Tangos for Piano from Latin America and Europe (NEW ISSUE WITH BONUSTRACKS) - Zefir Records ZEF 9647

English 13 september 2002, 861 Views

Recorded in : The Kloveniersdoelen in Middelburg, September 13, 2002,
except for tracks 8, 9 (22 September 2013), 10 (23 September 2009) and 18 (14 January 2016)
recorded in the Zeeland Concert Hall, Middelburg.
Recording and editing : Walter Calbo, Jakko van der Heijden (8,9,10,18)
Musical direction : Roeland Gerritsen, Jakko van der Heijden (8,9,10) and Eleonore Pameijer (18)
Cover : Anton Martineau (the Tango, 1998)
Design : Seagull

The repertoire on this CD places tangos from South America (the continent where the dance originated) next to and opposite tangos, which European composers started writing at the beginning of the twentieth century as soon as tango music reached Europe. The piano has been an important instrument in the tango ensemble from the very beginning and many greats from tango history, such as Osvaldo Pugliese and Horacio Salgan, were not only orchestra leaders but also pianists.

1. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – Tango (1940)
2. Horacio Salgan (1916) – A fuego lento (1953): listen
3. Horacio Salgan – Don Agustín Bardi (1950)
4. Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) – Tango – Leopold Godowsky transcription (1890)
5. Aníbal Troilo (1914-1975) – La ultima curda (1956)
6. Kurt Weill (1900-1950) – ‘Tango-Ballade’ from Dreigroschen opera
7. Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) – Odeon – ‘Tango Brasileiro’ (1926)
8. Francisco Mignone (1897 – 1986) – Tango
9. Francisco Mignone – Marvadinho Tango
10. Federico Mompou (1893 – 1987) – Tamgo
11. Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) – Tango (1927)
12-17. Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh (1847-1905) – 6 Danzas cubanas (1899)
18. Erik Satie (1866 – 1925) – Tango
19. Jean Wiéner (1896-1982) – Tango (1955)
20. Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) – Milonga del Angel
21. Astor Piazzolla – From’Estaciones’: Otono Porteño (1970)
22. René Vargas Vera (1936) – Pampa Escondida (1997)
23. René Vargas Vera – Zamba para mi poncho (1965)
24. Carel Kraayenhof (1957) – Clavel Rojo (1989)
25. Osvaldo Pugliese (1905-1995) – la Yumba (1947)
26. Dolf de Kinkelder (1953) – Quasitango (2002)
27. Carlos Gardel (1890-1925) – Mi Buenos Aires querido (1934)