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Amarcord d'un Tango
ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA
1.
Triunfal (1950-52)
3:15
Transcribed by Marco Albonetti
for Saxophone, Piano, and String Orchestra
Solo:Cesare Carretta violin
Solo:Annalisa Mannarini piano
CARLOS GARDEL
2.
Por una cabeza
5:24
Arranged by Daniele di Bonaventura
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
DANIELE DI BONAVENTURA
3.
Sanctus (197) -
4:51
for Saxophone and Bandoneón
ARIEL RAMÍREZ
4.
Alfonsina y el mar (1969)
3:17
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and Double-bass
Solo:Virglio Monti double-bass
ANGEL GREGORIO VILLOLDO ARROYO
5.
El choclo (1903)
5:18
Arranged by Daniele di Bonaventura
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
CARLOS GARDEL
6.
Sus ojos se cerraron (1935)
7:09
Arranged by Daniele di Bonaventura
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA
7.
Jardin d'Afrique (1975)
3:00
Trasncribed by Marco Albonetti and Daniele di Bonaventura
for Saxophone and Bandoneón
RICHARD GALLIANO
8.
Tango pour Claude (1993)
4:38
Orchestrated by Richard Galliano and Marco Albonetti
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
DANIELE DI BONAVENTURA
9.
Corale (1997) -
1:53
for Saxophone and Bandoneón
10.
Tango (1997)
5:20
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
11.
Graduale (1998)
7:10
for Saxophone, Bandoneón, and String Orchestra
Solo:Michela Zanotti viola
Solo:Claudio Giacomazzi cello
ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA
12.
Bruno et Sarah (1975)
3:19
Transcribed by Marco Albonetti and Daniele di Bonaventura
for Saxophone and Bandoneón
JORGE ANDRÉS BOSSO
13.
Tango's Gedanke (2021)
3:29
for Saxophone and String Orchestra
Total time: 58:03
Orchestra: Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana
Notes
Marco Albonetti writes: ‘”Amarcord” signifies memory, the nostalgic re-enactment of the past. Here, it evokes the idea of joining two instruments, the saxophone and the bandoneón, both of which were invented in the middle of the nineteenth century. The bandoneón, created as a more agile substitute for the organ in the world of sacred music in Germany, was brought by German immigrants to Buenos Aires, where it became central to the tango, a music enlivened by rhythmic ideas from Africa and inextricably linked to dance. The saxophone – the central character of an adventure story which originated in Belgium, from which the instrument travelled to America where it discovered its promised land – executes the mellow melodies of the tango with a lightness, a pliancy, and a tone that further intensify the feelings running through them. Amarcord d’un Tango was created to offer the listener a brief journey through the history of the tango. Composed in 1903, Villoldo’s El choclo is one of the oldest examples of the genre. The well-known melodic tangos Por una cabeza and Sus ojos se cerraron are by the great singer Carlos Gardel, who died tragically in a plane accident, in 1935. I include a homage to Astor Piazzolla, on the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The album opens with his Triunfal, the piece that, thanks to Nadia Boulanger, created awareness and spurred the metamorphosis of Piazzolla’s “nuevo tango”. It represents the ideal point of embarkation.’
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Reviews
“… The music itself is terrific. The tangos by the accepted masters have a wonderful swagger to them…I particularly enjoyed Bonaventura’s own music, intimate miniatures mostly for the bandoneón and sax alone, providing gentle ruminations amidst the tempestuous emotions of the faster music that surrounds them. Some of the, particularly the Sanctus, I found really spellbinding … Every so often, distinct tracks elided into one another without a break, reinforcing the idea that this disc is a specially created unity. Other tango discs are out there, but Albonetti and Bonaventure’s contributions make this one really distinctive.”
Simon Thompson – MusicWeb-International.com – 13 June 2022
“… Albonetti and Bonaventura have cleverly put together a programme that’s far more than a smattering of the old and new….Albonetti is an intensely lyrical player… His playing is hauntingly atmospheric in Bonaventura’s Graduale, for example, and he taps into the tender emotional core of Jorge Andrés Bosso’s aching Tango’s Gedanke. Bonaventura is no less expressive a performer himself, communicating with improvisatory freedom and a vivid sense of drama … The string orchestra arrangements are imaginative and sophisticated, and Chandos’s engineers have worked their usual magic, this time in Faenza’s Teatro Masini. So go ahead and luxuriate in a nostalgic hour-long wallow. I thoroughly enjoyed mine.”
Andrew Farach-Colton – Gramophone magazine – May 2022
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