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| Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations | 
 enlarge | Creators: Joan Jeanrenaud, Astor Piazzolla, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, John Sherba
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $10.98
Buy New: $2.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9154
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 79254
UPC: 075597925425
EAN: 0075597925425
ASIN: B000005J0M
Release Date: January 16, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | Five Tango Sensations: Asleep | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Loving | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Anxiety | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Despertar | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Fear |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
This "EP" (about 27:00) contains just one work and sells for a reduced price. Astor Piazzolla wrote this music for himself to play with the Kronos Quartet. People who don't know Piazzolla's music might think this is just a collection of dances. But Piazzolla did for the tango what Chopin did for the polonaise, writing music of substance and passion that rewards repeated listening. I wish Nonesuch would reissue this disc combined with the its CD of Piazzolla orchestral works (now out of print, regrettably). But for the cautious, this disc will make a fine introduction to someone increasingly recognized as a master in his field. --Leslie Gerber
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 only complaint:too $hort May 17, 2007
like the other reviews have said,how can you possibly go wrong with astor and kronos?! obviously you can't and this album is proof! i wish it would've been longer instead of being included in kronos' singles series,but i think i can live with what i have,haha! get it used while it's still cheap!
 Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations September 11, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although a very short album its still one of my favourite Piazzolla recordings. All the tracks are brilliant & as one of Piazzolla's last albums it is also definitely one of the best.
A wonderful collaboration & one of the best Piazzolla discs October 26, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Astor Piazzolla has collaborated with many wonderful artists over the years (including Gary Burton, Milva and many others), but this collaboration with Kronos Quartet is very special and extra extra wonderful. Piazzolla's music is not tango strictly speaking, but a 'sui generis" musical world on its own right, a 'fusion' of the tango tradition with classical and jazz elements, where the tango is the prima materia that the artist used and alchemically refined into gold.
These five pieces for string quartet and bandoneon explore a range of emotions that will speak differently to everyone and what differentiates them somewhat from other Piazzolla music is a feeling of 'quietness' and peace, the explosive material that one usually finds in Piazzolla here is subdued in sweet melancholy. Personally, whenever I listen to this disc, I'm left with a feeling of beauty, sweetness and aching longing.
An essential disc for good music lovers.
Piazzolla and Kronos are an excellent team July 7, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I bought this CD, I didn't know what exactly to expect because after all tango isn't one of those things I like alot. But this record with it's improvisations and it's rather mellowy combination of quartet and bandoneon made the music sound more like a soundtrack to a movie. Excellent work on both sides of the performance, highly recommended to Latin American music lovers or French film lovers.
Piazzola plays with Kronos!! March 6, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the recording that inspired Piazzola to write Four for Tango especially for the Kronos quartet. The music is great, the performance is excellent, and best of all you get to hear Piazzola himself. Very good reflective piece.
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