Notes and Editorial Reviews
The late Astor Piazzolla's Quinteto Tango Nuevo lives on, in a way, through Tango Futur, a group of young musicians that continues to bridge the Argentine tango's popular roots with forms and textures that characterize contemporary "art music". The ensemble's cracklingly precise performances make cogent cases for a broad range of new tango-inspired works. Oscar Strasnoy's Mano Brava and Derrumbe, for example, are evocative little etudes built from jumpy, asymmetrical rhythmic patterns and free-falling jazz licks. Gustavo Beytelmann's delightful tryptich Trois Airs Autour du Tango for alto saxophone and piano makes Piazzolla's polyphonic shadow-play his own, while a more dissonant brand of sultry agitation
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colors Carlos Grätzer's Transmutango, Daniel Bozzani's Madame Blanche, and Luis Naón's Alto Voltango, along with two pieces involving spoken and sung text. The latter feature mezzo-soprano Susanna Moncayo, whose smallish yet lusty timbre walks that thin line between "legit" and "illegit", so to speak. Two Piazzolla neo-classical charmers, the Fuga y Misterio and Chiquilín de Bachín, bookend this stimulating program, capped by BIS's crispy engineering and excellent booklet notes. [4/19/2003]
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Works on This Recording
1.
María de Buenos Aires: Fuga y misterio by Astor Piazzolla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1968; Argentina
2.
En una petit garçoniere de Montmartre by Gabriel Senanes
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
3.
Mano brava by Oscar Strasnoy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
4.
Derrumbe by Oscar Strasnoy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
5.
La casita de mis viejos by Juan Carlos Cobian
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931; Argentina
Notes: Arranged: Julio-Martín Viera
6.
Café de la Musique by Gerardo Gandini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
7.
Griseta by Enrique Delfino
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956
Notes: Arranged: Julio-Martín Viera
8.
Común requiebro by Luis Naón
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
9.
El Afán de la Pena by Luis Naón
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1997
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Leve Copla."
10.
Alto Voltango by Luis Naón
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
11.
Trois Airs Autour du Tango by Gustavo Beytelmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
12.
Transmutango by Carlos Grätzer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
13.
L'Extravagant by Julio-Martín Viera
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1999; Argentina
14.
A Fuego by Julio-Martín Viera
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1999; Argentina
15.
Leve Copla by Luis Naón
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: 2001
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "El Afán de la Pena."
16.
Chiquilín de Bachin by Astor Piazzolla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
17.
Madame Blanche by Daniel Bozzani
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tango Futur
Period: 20th Century
Sound Samples
En una petite garconniere de Montmatre
Cafe de la Musique, tango pour Claude
Griseta: II. Instrumental
El Afan de la Pena (and Leve Copla)
Trois Airs Autour du Tango: I. -
Trois Airs Autour du Tango: II. -
Trois Airs Autour du Tango: III. -
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