Quinteto [Limited Edition] [Import]

Product Description
Recorded Live at the Blue Note in New York.

Quinteto,Teco Cardoso,Lea Freire,Maritaca,World Music

Average customer rating: Piazzolla brazillian version Bland music Master piece Don't Be Fooled Superb collection

Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado) Tango: Zero Hour Vivaldi and Piazzolla: Eight Seasons The Best of Astor Piazzolla La Camorra ASIN: B0001FGAWQ Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

1. Spring Of Buenos Aires
2. Summer Of Buenos Aires
3. Autumn Of Buenos Aires
4. Winter Of Buenos Aires
5. Fugue 9
6. Years Of Solitude - Paulo Sergio Santos
7. Libertango - Chiquinho Do Acordeon
8. Tristango - Chiquinho Do Acordeon
9. Novitango - Chiquinho Do Acordeon
10. Deus Xango - Paulo Sergio Santos

Customer Reviews:

Piazzolla brazillian version.......2007-05-18

Only Astor Piazzolla could equal himself. A bandoneon virtuoso playing his own works, nobody could do better than him. However Four Seasons of Buenos Aires deserves a place of honour in the cd collection of Piazzolla's fans.

Bland music.......2007-05-07

I heard this piece at a concert and loved it. However, this recording had none of the fire and passion of the concert. I returned it.

Master piece.......2005-12-29

The right balance between classical, popular, contemporany music this CD is a fascinating interpretation of Piazzolla best works in a Brazilian way bringing together some of its best talented musicians.
The extraordinary performances of Rio Cello Trio and the Orquestra de Cordas Brasileiras makes this CD unforgettable.

Don't Be Fooled.......2005-03-05

Milan Records owns the rights to a lot of the later Piazzolla canon, and since his death has steadily been mining its holdings with a number of CD reissues and compilations that are readily identified as Milan's by the similarity of the cover art used. Don't be fooled by the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, however. While it is a fine recording, Piazzolla does not appear on it as anything but the composer.
I didn't read the back of the CD cover before I bought it and so when I opened it, I was surprised to find that the cover had fooled me into thinking Piazzolla was featured. I played it anyway, prepared for the worst, as many offerings of Piazzolla compositions turn out mediocre at best. At first, it seemed like my fears were confirmed, but after several listens I warmed to the music.
Those familiar with AP's "Four Seasons" sequence know that they are among the most classically oriented of his works and have only the slightest connection to tango. But they also know that when performed by Piazzolla and one of his musical formations, that they are among the most powerful of his longer works. Anyone taking on the task of interpretation had better know well what the heck they are doing or risk making musical fools of themselves.
This interpretation of the "Four Seasons" is done by a Brazilian orchestra that in my view started rather weakly. It isn't until "winter" (Invierno Porteno) was reached that the power and majesty of the music comes to fruition.
From there on out, the rest of the CD is quite good. My favorites of the remainder are the three parts of the "Libertango" sequence that they performed and which features some excellent mandolin work and Deus Xango, which closes the recording with a jazzy rendering oddly reminiscent of some of the old CTI-era jazz recordings.
The weakness of the start drops a star, but its the rest of the recording which puts this in the recommended category for anyone who loves the music of Astor Piazzolla.

Superb collection.......2004-05-04

Superb collection of Piazzolla's 'new tango': four ear-bending modern arrangements followed by an array of traditional performances. Because of its versatility and constant quality, this disc easily lets itself play from start to end and over again. Four seasons for the ear indeed.

Average customer rating: Wonderfully captivating music by the tango master When styles mix Explains It All To Those Wounded in Love Great sex music! Comes from the heart! Piazzolla's Unofficial Interpreter

Hommage A Piazzolla Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Kremer, Gidon | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tracing Astor Vivaldi and Piazzolla: Eight Seasons Tango: Zero Hour La Camorra Piazzolla: Tango Ballet, Concierto Del Angel, Tres Piezas Para Orquesta De Camara / Kremer, Glorvigen, et al ASIN: B000005J48 Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Milonga En Re
2. Vardarito
3. Oblivion
4. Escualo
5. Histoire Du Tango: Cafe 1930
6. Concierto Para Quinteto
7. Soledad
8. Buenos Aires Hora Cero
9. Celos
10. El Sol Sueno (Hommage A Astor Piazzolla)
11. Le Grand Tango

Amazon.com essential recording

Gidon Kremer, who plays the standard violin repertoire so well, has remained a restless explorer of music. Here is his first album of Piazzolla arrangements, introduced by a moving and perceptive assessment of Piazzolla by composer John Adams. Kremer has completely steeped himself in the spirit of the tango, and of Piazzolla's transformation of this music into concert works. The selection (mostly larger-scale Piazzolla works), the varied arrangements, and the compelling quality of the playing make this one of the best albums of this music not involving the composer's own performances. And if you love it, you'll be glad to know that Kremer's second Piazzolla album is also available. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully captivating music by the tango master.......2005-10-25

I was introduced to the music of Astor Piazzolla by the more than great violinist Gidon Kremer when he played a virtuosic tango as an encore. Whenever a rich new vein of wonderful music is opened to me, well, it makes for a bright and happy day. Not long after I picked up this CD and I can recommend it to you highly. This is more than just tango dance music, these are serious and contemplative compositions that use the Tango as the vehicle just as the classical and especially Baroque composers used their dance music for instrumental compositions. The music is full of mood, sensuality, rhythm, lush harmonies, dissonance, love, and pain. It is a music of contrasts and never gets too fussy or complicated. It wears its heart on its sleeve and draws us in because it is so charming.

Each piece has its own varied ensemble and the musicians in that ensemble also arrange the music for that track. Kremer leads from the violin in all of them, after all it is his album and his hommage to Piazzolla. However, the instruments used depend on the musical materials and mood of the piece. The piano is used quite a bit, and at times there are wind instruments. The bandoneón is required in tango, as well. It is a kind of concertina that was developed and made in Germany, but adopted in Argentina for the Tango. It has a wonderfully reedy sound and is played with buttons on each side of the bellows. Depending on the model, the note can change or stay the same whether you are pulling the bellows out or pushing them in, but in all of them there are two voices always at the octave and gives the bandoneón its characteristic sound.

The only composition not by Piazzolla is a very interesting tango included as a tribute to the master entitled "El sol sueño" by Jerzy Peterbushsky.

This is good music and a very enjoyable change of pace.

When styles mix.......2005-09-07

I bought this record following a live performance by Gidon Kremer et al. at the Verbier Festival. The mixture of classical music with a dose of jazz on a Latin base produces an interesting result that is quite surprising at first. However, the more one hears, the more the result grows on the listener, just as at the live show where the audience, somewhat stunned at the outset, gave a standing ovation at the end.

Overall, the mélange is pleasant, chill listening to be appreciated by fans of any of the three styles of music.

Explains It All To Those Wounded in Love.......2005-01-16

Ever have a moment where you loved someone so much you hated him?

Ever have a relationship you could not get out of your mouth, your mind, your heart, your system, but that you knew was over and done with forever and ever, and you'd never even see the other again?

Ever feel so happy you wanted to cry? No, sob? Wrenching, wracking sobs? From happiness, now.

Yes?

Have I got a CD for you: Hommage a Piazzolla, featuring Gidon Kremer.

Like many, I suspect, I have a mixed relationship to tango. When I put on a tango CD, I fear I'll be hearing something that sets my teeth to jangling and makes me want to slap someone in the face.

This isn't that. You could listen to most of this while sitting perfectly still, on a window sill, in fact, with the lights down low in your apartment, as you stare out at the rain-slicked city at night. A drink sits on a nearby table, unfinished...you have no will to finish it.

(It's hard not to imagine these things while listening to this music; really, it's all so poetic, cinematic, irresistable.)

At some point, though, you're probably not going to be able to sit still any more, and you'll have to put that rose in your teeth and cut a few moves.

Tango often sounds, to we non-Argentinians, like a parody of itself.

This CD does not.

Rather, when I put it on, not at all sure what to expect, I had one of those epiphanies that art can give you.

I had been brooding over a vexed relationship, one I did not understand, but knew was hurting me, not with any immediacy, but like a sore tooth that could stand to go a few more months before you get over your fear of the dentist to get it fixed.

What bugged me most of all was that I did not understand what was hurting. Rationally, I had no reason to feel troubled.

I put on this CD, with the relationship way in the back of my mind, and I just, immediately thought, "That's it. This music is explaining it all; this music is articulating everything."

Not bad.

This kind of music, music that allows in the true bittersweet of life, the unsolvable, the passion, is all too rare. If music that addresses those qualities is what you crave, this CD might be just what you need.

Great sex music! Comes from the heart!.......2004-07-21

The music and perforamance are so sensually played and achingly beautiful, the hairs on my neck and arms stand up on end. Listen to the opening track and tell me this is not great sex music. Yes, tango is a very sensual art form and this CD is great for those very intimate moments. Of course, sex aside, the music is nothing short of a miracle unto itself. That I was to discover this CD just last year meant I was without it for 7 years since it was released. My life is richer for this and other Piazzolla works done by Kremer.
This CD has become one of those "island" CDs that you would take if you wer so to become deserted on one. You should be so lucky!

Piazzolla's Unofficial Interpreter.......2001-04-12

I first became aware of this CD several years ago as its melancholy strains wafted through the air of a bookstore through which I was browsing. My ears perked up...Piazzolla!!! Upon inquiry, I was shown the CD and I immediately purchased a copy. I couldn't wait to get home and listen to it at elevated volume. What a recording!! Kremer has captured and distilled the essence of Piazzolla's music. Every song is a masterpiece and nearly all of my favorite mid-period Piazzolla compositions are contained within. A special treat is the magnum opus which closes the set, a 12-minute rendering of Le Grand Tango with just Kremer's violin and the restrained passion of Vadim Sakharov's piano to lead your mind into another musical dimension. Gidon Kremer has since recorded a number of Piazzolla-related CDs and in so doing has set himself up as the unofficial interpreter of El Maestro's music. If you like Piazzolla, you are sure to enjoy this CD. I give it my highest recommendation.

Average customer rating: Tom Arvidson Woodwind Quintets

Barber: Summer Music; Beach: Pastorale Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beach | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fine, Irving | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuller | Schuller, Gunther | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Wind Quintets ASIN: B000000AS0 Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

1. Summer Music, Op.31: Slow And Indolent - With Motion
2. Partita: I. Intro And Theme: Allegro moderato
3. Partita: II. Variation: Poco vivace
4. Partita: III. Interlude: Adagio
5. Partita: IV. Gigue: Allegro
6. Partita: V. Coda: Lento assai
7. Suite: I. Prelude: Allegro
8. Suite: II. Blues: Andante
9. Suite: III. Toccata: Presto
10. Quintet For Winds: I. Intrada: Moderato
11. Quintet For Winds: II. Intermezzo: Allegretto, lusinghando
12. Quintet For Winds: III. Romanza: Andante
13. Quintet For Winds: IV. Scherzo: Prestissimo-Moderato, rubato-Tempo 1, prestissimo
14. Quintet For Winds: V. Finale: Adagio-Alla marcia
15. Pastorale: Lento tranquillo
16. Quintet em forma de chor: Lent-Anime

Customer Reviews:

Tom Arvidson.......2000-10-09

I heard Gunther Schuller's "Blues" while listening to NPR in transit from one assignment to the next at my job. I immediately knew I had to buy this CD! The colors and resonances, to say nothing of the true Jazz feeling came across like I've never heard in a classical regime. While tasting a few other Schuller listings on Amazon.com, I was a little dissappointed, but I was really infatuated with the other cuts that on this CD. I've discovered other fine pieces in the process!

Woodwind Quintets.......2000-03-27

I bought this CD for the Harbison quintet, a piece I love by one of my favorite composers. The Rekjavik Quintet does an extraordinary job performing this extremely difficult work. Harbison's innovative use of doubling (as in the opening "Intrada") make for original and dramatic sounds. The intense and wild finale, with raucous glissandi from the ensemble creates a new and exciting sound. There are other exciting works on the disc as well. The Barber is flawless, and quite moving. The works by Gunther Schuller and Irving Fine were both new to me but are both works which are well-crafted and rewarding to listen to (the Schuller is a little "light" though, and one dimensional). The remaining two works, altough not my favorites, are well played, and will interest some. I recommend this CD for anyone looking for a recording of the Harbison Quintet or Barber's Summer Music.

Average customer rating:

Villa-Lobos: Music for Flute Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (Complete) ASIN: B00004YYPX Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

1. Quinteto Em Forma De Choros - William Bennet/Neil Black/Janice Knight/Thea King/Robin O'Neill
2. Modinha - William Bennet/Simon Wynberg
3. Bachianas Brasileiras No.6: Aria (Choro) Largo - William Bennet/Robin O'Neill
4. Bachianas Brasileiras No.6: Fant Allegro - William Bennet/Robin O'Neill
5. Distribution Of Flowers - William Bennet/Simon Wynberg
6. Assobio A Jato (The Jet Whistle): Allegro Non Troppo - William Bennet/Charles Tunnell
7. Assobio A Jato (The Jet Whistle): Adagio - William Bennet/Charles Tunnell
8. Assobio A Jato (The Jet Whistle): Vivo - William Bennet/Charles Tunnell
9. Choros No.2 - William Bennet/Thea King
10. Song Of Love - William Bennet/Simon Wynberg
11. Trio: Anime - Neil Black/Thea King/Robin O'Neill
12. Trio: Languisamente - Neil Black/Thea King/Robin O'Neill
13. Trio: Vivo - Neil Black/Thea King/Robin O'Neill

Average customer rating:

Concierto Para Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Manufacturer: Sony Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BTCIX2 Release Date: 2007-03-02

Tracks:

1. Concierto Para Quinteto
2. Invireno Porteno
3. Primavera Portena
4. Casita de Mis Viejos
5. Mi Refugio
6. Loca Bohemia
7. Flores Negras
8. En Las Sombras
9. Margarita Gauthuer
10. Recuerdos de Bohemia
11. Milonga Triste
12. Motivo
13. Volver
14. Casapueblo
15. Flaco Aroldi
16. Con Alma y Vida
17. Tres en Magoya

Album Details

Reissue of the Original Album.

Average customer rating: Piazzolla Shines Sur La Main Parisienne

Libertango Manufacturer: Aeon France ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00069KF9G Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Tangata
2. Escualo
3. Libertango
4. Concierto Para Quinteto
5. Adios Nonino
6. Verano Porteno
7. Mumuki
8. Michelangelo 70
9. Muerte del Angel
10. Soledad

Customer Reviews:

Piazzolla Shines Sur La Main Parisienne.......2007-02-18

Classical music often leaves me drowsy or distracted, but this is something different. Like tango partners, Paris and Argentina have long been sinuously intertwined, the Spanish artist being drawn into the arms of the French city, which seduces and renews him: one example being Julio Cortazar's book "Hopscotch," another being this CD. In this rich tradition, the young, ambitious, but little-known Quatuor Caliente, a quartet of five Parisians (a quartet of a bandeonist, pianist, violinist, and double-bassist augmented by a guest vibraphonist) has taken Piazzolla's masterpiece and spun it rapidly around, showing off its sparkling classical and jazz-infused ornament and leaving the listener ravished and fulfilled. The Quartet's playing is impeccable, sumptous, yet alert to Piazolla's subversive cleverness, and like after any good tango, both partners, the great Piazzolla and the radiant Quatour, are left much the better.

Average customer rating:

Live in Olympia (Vivo a Olympia) Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto Manufacturer: Liquid City ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Roda Carioca (Rio Circle) ASIN: B000050HP7 Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

1. Mendanha
2. A Mountain Atop A Mountain
3. Pitombeira
4. The Flowing Of The Night
5. Intrigas No Boteco Do Padilha
6. Maracatres
7. Macae
8. Jujuba

Average customer rating:

Tangos de Terciopelo Quinteto Argentino de Cuerdas Manufacturer: Warner ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000268BSK Release Date: 2007-03-02

Average customer rating: Les Luthiers - always 5 stars ++++ Le Luthiers always the best

Sonamos Pese a Todo Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Les Luthiers, Vol. 3 Volumen 4 Mastropiero Que Nunca V.2 Hacen Muchas Gracias De Nada Cantata Laxaton ASIN: B00005Y7SW Release Date: 2003-11-03

Tracks:

1. IntroducciSonamus Pese a Todo) (Speech)
2. Alegre Cazador Que Vuelve a Su Casa Con un Fuer
3. Conozca el Interior (Chacarera del ido Lisico
4. Polen Ya Se Esparce Por el Aire [Cancieveme]
5. Cantata de la Planificaciamiliar
6. Concierto Grosso Alla Rustica
7. Quinteto de Vientos [3er Movimiento]
8. Oi Gado [Canciusa]
9. Epopeya de Edipo de Tebas
10. Candonga de los Colectiveros
11. Teorema de Thales [Divertimento Matemco]
12. Gloria Hosanna, That's the Question [Nomlator S]

Customer Reviews:

Les Luthiers - always 5 stars ++++.......2005-12-20

El hablar de Les Luthiers es hablar de un grupo de musicos/humoristas que han superado las cinco estrellas, es decir que la categoria cinco estrellas les ha quedado chica.
No en vano han pasado mas de veinte años de existencia y estan mas vigentes que nunca.

Le Luthiers always the best.......2005-09-04

This Argetinian group no only show their talent with their music, but also with their humor. Very sofisticade and nevers out-of-style.

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Entre Dos Mundos Manufacturer: Quinteto Cha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAAK9E Release Date: 2001-12-25

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