Recommended CDs

Perfromed by Astor Piazzolla

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TANGO:ZERO HOUR - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA and The New Tango Quintet

The greatest!

LA CAMORRA - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

The last recording of Astor's quintet.

THE NEW TANGO - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA & GARY BURTON

Live performance recorded at Montreux Festival.

FINALLY TOGETHER Volume 1 - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA & The New Tango Sex-Tet

Live recording by his sextet.

ADIOS NONINO - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Quinteto

Excellent recording in late 60's.

TANGO MAESTRO - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Conjunto 9

Compilation of two albums performed by his "Conjunto 9" (nonet) in early 70's.

TRISTEZAS DE UN DOBLE A - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

Hot, exciting live performance of his quintet in 80's.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA and The New Tango Quintet
TANGO:ZERO HOUR

AMERICAN CLAVÉ AMCL 1013

1. TANGUEDIA III
2. MILONGA DEL ANGEL
3. CONCIERTO PARA QUINTETO
4. MILINGA LOCA
5. MICHELANGELO '70
6. CONTRABAJISSIMO
7. MUMUKI

Recorded in 1986
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Fernando Suárez Paz (vn), Pablo Ziegler (pf), Horacio Malvicino (g), Héctor Console (b)

On the jacket of this CD, the following words are printed;
"This is absolutely the best record I've made in my entire life. We gave our souls to this record." - Astor Piazzolla.
My favorite piece in this CD is #7. This strange title came from the nickname of his wife and his house dog (he gave the same name to them!).

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
LA CAMORRA: La Soledad de la Provocación Apasionada
LA CAMORRA: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation

AMERICAN CLAVÉ AMCL 1021

1. SOLEDAD
2. CAMORRA I
3. CAMORRA II
4. CAMORRA III
5. FUGATA
6. SUR: LOS SUEÑOS (SOUTH: THE DREAMS)
7. SUR: REGRESSO AL AMOR (SOUTH: REGRESSION TO LOVE)

Recorded in 1988
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Fernando Suárez Paz (vn), Pablo Ziegler (pf), Horacio Malvicino (g), Héctor Console (b)

The last studio recording of his quintet. Track #1 always moves me to tears.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA & GARY BURTON
THE NEW TANGO
RECORDED AT THE MONTREUX FESTIVAL

WEA (Japan) 32XD-986

1. MILONGA IS COMING
2. VIBRAPHONISSIMO
3. LITTLE ITALY 1930
4. NUEVO TANGO
5. LAURA'S DREAM
6. OPERATION TANGO
7. LA MUERTE DEL ANGEL

Recorded live at Montreux Festival in Jul. 1986.
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Gary Burton (vib), Fernando Suárez Paz (vn), Pablo Ziegler (pf), Horacio Malvicino (g), Héctor Console (b)

My favorite live recording. Gary performs as a part of the ensemble rather than the soloist, and that gives extraordinary tension to the performance.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA & OSVALDO PUGLIESE
Volume 1 - Astor Piazzolla & The New Tango Sex-Tet
'FINALLY TOGETHER'

Lucho (Netherlands) Lucho 7704-2

1. HORA CERO
2. TANGEDIA 3
3. MILONGA DEL ANGEL
4. CAMORRA 3
5. PRELUDIO Y FUGA
6. SEX-TET
7. LUNA
8. LA YUMBA/ADIOS NONINO

Recorded live at The Royal Carré Theatre, Amsterdam on Jun. 26, 1989
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Daniel Binelli (bn), Horacio Malvicino (g), Geraldo Gandini (pf), José Bragato (vc), Héctor Console (b)

He formed the sextet in 1989. There are few recordings with the group and this is the best among them.
Astor shared the stage with Osvaldo Puliese, the great tango maestro, on the day this CD was recorded. The CD titled "Luna" has recently released with the same contents of this CD but omitting track #8, joint performance of Astor's quintet and Orquesta Osvaldo Pugliese.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Quinteto
ADIOS NONINO

ALFA RECORDS (Switzerland) AFCD-13

1. ADIOS NONINO
2. OTOÑO PORTEÑO
3. MICHELANGELO 70
4. CORAL
TANGATA (Silfo y Ondina)
5. Fugata
6. Soledad
7. Final

Recorded in 1969
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Dante Amicarelli (pf), Antonio Agri (vn), Kicho Diaz (b), Oscar López Ruiz (g)

Track #1 is the ultimate performance of the piece, Astor's most famous composition. The deep and beautiful introduction by Dante Amicarelli's piano is followed by powerful ensemble of the quintet.
The suite "Tangata", track #5-7, tends to be separated into each movement lately (e.g. "La Camorra", "Tristezas de un doble A"). In that case, "Tangata" indicates track #7.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Conjunto 9
TANGO MAESTRO

BMG (Argentina) 74321 27555-2

1. TRISTEZAS DE UN DOBLE A
2. ZUM
3. HOMENAJE A CORDOBA
4. DIVERTIMENTO 9
5. FUGA 9
6. VARDARITO
7. ODA PARA UN HIPPIE
8. ONDA 9
9. VERANO PORTEÑO
10. BAIRES '72
11. BUENOS AIRES HORA CERO
12. FLACO AROLDI
13. JEANNE Y PAUL

Recorded in 1971-1972
(There is no list of members in the CD.)
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Antonio Agri (vn), Hugo Baralis (vn), Nestor Panic (va), José Bragato (vc), Osvaldo Tarantino/Osvaldo Manzi (pf), Oscar López Ruiz (g), Kicho Diaz (b), José Correale (perc)

This is the compilation of two albums of Conjunto 9, Astor's nonet in early 70's. I think the group is really perfect. When I was a high school student (around 1980), "Onda 9" (#8) came out from my FM radio, and that made me to become a great fan of Astor Piazzolla. Osvaldo Tarantino's marvelous piano solo is featured in the piece.

Pieces dedicated to bandoneon and great bandoneon players (#1), also dedicated to Elvino Valdaro, the violinist of Astor's first quintet (#6), and with dramatic climax (#9) are also contained in this CD.

ASTRO PIAZZOLLA y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo
TRISTEZAS DE UN DOBLE A

messidor (Germany) 159720-2

1. TRISTEZAS DE UN DOBLE A
2. TANGUEDIA
3. BIYUYA
4. LUNFARDO
5. TANGATA

Recording live at Konzerthaus, Wien in November, 1986.
Astor Piazzolla (bn, arr), Fernando Suárez Paz (vn), Pablo Ziegler (pf), Horacio Malvicino (g), Héctor Console (b)

The piece on track #1 was originaly composed for Conjunto 9. So much improvisations make it very exciting one with the size of more than 20 minutes!