In the Sinfonía Buenos Aires, Piazzolla's development of symphonic tango is notable for brilliant, original and often complex orchestration. His Bandoneon Concerto, nicknamed "Aconcagua" after the highest Andean mountain, provides the soloist with ample opportunities for drama, pathos and virtuosity. Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), a series of single tango movements with several references to Vivaldi's famous work, is a vivid sequence in which the changing moods of the seasons are expressed by means of an almost limitless emotional range and depth.
Series statement
Latin American classics
Uniform title
Orchestra music. Selections
Latin American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
Sinfonía Buenos Aires : op. 15, 1951 (26:20) -- Concerto for bandoneón, string orchestra, and percussion : "Aconcagua" : 1979 (24:58) -- Las cuatro estaciones porteñas : 1964-70 / arr. Leonid Desyatnikov for violin and strings (28:20).
Note
The 3rd work originally for bandoneon, electric guitar, violin, double bass, and piano.
Event (note)
Recorded Nov. 21-22, 2009, Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Piazzolla, Astor.
Title
Sinfonía Buenos Aires [electronic resource] / Piazzolla.
Imprint
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, p2010.
Playing time
002620 002458 002820
Series
Latin American classics
Latin American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))