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| Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla | 
 enlarge | Creators: Edwin Barker, Hector Console, Yo-yo Ma, Jorge Calandrelli, Astor Piazzolla, Horacio Malvicino, Odair Assad, Oscar Castro-neves, Sergio Assad, Frank Corliss, Gerardo Gandini, Kathryn Stott, Leonardo Marconi, Antonio Agri
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $8.86
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (29 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2698
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 63122
UPC: 074646312223
EAN: 0074646312223
ASIN: B0000029XQ
Release Date: October 2, 1997
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| Customer Reviews:
 A magnificent way to expand your musical horizons from typical classical or cultural music July 24, 2007
I had been lusting after this CD for a long time, and the main reason I bought it on Amazon is that the complete CD is not available for sale through the online music retailers, such as iTunes that I typically use. What makes this such a great CD is that it takes a Cello, an instrument that most people associate with Bach or large orchestras, and allows the instrument, through the talented playing of world-acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to create beautiful, melodic and cultural music so passionately that at times one might mistake it for a human voice. The CD contains a very healthy variety of songs, and makes a valuable addition to any connoisseur's collection.
 Excellently performed, Not much Variety January 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yo-Yo Ma leads an all-star cast in his "Sould of the Tango" project. He offers fresh new arrangements of Piazzolla's masterpieces including "Libertango," "Tango Suite," "Fugatta," and more. The arrangements are expertly performed and the playing is exciting and energetic. There is a lush palatte of sound colors coming from guitars, cellos, pianos and the bandoneon. The music is beautiful and flashy. Pieces are reorchestrated such as the "Tango Suite" pieces which are originally guitar duos now with a cello in the mix and the last track on the album, "Cafe 1930" was originally flute and guitar but Ma performs it on cello and bandoneon. The result is freshly interpreted Piazzolla masterpieces that feature new sound color and new perspective. The music is really quite enchanting.
The only problem with this particular recording is that I think Piazzolla is better heard in moderation. Piazzolla wrote in such a constrianed genre, (classical tango), and thus a whole hour of Piazzolla is a little much to take. This great album doesn't make for much of a great straight through listen, but is much better as a plesant surprise when the computer library or iPod is on shuffle.
A Classy CD June 23, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Great intro to tango, great to relax and read to.
 Great Music BUT - Stupid Sony CD July 15, 2003
17 out of 68 found this review helpful
I love this music - plays great on my CD player, but when I tried to play it on my computer at work, I wouldn't work. Sony wanted me to install something that didn't work on my machine (my computer is farely new), so I ended up having a friend copy the music over to a new CD without all that SONY stuff they use to stop pirating probably. Now I can listen at work and it is wonderful. BUT BEWARE ON BUYING CDs like this!
Very good but not what I heard live in Cerritos March 5, 2003
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
When I first heard Yo-Yo Ma live in Cerritos several years ago, his closing piece was from the yet released Soul of the Tango.
With that music, the subdued audience was enlightened. With only a Cello and a Piano, the music that was created was unbelievable. It was several months before the CD came out and I was a little disappointed that the energy that was present in the live concert did not translate to the CD. I hope that a Live recording or DVD will eventually be released which does capture the real Soul of the Tango.
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