Revoluçionario: Tangos by and for Astor Piazzolla

On this CD:

1. Novitango, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

2. Todo Buenos Aires, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

3. Violentango, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

4. Milonga sin palabras, for bandoneón & piano
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

5. Le grand tango, for cello & piano
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Julius Berger, Stefan Hussong

6. Revolucionario, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

7. Tanguedia III, tango (from film music, El exilio de Gardel)
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

8. Preludio 9, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

9. Tangos (5) Hommage à Piazzolla
Composed by Uros Rojko
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

10. Fuga y misterio, tango (from María de Buenos Aires)
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

11. Fuga 9, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

12. Libertango, tango
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Performed by Stefan Hussong, Mika Yamada

Tracks:

The Swan - Philharmonia Orchestra
Apres Un Reve, Op.7 No.1 - Han-Na-Chang
Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 - Han-Na Chang
I. Prelude - Mstislav Rostropovich
I. Aria - Juliane Banse
III. Largo - Jacqueline Du Pre & Daniel Barenboim
Sicilienne, Op.78.80 - Han-Na Chang
III. Adagio - Jacqueline Du Pre
V. Bourre I-II-I - Mstislav Rostropovich
I. Alegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim
Wiegenlied, Op.49 No.4 - Juhani Lagerspetz
Adios Nonino - Berlin Philharmonica

Tracks:

Elegie in C Minor, Op.24 - Gerald Moore
Four Pieces, Op.78-'Romance' - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Nocturne. Op.19 No.4 - Han-Na Chang
I . Prelude - Jacqueline Du Pre
Intermezzo In A Minor - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Four Pieces, Op.78-'Religioso' - Truls Mork
Minnelied, Op.71 No.5 - Juhani Lagerspetz
Klid, B 182/Op.68 No.5 (Silent Woods) - Han-Na Chang
Feldeinsamkeit, Op.86 No.2 - Juhani Lagerspetz
III. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo - Mstislav Rostropovich
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Berlin Philharmonic
Moonlight Serenade - Berlin Philharmonic

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Cello Music.......2006-11-28

Different than what other people say, this is an extremely beautiful Cello CD; check it out for yourself.

thought it would be better.......2006-11-09

i have been ordering from you but this one wasn't good at all

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Gorgeous!!
Check This One Out!!!
First Loves

Dreaming

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ProductGroup: Music
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Adagio In Sol Minore
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The Swan
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Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous!!.......2005-04-01

This was a pleasure to listen to. The music chosen for the recording brings out the soulful cello sound played so wonderfully by Sara Sant'Ambrogio, and the piano part played so skillfully by Anyssa Neumann rounds it all out. It puts you in another dreamy world!

Check This One Out!!!.......2004-10-24

"Dreaming" is the latest CD from Sara Sant' Ambrogio, featuring up and coming rising star Anyssa Neumann on the piano. Please start the tour soon and let me know when and where to come!!!

Congratulations to everyone that played a play on this CD. The time and effort is well worth it shows. Continued good look in everything that each and every one of you chooses to do.

First Loves.......2004-09-25

This newly released CD is a winner! As Grammy-winning cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio writes, she selected those pieces that first made her fall in love with the voice of the cello, and she plays them with tenderness, passion, mastery, and wistfulness, stirring the listeners' imagination and taking us back to a simpler time. In addition to the old favorites, such as Albinoni's "Adagio" and Saint-Saens "The Swan," she bridges the centuries with Gershwin's Summertime and two contemporary compositions by Paul Cantelon, melding the textures into a cohesive yet varied tapestry of music. The piano accompaniment, played skillfully by the rising pianist Anyssa Neumann, gently sustains the rich strains of the cello, providing a perfect balance of voices. Listen to this recording with your eyes closed and let your memory and the exquisite artistry of these two young musicians take you back to your first loves.

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Eroica Trio, Classical Music Angels
Spirited style in a generous album--4.5 stars
Electrifying
Better still, buy the other CDs
I was prepared to have a mean rant, however......

The Best of Eroica Trio

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Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

Adagio In G Minor
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
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Lento-Maestoso Allegro
Hungarian Dance No.6 In D Major
Wiegenlied, Op.49 No.4 (Lullaby)
Berceuse
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Primavera Portena
Ontono Porteno
Vocalise
Aria

Customer Reviews:

Eroica Trio, Classical Music Angels.......2006-03-19

The album, "Best of Eroica," demonstrates with heavenly beauty this group's musicality, technical skill, and deep understanding of the music they've chosen. This album is a "must" for anyone who enjoys piano trios and wants to relax surrounded by transporting sound.

Spirited style in a generous album--4.5 stars.......2005-12-09

This generous album (nearly 75 minutes long) contains 14 selections from the award-winning trio's other CDs. Thus, the range of music is quite wide. The artists (Erika Nickrenz--piano, Adela Pena-violin, & Sara Sant'Ambrogio--cello), though accomplished soloists, meld their playing beautifully. The Albinoni here is the shortest of the four versions in my collection--played with spirit. The Vivaldi demonstrates their virtuosity. I think the viola shines in Brahm's lullaby. The Piazzolla pieces remind me of the concert at which I heard them play; it was spectacular. Still, a few of the pieces are not particularly to my liking--though they are played well. Also, as a baroque fan I'd like to see some Telemann, Bach, &/or Handel. Most of the pieces are very lively--not too relaxing or useful for meditation--but great for listening. But then, as a trio, they are chamber music oriented. Still, IMHO the order of pieces on the album could be improved. Overall, it's a very fine album though I like the baroque one better--just a personal preference, of course.

Electrifying.......2005-08-26

I saw them live a few years ago, and was captivated by their group chemistry and technical precision. One of my favorite modern classical groups.

Better still, buy the other CDs.......2005-05-27

As a compilation, the ladies have selected a few cuts from each of their 6 CDs to give any listener new to the Eroica Trio--named in homage to Beethoven's 3d "Eroica" Symphony, not the crass misreading offered by a previous reviewer--a singular treat, and thus serves as a good first disk. But it is a sampler of sorts, and while I think that all of their CDs are good and worth your attention, they do range in focus and style from tangos to the Baroque, to healthy doses of Beethoven, Brahms and Bach--so suit to taste. The 5 star rating I give this CD is really for the larger body of work that this disk draws from.

I was prepared to have a mean rant, however.............2005-05-07

These ladies can play!! The chemistry and emotional fire is what makes up for the corny "Erotica Trio" title, but I ask you-what would you do as a graduating classical musician to get noticed today? Our cities are riddled with out-of-work and under appreciated young classical musicians, and it's partly our fault for not telling everyone about this great art form.
One day we may see a renissance in the musical arts where knowing the works & composers of the classical cannon won't be so rare- just imagine.

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Even my kid likes this!
Bassoon Me!
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Three Preludes: Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato
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Gigue, K574
Bassoonists' Holiday
I Got Rhythm
I'm In The Mood For Love
Caravan
Oh! Darling
Tango (1940)
Tango (1995)
Youkali
Tango (1984)
Azure

Customer Reviews:

Even my kid likes this!.......2005-11-07

This is an amazing collection of songs, all performed with such skill that even my 8-year-old son likes this CD. Brahms and Beatles, Mozart and Ellington, there is something here for everyone. And thank you, thank you, thank you for "Bassoonist's Holiday."

Bassoon Me!.......2004-08-09

I delight in the bassoon! What a unique and great sound, throaty and thrillingly coarse, yet soaring to sound at times like sax, like oboe, like cello, like a bunch of bassoonatics!

This is delightful collection of musical styles played by this innovative and talented quartet. Choosing to select pieces that are not typically of the bassoon repertoire, we go from Waltz to Gershwin to Broadway to Motzart to Lennon/McCartnye to Sibelius to most of us unknowns such as Mitchell Clarke to Duke Ellington.

All played with passion and gusto and excellent tonality, phrasing and tempo.

Bassoon Me again!

Brilliant Bassoonastics.......2003-09-27

This would have to be the best bassoon ensemble cd on the market. The arrangements are stylish and clever, and the performances brilliant! Fraser Jackson must be the most accomplished contrabassoonist I have ever head. This cd is a must for any bassoonists collection be you amateur or proffessional.

OUTSTANDING QUARTET.......2002-04-14

This disc is really superb!!! Not only is the playing at an extremely high level by the group, the arrangements are also outstanding. The Brahms is abolutely beautiful. The group goes from lightning fingers bravura to sweet soulful singing. It is a joy to listen to again and again.

Simply fantastic!.......2001-10-26

I simply love the Caliban Quartet! They breath new life into bassoons! The way they bring out the music is simply magical. Not only do they sound good, their technical abilities are simply amazing!

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A great Cd
Good Kronos Stuff
An Eclectic Mix

Kronos Quartet : Winter Was Hard
Aulis Sallinen , Terry Riley , Arvo Part , Anton Webern , John Zorn , John Lurie , Astor Piazzolla , Alfred Schnittke , Samuel Barber , Anonymous , Hank Dutt , David Harrington , Joan Jeanrenaud , John Sherba , Earl L. Miller , Christian Marclay , Ohta Hiromi , and Kronos Quartet
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Half-Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight
Frates
Six Bagatelles Op. 9
Forbidden Fruit
Bella By Barlight
Four, For Tango
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A Door Is Ajar

Customer Reviews:

A great Cd.......2002-09-23

I think this album should recieve 5 stars. I think this because Forbidden Fruit by Zorn is a great piece of music which everyone should be familiar with. He quotes some great stuff in the work...among other things an excerpt from Beethoven's Grosse Fugue for String quartet. The rest of the music on this CD is fantastic. I feel the reviewer below gave three stars due to a inability to understand Zorn. But if you don't fall under that category or if you are willing to listen and be openminded I reccomend this CD without reserve

Good Kronos Stuff.......2002-06-24

This album was my introduction to the Kronos Quartet. It is as good an introduction as I've heard. It illustrates both the positive and negative aspects of this talented quartet.

Some of the works on this recording are quite wonderful. Most exciting to me is the excerpt from Terry Riley's Salome Dances for Piece. The movement is exciting and stunningly played. It is also interesting to compare the version here with the version on the Kronos' recording of the complete work. If you listen to them side by side you can hear the extent of improvisation in the work. The most interesting thing is that, despite the improvisations, the work has a similar impact in each version.

Other gems on the CD include the Salonen title track, the Piazolla pieces, and a passionate reading of the Barber Adagio, perhaps the best I've ever heard. The Kronos also does a fine job with the Webern, though the competition here is much more fierce. And they also do a great job with the Schnittke Quartet, though I have always found the Russian composer's work hard to get close to.

Some of the other pieces are less successful. The quartet version of the Part Fratres is not bad, but does not have the impact of the all cello version. The Jon Lurie piece is a throwaway. And I have never understood the world's fascination with John Zorn. Just don't get it.

All in all, this is a good introduction to the work of the Kronos and most interesting for an alternate version of a major score by Terry Riley. But it's not a must have.

An Eclectic Mix.......1998-09-23

This is a terrific CD. From Webern to John Lurie, to John Zorn's wild "Forbidden Fruit," to a stunning rendition of Barber's Adagio in it's original String Quartet form, this album rocks. Okay, probably not the most appropriate description of a string quartet album, but it does--it rocks. I think this is my favorite recording of the Barber Adagio. Some challenging pieces, but for anyone that loves contemporary classical music, this is a great set.

Piazzolla: Tango Ballet, Concierto Del Angel, Tres Piezas Para Orquesta De Camara / Kremer, Glorvigen, et al

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Masterpiece
i want to give six stars~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Homage Turns Hubris: Gidon Kremer's "Tango Ballet"
simply great music and great playing
This is not Tango

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Astor Piazzolla , Per Arne Glorvigen , Alois Posch , Vadim Sakharov , Marta Sudraba , Ula Zebriunaite , Kremer ATA Baltica , and Gidon Kremer
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Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Violinist Gidon Kremer's ongoing fascination with tango master Astor Piazzolla continues to produce gorgeous, swinging CDs that meld dance with classical music. On Tango Ballet, Kremer and his ensemble passionately perform a handful of Piazzolla gems. --Jason Verlinde

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Violinist Gidon Kremer seems always to exceed our expectations. He's offered us spellbinding recordings of Beethoven's duo sonatas with Martha Argerich, a disc of Valentin Silvestrov's music--even an Arvo Pärt recording. But lately Kremer has focused on one composer: tango master Astor Piazzolla. With Tango Ballet--an early Piazzolla piece written to accompany a short film--we have yet another gem. Divided up into six movements, Tango Ballet slyly melds chamber music and ballet with tango themes (the Argentinean wasn't yet bitten by the jazz bug when he wrote this). The next grouping, Concierto del Angel, is the real show-stopper on this disc. These highlights from Piazzolla's brooding Angel series of compositions erupt in the spirited hands of Kremer and his ensemble. The bandoneon playing of Per Arne Glorvigen adds a sonic depth not found on Tango Ballet and Kremer--especially on Resurreccion del Angel--sounds simply gorgeous. Kremer's 1998 interpretation of Piazzolla's opera Maria de Buenos Aires is also an essential work. This recording features pieces that are less noteworthy, but the playing is just as exquisite. A must-have for Piazzolla fans. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Masterpiece.......2007-06-26

I don't understand the hysteria about "the missing bandoneon" and what a true piece of "nuevo tango" sounds like. Piazzolla first and foremost was a composer. He didn't write tangos or music for bandoneon. He wrote M-U-S-I-C. Real, original, beautiful, exquisite MUSIC. And that's what you have on this disc. Music, stripped of accidental considerations, that glistens.

Tango Ballet features some breathtakingly beautiful pieces. The highlight of the disc is the Angel Concerto of course. A miniature masterpiece. I consider myself a very lucky person for ever having the chance of listening to it, because it is *divine*.

Gidon Kremer does not need an introduction. His performance is superb, as usual.

I've been a Piazzolla fan for almost 20 years now, I own tons of his recordings, but this CD is one of my favourites. Not to be missed.

i want to give six stars~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2000-08-12

this was my first piazzolla cd, and it made me fall in love with him immediately! The "angel" tracks are incredible...so mysterious in the beginning..but gradually builds up to such a desperate, romantic climax. Piazzolla is a genius for adding some life to classical music!!!!! the rest of the tracks in the beginning and end are funky...i can never ever get bored of the cd. i have been listening to it almost daily for a year! i hope that everyone will enjoy this cd as much as i did, because it converted me from a classical liker to a classical lover!!!!!!!!

When Homage Turns Hubris: Gidon Kremer's "Tango Ballet".......2000-06-03

Gidon Kremer's has "Tango Ballet" certainly raised the posthumous eyebrow of the album's composer and Kremer's idol, tango doyen Astor Piazzolla. True, Kremer's transcriptions of Piazzolla are well-played and well-passionate -- but even his inordinate amount of Argentinian amor cannot replace a missing bandoneon. And in that way, the stirring, exciting "Tango Ballet" fails: without the bandoneon, and with many of Kremer's distinctly European artistic liberties, "Tango Ballet" no longer sounds like "el nuevo tango." Instead, it's a hideous step closer to Andre Rien. "Tango Ballet" is a good listen, bearing much of the intensity so characteristic of Piazzolla. But it doesn't bear that bandoneon -- and in said shift of sound and timbre, Kremer has taken the tango god's music and made it his own. Some tribute.

simply great music and great playing.......1999-09-05

thank you to kremer and friends for bringing us yet another remarkable recording on piazzolla. i'm not a fan of tango and have not listened to any of piazzolla's own recordings, but am already overwhelmed by these tango-fugues completely. with the transcriptions and playing at such a standard, i suspect even piazzolla would smile. speaking from the music itself, kremer and friends have brought every drop of emotion alive. the dynamics of the playing is so strong that it embrace everything from bach's structure to debussy's tone colour and schnittke's blood and sweat tension. i would recommend this cd to anyone who likes great music. once again, thank you to kremer and his energetic kremerata baltica!

This is not Tango.......1999-08-06

I bought this cd because of the title, Tango-Ballet, expecting Tango music. Belive me this is not Tango music, it is cat-screeching. I would NOT recommend this cd to anyone.

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Memories of Films from Musical Themes
An excelent cinema fantasy
An excelent cinema fantasy

Le Cinema

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Release Date: 1999-02-16

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Le Cinema: Modern Times: Smile
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Sakat (Sunset): Absalom's Death And Tango
Ovad (The Gadfly): Romance
Le boeuf sur le toit (Cinema-Fantaisie)
Rag-Gidon-Time
Amanti senza Amore: Improvviso in re minore

Customer Reviews:

Memories of Films from Musical Themes .......2005-11-24

Gidon Kremer released this delicious little CD in 1999 and it has more or less gone unnoticed since then. This is not a 'soundtrack favorites' jumble but a serious approach to some beautiful melodies as interpreted by Kremer and pianist Oleg Maisenberg, with the added presence of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by the gifted Andrey Boreyko.

Works included are by Charlie Chaplin ("Smile"), Nino Rota, Takemitsu, Shostakovich, Milhaud, Piazzola, Dunayevsky, and Giya Kancheli. The arrangements are well written and the performances honor this genre of music with the same degree of dignity offered the 'serious' works of these composers. It is a bit of lightness but a not fluff and the beautiful playing by Kremer is well worth the listening. Grady Harp, November 05

An excelent cinema fantasy.......2000-09-22

Excelentes versiones de estos ya clásicos temas de películas entrañables y cuyas melodías sobreviven en la memoria mas allá de los propios filmes. La interpretación de Kremer es técnicamente insuperable con la cadencia de una música sentida más allá de la interpretación. ¡Un gran disco para los amantes de la música y por supuesto del cine!

An excelent cinema fantasy.......2000-09-22

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Trio Voronezh

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Trio Voronezh is made up of three Russian musicians who play bayan (accordion), domra (similar to a mandolin), and double bass balalaika. The trio has been a hit at the Oregon Bach Festival and over NPR; this is its debut disc. It's obviously aimed at the crossover market, with light fare including a Vivaldi movement and a Gershwin medley. But this ensemble's musicianship and originality qualify them for a more serious audience, too. Their Piazzolla is as tangy as anybody's, and the way they toss off Schnittke's parodistic Gogol Suite could crack up a musicologist. Turning Schubert's best-known Moment musical into a folk dance may not convince everyone, but they do the same with a Tchaikovsky Russian dance that's extremely persuasive. Too bad Angel hasn't identified the music on the disc properly, or given us more than 42 minutes of music on one CD. But what is here is so much fun that Trio Voronezh deserves a wide recommendation, especially to classical-music lovers who are relaxed enough to enjoy Quartetto Gelato or the Cambridge Buskers. --Leslie Gerber

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Alison Young: A little Tango
Fabulous Flute CD - even my plumber liked it!
Wonderful performances and quite beautiful music
Getting Some Tango in Your Blood
A real musical treat by a fine musician

A Little Tango in Her Blood

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000051Y8I
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

Poema Del Pastor Coya: Con La Chola Y El Changuito
Poema Del Pastor Coya: Quena
Poema Del Pastor Coya: Danzando
Milonga De Dos Hermanos
El Desbande
Pastoral Calchaqui
Ste Argentina: Aire De Chacarera
Ste Argentina: Zamba
Ste Argentina: Malambo
Milonga Sin Palabras
Introduccion Y Allegro
Don Agustin Bardi
Impresiones De La Puna: Quena
Impresiones De La Puna: Cancion
Impresiones De La Puna: Danza
Fuga Y Misterio
Chiquilin De Bachin
Lo Que Vendra

Customer Reviews:

Alison Young: A little Tango.......2001-03-12

Alison Young's recording, "A Little Tango in Her Blood," is a superb set of flute and piano performances of contemporary Argentine music. With rather more than just a little tango in her blood, Ms. Young performs this Argentinean program with Latin character and a silvery tone, and Vicki Seldon is her lively and sensitive collaborator on piano. Composers on this CD include well-known names, especially Ginastera and Piazzolla, and some less-familiar but mostly excellent ones.

The performances are first-class in artistry and technique, while style, character, and mood provide solidly satisfying listening. The flute sound is especially gorgeous, with an lovely low register and stability of tone throughout the entire range, and one simply hears no breathing. Technical challenges abound and are fully met, but one gets a sense of an emphasis on music-making rather than virtuosity; these players are bringing us music rather than merely showing how good they are. Technique and balances are consistently excellent.

Half the bands on the CD are transcriptions by Ms. Young, which would ordinarily induce some reservations for this reviewer. However these are musical, intelligent, and idiomatic transcriptions, and one would be pressed to discern which are original works and which are the transcriptions in this collection. One other fine transcription is by Enrique Granados.

Piazzolla is represented, of course, by several tangos, including a very early one. And one of his last compositions, Milonga sin Palabras, Song without Words, is dedicated to his wife. A fugue, surprisingly, is in the final set of three works of this collection, by Piazzolla, Fuga y Misterio, with much rhythmic character and an unexpectedly Bachian rather than bacchanalian quality though still Latin in quality, arranged by Granados. The brief, lyrical contrasting section is lovely. The final two works are moody and dramatic.

Ginastera's Impresiones de la Puna, in three movements, is an early work, dating from 1934. Arranged by Ms. Young, it has two slow movements, and a lively, rhythmic dance finale. It is fascinating and musically rewarding to hear a Ginastera quite a bit younger than the one we hear for example in his more familiar orchestral Variations Concertantes. It's like seeing early paintings by Mondrian or Picasso-so different from the later works yet with seeds of what is to come.

Some splendid surprises are works by composers new to this reviewer: Angel Lasala's Poema de Pastor Coya, and Horacio Salgán's Suite Argentina and Don Agustín Bardi. Lasala's Poema is in three movements with both a singing quality and rhythmic variety. The latter composer, Salgán, has much personality and character showing through in his music. His Suite Argentina is a recording premiere and it has rhythmic interest, a danced quality, and a strong lyrical sense.

The liner notes, in English and Spanish, are informative with texts of the original works when they are songs. Borges and Ferrer are amiong the poets. I warmly recommend this recording to those interested in fine flute playing, in Argentinean music, and to the general music lover.

Arthur Lewis, violist; Professor emeritus, Illinois State University; Lecturer, Emory University

Fabulous Flute CD - even my plumber liked it!.......2001-03-03

I love this recording! As a fellow flutist, I can appreciate the high level of technical ability and musicianship demonstrated by Ms. Young in "...a little tango in her blood". In addition to her soaring, lyrical sound and impeccable intonation, Ms. Young has a wonderfully intuitive sense of style and feel for the music. I would recommend this recording for all types, from classical music buffs to the casual listener.

Wonderful performances and quite beautiful music.......2001-02-25

I am very impressed by both the music selections and, more importantly, the wonderful performance. Ms. Young plays beautifully and with a true feel for the music. This, combined with an excellent musical rapport with Ms. Selden, gives a real life to these well chosen selections of Argentinian music. I highly reccomend this CD.

Getting Some Tango in Your Blood.......2001-02-22

Alison Young, a flute recitalist of great poise and technical security, dazzling precision and virtuosic flare and the Principle Flute of the Houston Ballet Orchestra, demonstrates her considerable talents in ALISON YOUNG ... A LITTLE TANGO IN HER BLOOD. This work on the Albany Records label takes full advantage of Alison Young's experiences in Argentina as a musician artist-in-residence in 1998, performing and teaching in the regions of Patagonia, La Plata, Buenos Aires and Corrientes. Alison Young recreates the atmosphere of the native music of Argentina in a way that will transport you to South America. Composers highlighted in this work include Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Guastavino, Alberto Ginastera, Angel Lasala, Hector Gallac and Horacio Salgan. A newspaper in Argentina (Rio Negro) reported on "...Alison Young, with a little tango in her blood" and this wonderful collection of flute pieces will surely put a little tango in your blood as well.

A real musical treat by a fine musician.......2001-02-22

A flutist of unusual accomplishment and musicality, Ms. Young's rendition of an Argentine repertoire sounds as if she had been born on the Pampas and brought up in the sophistication of Buenos Aires. The playing is superb, and the music is a treat to listen to, especially because much of it is new to North American ears. In addition, the extensive notes, written by Ms. Young and printed in both English and Spanish, provide a rich scholarly background to the music and are worth the price of the CD by themselves.

Tango!: Music by Astor Piazzolla / José Bragato / Rodolfo Arizaga - Camerata Bariloche / Chamber Orchestra of Argentina

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Tango!: Music by Astor Piazzolla / José Bragato / Rodolfo Arizaga - Camerata Bariloche / Chamber Orchestra of Argentina
Astor Piazzolla , Jose Bragato , Rudolfo Arizaga , Bariloche Camerata , Daniel Binelli , Andres Spiller , and Chamber Orchestra of Argentina
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001QAF
Release Date: 1994-11-29

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