Piazzolla: Buenos Aires - Arrangements for Violin & String Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 26, 2024
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Astor Piazzolla
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Martingale Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Tomas Cotik, Ken Selden
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 26, 2024
    • UPC
      747313430871
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574308
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Chin Chin

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    2. Resurrección del Ángel

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    3. Mumuki

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    4. Soledad

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    5. Suite Troileana: II. Zita

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    6. Las Cuatro Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    7. Celos

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden

    8. Fugata

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Martingale Ensemble

      Performer: Tomás Cotik (Violin)

      Conductor: Ken Selden


All the arrangements on this album are of instrumental works that Astor Piazzolla composed for his Quinteto Nuevo Tango. Most prominent is the Vivaldi-inspired Las cuatro estaciones porteñas reimagined in concerto style for solo violin and string orchestra by Leonid Desyatnikov. The seven other companion pieces are heard here in world premiere recordings of arrangements by conductor Ken Selden, who leads the Martingale Ensemble.