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This Naxos disc by the five-member Versus Ensemble contains a potpourri of seven different works by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla. It includes many of his best known major works -- the Milonga del ángel, Verano Porteño, Libertango, and Oblivion -- plus five excerpts from his least known major work: his operetta Maria de Buenos Aires. Of the 11 tracks here, four feature either vocalist Enrique Moratalla or soprano María Rey-Joly, one features reciter Horacio Ferrer, and six are instrumentals. The performances are generally bright, stylish, and swinging with a nice sense of the drive and sway of the ubiquitous tango rhythm, but, it must be admitted, they don't have much of a sense of the emotional melancholy and the sexual mystery that pervade better performances of Piazzolla's music. It must likewise be added that there are no texts or translations provided in the slender program book and only the briefest of composition descriptions. Recorded mostly at Caja Rural Auditorium in Granada in 2006, the performers' self-produced digital sound is remarkably bright and close.
© TiVo
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Milonga del Ángel (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Las 4 Estaciones portenas (the Four Seasons), No. 2. Verano Porteno (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Chiquilin De Bachin (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Libertango (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Oblivion (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Balada para un Loco (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Maria de Buenos Aires Suite (Astor Piazzolla)
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Artist - María Rey-Joly, Artist - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Artist - María Rey-Joly, Artist - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Artist - María Rey-Joly, Artist - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Artist - María Rey-Joly, Artist - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Artist - María Rey-Joly, Artist - Versus Ensemble, Ensemble - Enrique Moratalla, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
Album review
This Naxos disc by the five-member Versus Ensemble contains a potpourri of seven different works by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla. It includes many of his best known major works -- the Milonga del ángel, Verano Porteño, Libertango, and Oblivion -- plus five excerpts from his least known major work: his operetta Maria de Buenos Aires. Of the 11 tracks here, four feature either vocalist Enrique Moratalla or soprano María Rey-Joly, one features reciter Horacio Ferrer, and six are instrumentals. The performances are generally bright, stylish, and swinging with a nice sense of the drive and sway of the ubiquitous tango rhythm, but, it must be admitted, they don't have much of a sense of the emotional melancholy and the sexual mystery that pervade better performances of Piazzolla's music. It must likewise be added that there are no texts or translations provided in the slender program book and only the briefest of composition descriptions. Recorded mostly at Caja Rural Auditorium in Granada in 2006, the performers' self-produced digital sound is remarkably bright and close.
© TiVo
Details of the original recording : 52:15 - DDD - Enregistré en 2006 à l'Auditorium Caja Rural à Granada, Espagne - notes en anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:06
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Versus Ensemble Enrique Moratalla Maria Rey-Joly Horacio Ferrer
- Composer: Astor Piazzolla
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2007 Naxos (P) 2007 Naxos
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