Piazzolla: Maria De Buenos Aires

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Astor Piazzolla
    • PERFORMER
      Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421967622
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96762
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I Scene 1: Alevare (El Duende)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Gualtiero Scola, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    2. Part I Scene 2: Tema de María

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    3. Part I Scene 3a: Balada Renga para un Organito Loco (La Voz de un Payador, Voces de los Hombres que volvieron del Misterio, El Duende)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Gualtiero Scola, Alberto Maria Munafò, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    4. Part I Scene 3b: Yo soy María (María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    5. Part I Scene 4: Milonga Carrieguera por María la Niña (Porteño Gorrión con Sueño, María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Alberto Maria Munafò, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    6. Part I Scene 5: Fuga y Misterio

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    7. Part I Scene 6: Poema Valseado (María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    8. Part I Scene 7: Tocata Rea (El Duende)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Gualtiero Scola, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    9. Part I Scene 8: Miserere Canyengue de los Ladrones Antiguos en las Alcantarillas (Ladrón Antiguo Mayor, Voces de las Viejas Madamas, Voces de los Ladrones Antiguos)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Alberto Maria Munafò, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    10. Part II Scene 9: Contramilonga a la Funerala por la Primera Muerte de María (El Duende)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Gualtiero Scola, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    11. Part II Scene 10: Tangata del Alba

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    12. Part II Scene 11: Carta a los Árboles y a las Chimeneas (La Sombra de María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    13. Part II Scene 12: Aria de los Analistas (Voces de los Analistas, Analista Primero, La Sombra de María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    14. Part II Scene 13: Romanza del Duende Poeta y Curda (El Duende, Voces de las 3 Marionetas Borrachas de Cosas)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Gualtiero Scola, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    15. Part II Scene 14: Allegro Tangabile

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    16. Part II Scene 15: Milonga de la Anunciación (La Sombra de María)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    17. Part II Scene 16: Tangus Dei (Una Voz de Ese Domingo, El Duende, Voces de las Amasadoras de Tallarines, Voces de los 3 Albañiles Magos, La Sombra de María, Voces de los Espectadores)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

      Performer: Ce Suárez Paz, Alberto Maria Munafò, Giovanni Zonno, Salvatore Russo, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Filippo Arlia, Nico Fuscaldo

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia


Maria de Buenos Aires is a tango operita (little opera) composed by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) with a libretto by poet Horacio Ferrer. Premiering in 1968, the piece is one of Piazzolla's most ambitious and innovative works, blending tango, classical music, and surrealist poetry. It represents a major departure from traditional tango, showcasing Piazzolla's distinctive nuevo tango style-complex, dramatic, and infused with elements of jazz and avant-garde music. -The operita tells the symbolic and enigmatic story of Maria, a woman born "one day when God was drunk" in the slums of Buenos Aires. She becomes a tango singer and a symbol of sensuality and suffering. After her death, Maria's shadow wanders through the underworld of the city, encountering surreal characters such as the Duende (a goblin-like narrator) and a chorus of psychoanalysts, construction workers, and thieves. The narrative is abstract, filled with metaphors and mystical elements, portraying Maria both as a real woman and an allegory for Buenos Aires itself, particularly it's tango culture. Musically, Maria de Buenos Aires is richly textured, featuring bandoneon (a type of concertina essential in tango music), piano, violin, and voice. Piazzolla's score breaks traditional tango rhythms and harmonies, pushing the genre into new emotional and intellectual territory. The work is often interpreted as a meditation on identity, femininity, urban life, and rebirth. Despite it's initial mixed reception, it has gained recognition as a groundbreaking piece in 20th-century music and a key work in Piazzolla's oeuvre. Maria de Buenos Aires remains a vivid, haunting exploration of the soul of Buenos Aires, where tango is not just a dance or music form, but a poetic expression of passion, loss, and resilience. Performed by Ce Suarez Paz (soprano Maria), Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneon), soloists and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria, conducted by Filippo Arlia.