Piazzolla, Massa: Nuevo Tango Concertos / Massa, Laycock, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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Label
Solo Musica
Release Date
September 17, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MASSA PIAZZOLLA
    • PERFORMER
      Berliner Symphoniker, Massa, Laycock
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 17, 2021
    • UPC
      4260123643669
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SM366
    • LABEL
      Solo Musica
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prologue and Tango

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    2. II. Prayer: Adagio

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    3. III. Tango Scherzo: Finale

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    4. Buenos Aires Resonances

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    5. Negro Liso

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Performer: Omar Massa

    6. Tango Legacy

      Composer: Omar Massa

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    7. I. Allegro marcato

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    8. II. Moderato

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    9. III. Presto

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Omar Massa

      Conductor: Mark Laycock

    10. Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Mark Laycock


Astor Piazzolla, the great Argentine composer and bandoneon player, was born exactly a century ago in 1921. Fascinated by the music of Bach, Mozart and Chopin, Piazzolla wanted to compose great classical music. From Alberto Ginastera he received lessons in orchestration, composition and conducting, as well as in literature and poetry. Following his studies with Ginastera, Piazzolla received a scholarship to study in Paris with the renowned pianist and composer Nadia Boulanger. Under her guidance, he began to conceive of and perfect his own style of composition. Composer and bandoneon player Omar Massa hails from Buenos Aires and has lived in Berlin since 2019. He is seen by music critics as the successor to Astor Piazzolla, whose work he has been performing from the age of six. Massa is considered to be an ambassador and champion of Argentine music as he too creates bridges to classical music with his own compositions. He combines minimalism with contemplative spaces, creates impressionistic colours, uses unusual meters and expands harmonic language without losing the inner melancholy of the true Tango Nuevo. Massa catapults the music of Buenos Aires into the 21st century. For over five decades, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra has been an integral part of Berlin's musical and cultural life, enriching the German orchestral landscape, and since 1990 has been the orchestra for all Berliners. In addition to the popular and long-established symphony concerts held in the Berlin Philharmonie, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra performs throughout Berlin and the surrounding area. With guest performances in Europe and tours to North and South America, Africa and Asia, as well as their appearances at international festivals (in France, Italy, Austria, Spain, Israel, among others), the Berlin Symphony Orchestra presents itself successfully worldwide and sees itself as a cultural ambassador for Berlin.