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| Hommage A Piazzolla | 
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| Creators: Vladimir Tinkha, Michel Portal, Paul Dessau, Jerzy Petersburski, Astor Piazzolla, Alois Posch, Svjatloslav Lips, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Mark Pekarsky, Vadim Sakharov, Gidon Kremer
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $11.70
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 88887
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.1 x 0.5
MPN: 79407
UPC: 075597940725
EAN: 0075597940725
ASIN: B000005J48
Release Date: September 24, 1996
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| Customer Reviews:
 Piazzolla's Unofficial Interpreter April 11, 2001
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
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.
Passionate, a little perverse, compelling December 29, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was captivated by this recording after hearing bits of it on the radio. It grabs you by the lapels.... and then it grows on you. These readings of Piazzola's works are not as urbane as Yo-Yo Ma's, not as dignified as the Eroica Trio's, but I'm gonna stick my non-Argentine neck out & say these Russian & French musicians (consummate artists; this is no sloppy-but-soulful performance) are closer to what I've grown to see as Piazzola's mournful, peculiar, desperate, perverse spirit. These are not tango arrangements for the faint of heart.
Brilliant, elegant, impassioned January 15, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
No need to say more than the title
Wonderful August 6, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Six-year -old little girl was asked: 'How do you like this music?' She answered: 'This music comes from angels'. It is true.
Who would have thought a harpsichord could tango? March 6, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another truly great rendition of Piazzolas music as done by Gidon Kremer and some other very fine musicians. The most fantastic piece, Buenos Aires hora cero, involves a harpsihord that dissolves all classical stereotypes of the instrument. Other pieces invole an excellent clarinet, and Cafe 1930 is a beautiful arrangement of the originally flute and guitar "Histoire du Tango." A very excellent cd, and a must for any Piazzola fan.
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