon, Artemis String Quartet

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Concierto para quinteto, tango; Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle; Fuga y misterio, tango (from operetta, María de Buenos Aires); Introd...
Performers: Ammon, Jacques; Jacobsen, Volker; Müller, Heime; Prischepenko, Natalia; Runge, Eckart
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Ensemble: Artemis Quartett (String Quartet)

For the past 10 years, Artemis Quartet cellist Eckart Runge has been engaged in a side gig with pianist Jacques Ammon, entitled "Celloproject", playing the...continue...

Tangos de Piazzolla

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2006-03-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Enrico IV; L'évasion, tango (from film, Lumière); Suite troileana, tango suite
Performers: Triade
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Ensemble: Triade

Triad has specialized in chamber arrangements of the Argentin tango-Composer Astor Piazzola. On their new CD Tangos de Piazzolla we get a.o.: Libertango and Adios...continue...
Recording information: www.relief.ch, Switzerland....continue...

Sensations - Music Of Piazzolla / Geir Draugsvoll, Bayan / David Geringas, Cello & Cond. / Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Bandoneón, tango (from Suite Troileana); Concerto for bandoneón, guitar & string orchestra ("Hommage à Liege"); Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & str...
Performers: Draugsvoll, Geir; Geringas, David; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Conductors: Geringas, David

Personnel: Geir Draugsvoll (bayan); David Geringas (cello)....continue...

Tango Sensations / Alban Berg Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-07-13

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations; Tristezas de un Doble A; Eduardo Arolas: El Marne, tango; Juan Carlos Cobian: Mi refugio, tango; Julio de Caro: La rayuela, gran tango milonga; Kurt Schwertsik...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne
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Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartet

This exciting release was recorded live in the Mozartsaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna. The repertoire is not entirely what might by expected from the...continue...
Personnel: Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon).

Recording information: Mozart Hall, Vienna, Austria (2003)....continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio - Channel Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-05-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 4 no 3/RV 301; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("La stravaganza" no 11), Op. 4/11, RV; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; César F...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Hauwe, Walter Van; Henstra, Siebe; Jonathan Manson [Cello/Viola da gamba]; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Marcucci, Alfredo; Pinnock, Trevor; van der Velden, Mieneke; Wilson, Glen; Wispelwe...
Conductors: ; Dijkstra, Peter; Tilkin, Michel; Veldhoven, Jos van
Ensemble: ; Arte dei Suonatori; Capella Figuralis; Diapente Viol Consort; Ensemble Piacevole; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Locke Brass Consort; Love & Lament...

Classic Yo-Yo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Cantata no 75 "Die Elenden sollen essen" BWV 75; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for ban...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Alimjan; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ax, Emanuel; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Console, Hector; Cossin, David; Kahane, Jeffrey; Kasim; Krauss, Alison; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Malvicin...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Ozawa, Seiji; Williams, John;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra); Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; Shanghai National Orchestra; Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Alison Krauss, Bobby McFerrin (vocals); Horacio Malvicino (guitar); Mark O'Connor (mandolin); Antonio Agri, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern (violin); Néstor Marconi (bandoneon); Emanuel A...continue...

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...

Four, for Tango / Cuarteto Latinoamericano

1 CD / New Albion / 1998-03-17

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Four, for Tango; Arturo Márquez: Homenaje a Gismonti; José Evangelista: Spanish Garland; Miguel Del Aguila: Presto no 2; Paquita De Rivera: Wapango; Javier Alvarez: Met...
Performers: Bitrán, Alvaro; Bitrán, Arón; Bitrán, Saúl; Montiel, Javier
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Ensemble: Latinoamericano String Quartet

Eight works by 20th Century Spanish American composers, performed by the Cuarteto Latinoamericano. The San Francisco Chronicle described Cuarteto Latinoamericano as a "first rate ensemble...continue...

Four for Tango - Piazzolla, Turina, et al /Guitars a Quattro

1 CD / Intim Records / 1997-01-15

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Adios nonino; Las estaciones porteños (4); Four, for Tango; Coral; Libertango; Joaquin Turina: Preludio; La oración del torero, Op. 34; Witold Lutoslawski: Folk Melodie...
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Ensemble: Guitars a Quattro

Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...