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Piazzolla: Balada para un loco

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Details

Composer
Astor Piazzolla
Artist
Theo Ould
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
ALPHA1181
UPC
3701624511817

About

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!"

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Libertango Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Libertango) 02:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    Libertango Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Libertango)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Théo Ould
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  2. 2 Libertango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 04:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Libertango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  3. 3 Balada para un loco Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Balada para un loco) 01:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    Balada para un loco Introduction (after A. Piazzolla's Balada para un loco)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Théo Ould
    Performer
    Marina Viotti, Théo Ould
  4. 4 Balada para un loco (arr. T. Ould for voice, accordion and string quintet) 03:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Balada para un loco (arr. T. Ould for voice, accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Marina Viotti, Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  5. 5 Violentango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 04:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    Violentango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  6. 6 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): IV. Invierno Porteño (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 06:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): IV. Invierno Porteño (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  7. 7 Oblivion (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 04:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Oblivion (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  8. 8 Sur: Vuelvo al sur (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 03:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sur: Vuelvo al sur (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  9. 9 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): I. Primavera Porteña (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): I. Primavera Porteña (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  10. 10 La Muerte del Ángel (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 03:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    La Muerte del Ángel (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  11. 11 Adiós Nonino (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 07:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Adiós Nonino (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis
  12. 12 Meditango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet) 06:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    Meditango (arr. T. Ould for accordion and string quintet)
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Théo Ould, Blanche Stromboni
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Bilitis