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Recent Releases, No. 17 (CD reviews)
[…] process that would result in a real downer of a disc, but that is decidedly not the deal here. Yes, some of the pieces are reflective in nature, but never morose; besides, the listener must not forget that that the sarabande was a type of dance, after all. The end result is an album of energy and grace, appropriate listening during a pandemic that is, alas, still ongoing.Astor Piazzolla: Cien Años. Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon; Mosalini: Tomá, Tocá (Take It, Play It); Mosalini: Cien Años (One Hundred Years); Piazzolla/arr. Mosalini: The 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires; Piazzolla/arr. Mosalini: Libertango. Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon; Kristina Nilsson, violin; Anne Black, viola; Steven Laven, cello; Gisèle Ben-Dor, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston. Centaur Records CRC 3844.Some regular followers of Classical Candor might recognize the name of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla from JJP’s recent review (here) of a Pentatone recording that included a version […]
2021-07-28 07:29:51
Piazzolla explorations: celebrating the composer's centenary with recordings from Lithuania, Switzerland and the USA
[…] from Piazzolla's natural habitat, but then is this any different from re-arranging Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas for Vivaldi-inspired violin and string orchestra. Like much great music, Piazzolla survives. This is an engaging disc to dip into, but frankly I am not sure about 100 minutes' worth at one sitting! Our final disc celebrates Piazzolla both with his own music and with a composer inspired by him. Uruguay-born American Israeli conductor Gisele Ben-Dor conducts Juanjo Mosalini (bandoneon) and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston on Centaur Records (CRC 3844) in Piazzolla's Concerto for Bandoneon, Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas and Libertango, the latter two in Mosalini's own arrangements, plus two of his own pieces. Mosalini is Argentine-born but brought up in Paris where is father, a distinguished Argentine musician, was in exile. This performance takes us, I think, a bit closer to the original concept for the concerto. There is […]
2019-01-10 23:38:11
I love the music of the Tango, so I had immediate interest in this recording: Tango Sensations perfectly illustrates the intensity of the Tango Nuevo culture. Daniel Gruselle and the Collectif Arsys have made the features of the Latin American musical culture their own in the shape of this magical CD. Who would have thought that, when many Argentines were in Exile during the Military Junta in the country from 1976 to 1983, the arrival in Europe of musicians such as Astor Piazzolla or Juan José Mosalini would see the birth of a genuine artistic movement which would go beyond
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