Latin Jazz Music

A truly great live recording with very beautiful and also very varied pieces. In my opinion even better than "Tango Zero Hour"! Buy it.

If U wanna cry, there's no better thing to do than to listen to the LIVE 7+-minute-long version of Adiós Nonino recorded here.

I had this CD (call me fool! I lost it... in a cab!!), & I can say, This Live version of Adiós Nonino recorded here is worth every penny (besides there are some other songs rather boring for my tastes (& I must say I am a Huge Piazzola-Fan!).

Thanx 4 taking the time 4 reading this!

The egregious importance of Astor Piazolla (died on July 5,1992) in the musical landscape is day by day regaining more and more adepts all around the world. And this fact should not surprise us at all, because he was one of the most original and remarkable musical genius of the last decades. This pride of Argentina returned the tango a sort of primordial majesty, vanished throughout decades and decades.

Piazzolla recalls us the tango is passion and tragedy, merciless winter depurating anguish and vivid memories; authentic autumnal poetry framed bellow the tapestry of the memory.

Luisa Maria Bamberg was a remarkable Argentinean filmmaker who expressed once: "The unbearable tragedy of the Argentinean resides he feels an European citizen in America, but at the same time, is regarded an American foreigner in Europe".

It's useless to understand the somber poetry nestled beneath these melodies thirsty of calm and hope whose sleepless inspiration always searches elusive roots, he is the son of immigrants who desperately left their native lands and never returned, so this genetic heritage makes the Argentinean gazes America with European lenses, loaded of a devouring blend of nostalgia and homesickness that never finds shelter.

Let these sounds convey you to unknown landscapes and unexplored horizons, due the tango is the loyal swan's song and inseparable partnership of a never-ending journey.

Sublime poetry in constant boiling point. As Borges eloquently stated: "The anguish has no nationality, it arises from the soul."

This 1983 concert recording features essentially the same group Piazzolla used on the classic "Tango: Zero Hour" album, so the classical tonalities and pathos-suffused arrangements will be familiar to fans of that work. The recording is very near studio-quality, allowing all the players to be heard equally well, although at times Fernando Suarez Paz' violin sounds too distant. As usual, Piazzolla's compositions are both intriguing and sensual; and, except for "Escualo", which is merely prototypical of his sound and therefore dull, the tunes will add to anyone's collection of his works. The concert ends particularly well with the "Angel trilogy": the milonga, the death, and the resurrection.

Finally, after years of searching, there is a commercial recording of Ernesto Cordero's Concierto Antillano. I was fortunate to attend the world premiere of this work years ago and have been searching for a recording of it ever since. Barbosa-Lima, as expected, executes it with mastery. It is sad, however, that the Sofia Soloists provide such a bland accompaniment. This is Latin music, meant to be played with rhythm and gusto. The rest of the album is, for the most part, thoroughly enjoyable. I must say, however, that the Handel piece is somewhat out of place with the rest of the program. All in all, the CD is a worthwhile acquisition.

This is a wonderful selection of pieces--mostly orchestral, many recorded here for the first time. Although some pieces are contemporary, they blend with the Handel (et al), and are very lyrical. I sometimes find Barbosa-Lima too stiff in his jazz/pop recordings (technical genius that he is), but his playing here is warm, sensitive, and emotional. If you like guitar in an orchestral setting (e.g., any of the artists that perform Rodrigo's work), you'll love this.

This is wonderful music lovingly played by a real virtuoso. It may be that for some this South American wonder is hard to categorise. But I believe there is real genius at work here, so just accept that you are in the hands of music masters and surrender to the passion and beauty of the sublime sounds. Enjoy yourself; be seduced, and keep coming back for more!!

Beautifully sensual. Soft. Sad. Passionate. Intimate. Masterfully played. Excellent program. Even the final tangos were beautifully arranged. This is the kind of CD you'd play to relax, reminisce, daydream, or have a good cry...

A very good cd whith the best of Astor Piazzolla. Easy to know a good player and compositor. Very good music

Maybe it is not a perfect recording,
maybe you can find some poor sound quality (not about play itself),
But it's the best play for my soul.
I think it's the cure for your sadness. Not for happy people.

Such a title should deserve better quality... Other CDs of Piazzolla are much better.