\n100 years of Astor Piazzolla! To mark the birthday of the Argentinian tango legend, brothers Claudio and Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez are releasing an album together with Piazzolla\u2019s contemporary and ensemble colleague Gustavo Beytelmann \u2013 Piazzolla: Patagonia Express on the Berlin Classics label. The trio sets about playing part of Piazzolla\u2019s legacy alongside repertoire composed by Beytelmann, leading the listener on a journey to the impassioned and mysterious world of the tango. <\/p>\n
Boisterous, powerful and unique: Piazzolla\u2019s music is highly versatile, deeply rooted in the tango tradition and yet always driven by curiosity and the search for modernity. His works are complex and demanding, and he reflects more than any other composer of his time the special musical language of that era. It is not possible to categorise his oeuvre as classical or popular music. Jazz and Brazilian music influences blend with folklore from the 1950s and 60s; tango is aligned with Bachian counterpoint, rhythm converges with profusely lyrical passages. <\/p>\n
The diversity of Piazzolla\u2019s style comes out on this album too. In addition to his traditional pieces like Le Grand Tango works such as Milonga del \u00e1ngel and Cuatro Estaciones Porte\u00f1as can be heard. It is interesting to note that the \u201cfour seasons\u201d were originally not conceived as a suite, but composed at different times and in various contexts. Piazzolla himself never performed them as one entity. <\/p>\n
The motive for embarking on this album project was the encounter of Claudio and Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez with Gustavo Beytelmann. \u201cHis rustic Argentinian manner, his musical and personal flights of fancy, plus the experience of having shared the stage with Astor Piazzolla so many times \u2026 all of that gave the decisive impetus to record this album,\u201d the brothers explain.<\/p>\n
Beytelmann, who went on tour with Piazzolla and who enjoyed a deep and lasting friendship with the composer, has dedicated the pieces Balada and Tango to the brothers in a duo setting. Piazzolla\u2019s musical language comes through here, while Beytelmann\u2019s piano trio arrangement of Duke Ellington\u2019s Caravan is reminiscent of New York, where Piazzolla spent his childhood and youth.<\/p>\n
Beytelmann composed his piano trio Ofrenda in 1992, on learning of Piazzolla\u2019s death. It is an act of homage that \u2013 like this entire album \u2013 is meant to express deep admiration and reverence for this indefatigable and unbridled tango legend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
100 years of Astor Piazzolla! To mark the birthday of the Argentinian tango legend, brothers Claudio and Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez are releasing an album together with Piazzolla\u2019s contemporary and ensemble colleague Gustavo Beytelmann \u2013 Piazzolla: Patagonia Express on the Berlin Classics label. The trio sets about playing part of Piazzolla\u2019s legacy alongside repertoire composed by Beytelmann, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"dmbid":"778630","upc":"885470017013","linkfire":"https:\/\/BC.lnk.to\/Piazzolla","ean":"","genre":"Klassik","genre2":"Tango","genre3":"","copyright":"","producer":"","playtime":"4206","date":"2021-01-29","dateend":"2099-12-31","trackamount":"11","discamount":"1","artistsname":"","composer":"Gustavo Beytelmann|Astor Piazzolla","teammember":["1009;Claudio Boh\u00f3rquez;1412849|1009;Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez;2060178|1010;Gustavo Beytelmann;2060179|1009;Gustavo Beytelmann;2060179|1002;Gustavo Beytelmann;2060179|1010;Astor Piazzolla;1995760"],"teammemberlist":["1412849|2060178|2060179|2060179|2060179|1995760"],"english":"
\n100 years of Astor Piazzolla! To mark the birthday of the Argentinian tango legend, brothers Claudio and Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez are releasing an album together with Piazzolla\u2019s contemporary and ensemble colleague Gustavo Beytelmann \u2013 Piazzolla: Patagonia Express on the Berlin Classics label. The trio sets about playing part of Piazzolla\u2019s legacy alongside repertoire composed by Beytelmann, leading the listener on a journey to the impassioned and mysterious world of the tango.
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\nBoisterous, powerful and unique: Piazzolla\u2019s music is highly versatile, deeply rooted in the tango tradition and yet always driven by curiosity and the search for modernity. His works are complex and demanding, and he reflects more than any other composer of his time the special musical language of that era. It is not possible to categorise his oeuvre as classical or popular music. Jazz and Brazilian music influences blend with folklore from the 1950s and 60s; tango is aligned with Bachian counterpoint, rhythm converges with profusely lyrical passages.
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\nThe diversity of Piazzolla\u2019s style comes out on this album too. In addition to his traditional pieces like Le Grand Tango works such as Milonga del \u00e1ngel and Cuatro Estaciones Porte\u00f1as can be heard. It is interesting to note that the \u201cfour seasons\u201d were originally not conceived as a suite, but composed at different times and in various contexts. Piazzolla himself never performed them as one entity.
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\nThe motive for embarking on this album project was the encounter of Claudio and Oscar Boh\u00f3rquez with Gustavo Beytelmann. \u201cHis rustic Argentinian manner, his musical and personal flights of fancy, plus the experience of having shared the stage with Astor Piazzolla so many times \u2026 all of that gave the decisive impetus to record this album,\u201d the brothers explain.
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\nBeytelmann, who went on tour with Piazzolla and who enjoyed a deep and lasting friendship with the composer, has dedicated the pieces Balada and Tango to the brothers in a duo setting. Piazzolla\u2019s musical language comes through here, while Beytelmann\u2019s piano trio arrangement of Duke Ellington\u2019s Caravan is reminiscent of New York, where Piazzolla spent his childhood and youth.
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\nBeytelmann composed his piano trio Ofrenda in 1992, on learning of Piazzolla\u2019s death. It is an act of homage that \u2013 like this entire album \u2013 is meant to express deep admiration and reverence for this indefatigable and unbridled tango legend.
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