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  • The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night

    Astor Piazzolla

    The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night

    Nuevo tango master Piazzolla composed these pieces for director-choreographer Graciela Daniele’s 1987 adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges stories Tango Apasionado, which the New York Times praised as “a music-theater-dance piece of breathtaking intensity.” Musicians include sax/clarinet player Paquito D’Rivera.

  • La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation

    Astor Piazzolla

    La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation

    Originally released in 1989, Astor Piazzolla’s La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation was recorded in New York in May 1988 with his classic New Tango Quintet. The group, which included Fernando Suárez Paz (violin), Pablo Ziegler (piano), Horacio Malvicino, Sr. (guitar) and Héctor Console (bass), worked with Piazzolla from 1978 to 1988. The recording was produced by Kip Hanrahan and originally released by American Clavé.
  • Tango: Zero Hour

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tango: Zero Hour

    Astor Piazzolla called his recording Tango: Zero Hour “absolutely the greatest record I’ve made in my entire life.” The album was recorded in New York with Piazzolla and his classic New Tango Quintet, which worked with Piazzolla from 1978 to 1988 and included Fernando Suárez Paz (violin), Pablo Ziegler (piano), Horacio Malvicino Sr. (guitar), and Héctor Console (bass).

  • El Tango

    Gidon Kremer + Astor Piazzolla

    El Tango

    Kremer revisits the work of Astor Piazzolla on this sequel to the acclaimed Hommage à Piazzolla, along with such guests as Caetano Veloso and the Assad brothers. Billboard declared: "It is hard to imagine his nuevo tango being interpreted with more emotive artistry than that of Gidon Kremer."

  • Hommage à Piazzolla

    Gidon Kremer + Astor Piazzolla

    Hommage à Piazzolla

    Gidon Kremer performs the work of composer, arranger, bandoneón virtuoso, and tango master Astor Piazzolla. The acclaimed violinist has assembled a group of musicians modeled after the legendary quintet Piazzolla used for his performances—violin, guitar, bass, piano and bandoneón. Kremer's passionate readings of the composer’s works range from haunting to romantic to rigorous to melancholy.

  • Five Tango Sensations

    Kronos Quartet + Astor Piazzolla

    Five Tango Sensations

    Argentine legend Piazzolla composed this work especially for Kronos. The result, says the New York Times, is a “set of charmingly melodic tangos in which the group supplied an accompaniment to the composer’s urbane performances on the accordion-like bandoneon.”

  • Concierto Para Bandoneon / Tres Tangos

    Astor Piazzolla

    Concierto Para Bandoneon / Tres Tangos

    As Gershwin married jazz with the European symphonic tradition, Piazzolla here transplants the tango into the concert hall, extending its boundaries beyond the limits of song and dance. The album features virtuoso performances by the composer on the bandoneón, the signature instrument of tango, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, under the direction of Lalo Schifrin.