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Tribute to Piazzollo / Ernesto Acher & CO

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Prepárense, tango; Lo que vendra; Marrón y azul, tango; Bandó, tango; Mufa 72, tango; Enrico IV; Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, tango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, ...
Performers: Alfija, Gubaidullina; Barraquero, Cecilia; Bru, Marcelo [Cello]; Falasca, Daniel; Falasca, Tomas [Double Bass]; Falconi, Gabriel; Lulja, Demir; Masci, Sebastian; Medina, Claudio; Medina, Grace; Muran...
Conductors: Acher, Ernesto
Ensemble: ; Ernesto Acher Chamber Orchestra

Argentinean composer, arranger, and musician, Acher, directed and arranged this tribute to Piazzolla performed by a twenty one piece chamber orchestra. The compositional challenge, in...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires (11/2011)....continue...

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

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...

El Ultimo Tango Plays Astor Piazzolla

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Decaríssimo; Preludio 1953; Bragatissimo; Buenos Aires hora zero; Lunfardo; Adios nonino; Enrico IV; Las estaciones porteñas (4)
Performers: Bricht, Nicolas; Goodchild, Mark; O'Brien, Mark; Thomas, Fred Lezama; Vassallo, Eduardo

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...

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

Andy Miles, clarinet: Crossing Borders

1 CD / Telos / 2011-03-29

Works: Thelonious Monk: Round Midnight, song; Astor Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires; Enrico IV; L'histoire du tango; Rolf Kühn: String Connection with Clarinet, for clarinet, string quartet & d...
Performers: Arndt, Andreas; Fuhr, Dietmar [Bass]; Miles, Andy; Nuss, Hubert; Sahinoglu, Selcuk

Recording information: TV studio Türkshow in Cologne (02/24/2008)....continue...

He and Carmen

1 CD / Inakustik / 2010-08-10

Works: Cseke Gábor: Exordium; Entr'acte (after Bizet); Astor Piazzolla: Cafe 1930 for flute and guitar; Double Concerto; Fugata, tango; Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Libertango...
Performers: Alfonsi, Peo; Cseke, Gabor; DiMeola, Al; Hars, Viktor; Horgas, Eszter; Kaszas, Peter; Lantos, Zoltan; Ortiz, Gumbi

Recording information: Syma Csarnok, Budapest (11/14/2008)....continue...

At Home with Friends

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-09-29

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; John Dowland: Come Again; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso; Traditional: Para Ti; Richard Rodgers: My Funny Valentine; I'll Take Manhattan...
Performers: Abt-Greenfield, Meryl; Bell, Joshua; Blinn, David; Botti, Chris; Bush, Sam; Chatterjee, Samir; Chenoweth, Kristin; Childs, Billy; Denk, Jeremy; Eggar, Dave [Piano]; Erdody, Stephen; Finck, David; Gro...
Conductors: Redford, J.A.C.;
Ensemble: ; Tiempo Libre

The concept of 'At Home With Friends' was inspired by Bell's long-time practice of holding "musical soirees" at his New York residence - eclectic gatherings...continue...
Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Frankie Moreno, Regina Spektor (vocals, piano); Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Sting (vocals); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Sam Bush, Mike Marshall (guitar, mandolin); Ro...continue...

Jokes / Quintetto Bislacco

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; La muerte del Angel; Melodia in A minor; Bernardo Stalman: Pizzicato Milongueado; Traditional: Celtic Dance; Paul McCa...
Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Fioravanti, Gustavo; Galfetti, Duilio; Radaelli, Marco; Zagato, Walter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quintetto Bislacco

Founded a few years ago by five musicians rather bored by their daily routine, Quintetto Bislacco resolved to fight against the torpor that rules over...continue...

Piazzolla: Andares; Sánchez, Angarita, Piana, Russ / Russ, Débora Russ Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Aeon / 2009-06-09

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires; Preludio para el año 3001 (Rinasceró); Será que estoy llorando; Ausencias; Pequeña canción para Matilde; Adios nonino; Liber...
Performers: Allemand, Lionel; Angarita, Mauricio; Guanzini, Laurent; Ruault, Benoit; Russ, Débora; Strouk, Samuel
Conductors: Angarita, Mauricio
Ensemble: Débora Russ Ensemble

With this album, aeon pursues the adventure initiated two years ago by singer Debora Russ, who interprets some of her own songs, set to music...continue...

Mozart's Blue Dreams and Other Crossover Fantasies

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-05-12

Works: Hector Martignon / Joe Burgstaller: Mozart's Blue Dreams, for jazz ensemble (based on Mozart's Piano Sonata no 11 in A major (Alla Turc; Hector Martignon: Chopin Meets Jobim; Duke Ellington: Echoes o...
Performers: Burgstaller Martignon 4; Burgstaller, Joe; Ferrari, John; Glawischnig, Hans; Martignon, Hector
Conductors:
Ensemble: Burgstaller Martignon 4

Incredibly played, fun outing led by trumpet player Joe Burgstaller (Canadian Brass) and the exceptional piano wizardy of Grammy and Oscar-nominated Hector Martignon. A fabulous...continue...
: Joe Burgstaller (piccolo, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Hector Martignon (piano); John Ferrari (vibraphone, marimba, drums); Hans Glawischnig (acoustic bass).

Recording infor...continue...

Piazzolla: Adios noniño, etc / Delporte, Astoria

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-05-13

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Michelangelo 70; Las estaciones porteñas (4); Tristezas de un Doble A; Nuestro tiempo; Escualo; Milonga sin Palabras; Sur; Enrico IV; Libertango; Adios nonino
Performers: Anglani, Leonardo; Chardon, Eric; Chardon, Isabelle; Delporte, Christophe; Dennis, Alain [doublebass]; Moortel, Dirk Van De; Pingen, Anne; Scinta, Santo
Conductors: Delporte, Christophe
Ensemble: Astoria Ensemble

A string quintet, a grand piano, and the fluttering chromatic accordion of leader Chrisophe Delporte: at first sight Astoria's approach in classical, like the background...continue...

Music in the Gallery II

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-11-27

Works: Joaquín Turina: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 67; Jeffrey Van: Triptych, for violin & guitar; Benjamin Britten: Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2; Clara Wieck Schumann: Tr...
Performers: Allison, Rees; Ayer, Julie; Remenikova, Tanya; Schrickel, William; Snow, John; Van, Jeffrey
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hill House Chamber Players

Revisited - Scelsi: Maknongan; et al / Dan Styffe, et al

1 CD / Simax / 2006-03-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Études tanguistiques (6), for flute solo; John Persen: DuO, for flute & double bass; Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan; Teppo Hauta-Aho: Pieni Bassofantasia; Gisle Kverndokk: ...with...
Performers: Birkeland, Oystein; Hveding, Anne; Moreno, Gonzalo; Styffe, Dan

Personnel: Dan Styffe (double bass); Oystein Birkeland (cello).

Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Oslo, Norway (02/25/2002-02/28/2002)....continue...

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-08-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 ...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Alimjan; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Ax, Emanuel; Baptista, Cyro; Bolling, Claude; Burr, Jon [Bass]; Butta, Gilda; Casadesus, Gaby; Console, Hector; Cossin,...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Maazel, Lorin; Masur, Kurt; Morricone, Ennio; Chen, Xieyang; Tan Dun;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Claude Bolling Ensemble; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Roma Sinfonietta; Shanghai National Orchestra; Shanghai Percussion Ensemble; Shanghai Symph...

This is the essential collection from one of the most popular musicians of our time and includes 34 tracks spanning Yo Yo Ma's entire careere...continue...
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma seems to be a presentation of the recordings in which the esteemed cellist has participated that might have the widest appeal to the general market. There's nothing wrong with t...continue...

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
Conductors:
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...

The Lost Days - Music in the Latin Style / Denyce Graves

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Yo soy María, tango song (from the operetta María de Buenos Aires); Los paladros perdidos; Milonga sin palabras, for bandoneón & piano; Jose María Vitier:...
Performers: Acevedo, Memo; Amira, John; Aslan, Pablo; D'Rivera, Paquito; Danielson, Nick; Del Curto, Hector; Elfenbein, Jay; Elias, Eliane; Granados, Marco; Graves, Denyce; Grinhauz, Léo; Grinhauz, Leo; J...

Personnel: Denyce Graves (mezzo soprano); Leo Grinhauz (cello); Susan Palma-Nidel, Marco Granados (flute); Hector del Curto (bandoneon); Paquito d'Rivera (clarinet); Eliane Elias, Chucho Valdés, ...continue...

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; 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...

Piazzolla: Tango Ballet / Gidon Kremer, Astor Quartet

1 CD / Teldec / 1999-07-06

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet, for octet; Introducción al ángel, tango (from tango cycle, El ángel); Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); La muerte del áng...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Piazzolla, Astor; Posch, Alois; Sakharov, Vadim; Sudraba, Marta; Zebriunaite, Ula
Conductors: Gupta, Rolf
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica

Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires / Kremer, Zenko, et al

2 CD / Teldec / 1998-09-29

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires
Performers: Fedotova, Maria; Ferrer, Horacio; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Jairo; Kremer, Gidon; Posch, Alois; Sadlo, Peter; Sakharov, Vadim; Sudraba, Marta; Zebriunaite, Ula; Zenko, Julia
Conductors: Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Lyric Chorus; Kremerata Musica

Venezia La Festa - Caffè Concerto sulla Piazza San Marco

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 1998-07-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino, tango; Libertango; Johannes B...
Performers: De Lazzari, Gianfranco; Di Prima, Maurizio; Miotti, Joseph; Prevedello Dellisanti, Paolo; Testa, Andrea
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quadri

This disc is arranged such that the listener is seated in the audience of the lively Italian plaza, Piazza San Marco. These live performances include...continue...
Recording information: Gran Caffe Quadri, Venezia, Italy (10/01/1997-10/04/1997).

This beautifully packaged aural pastiche evokes the spirit of an evening in Venice. Blending opera and tango, t...continue...

Piazzolla: El Tango, etc / Gigon Kremer, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1997-08-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Revirado; Pachouli; Preludio para el año 3001 (Rinasceró); El tango; Decaríssimo; Che Tango Che; Milonga for Three; Michelangelo 70; Leonid Desyatnikov: My Happi...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Milva; Posch, Alois; Sakharov, Vadim; Veloso, Caetano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Astor Quartet