Piazzolla: Balada para un loco

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Astor Piazzolla
    • PERFORMER
      Theo Ould
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511817
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1181
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Libertango Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Libertango)

      Composer: Théo Ould

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    2. Libertango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    3. Balada para un loco Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Balada para un loco)

      Composer: Théo Ould

      Performer: Marina Viotti, Théo Ould

    4. Balada para un loco (arr. T. Ould for voice, accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Marina Viotti, Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    5. Violentango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    6. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): IV. Invierno Porteño (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    7. Oblivion (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    8. Sur: Vuelvo al sur (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    9. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): I. Primavera Porteña (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    10. La Muerte del Ángel (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    11. Adiós Nonino (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni

    12. Meditango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Quatuor Bilitis

      Performer: Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni


Accordionist Theo Ould describes this new album as "my most personal�-�I had never allowed myself to feature the music of Astor Piazzolla. I wanted to raise the accordion above the cliches to concentrate on more classical repertoire". Theo's vocation became evident, however, when he heard Piazzolla's Libertango at the age of 6. Now, 20 years later, this Frenchman from Marseille tackles this music with fervour and exaltation through tailor-made arrangements performed alongside the Bilitis quartet and the double bass player Blanche Stromboni, as well as mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti, who appears in a beautiful and heart-warming rendition of Balada para un loco, Piazzolla's setting of a poem by Horacio Ferrer. Theo Ould is passionate about this music, inviting us to share in his enthusiasm by joining in Ferrer's Balada: "Climb up into my madman's tenderness, Put a wig of larks on your head, Fly with me now! Come! Fly! Come!"