Astor Piazzolla: Tango! – Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble (2013) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD 5.1

Сomposer: Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Artist: Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble
Title: Tango!
Genre: Classical, Jazz, Tango, Chamber Music, South American Traditions
Label: © Challenge Records Int.
Release Date: 2013
Recorded: MotorMusic Studios, Mechelen, Belgium
Recording dates: 29 January 2013
Quality: Blu-ray
Duration: 01:02:44 + 0:22:46  (documentary)
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 20893 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / Main Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6492 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3118 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio#4 (documentary): English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2126 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle (documentary): English, German, French, Dutch
Size: 17.55 GB

Classical music lovers all over the world will know her name: violinist Isabelle van Keulen is a soloist who, for many years now, has built a strong career worldwide. She plays with all the important orchestra’s, performs in the famous concert halls and keeps on recording extraordinary CD’s of a very high level. Take for instance her latest release of December 2012 with music of Prokofiev together with her duo partner Ronald Brautigam. But now she dares to do something totally different! She wanted to do this for many years and now her dream can come true to play and record the music of Astor Piazzolla. This music she has loved since she was a child of six years old. With her new ensemble she also plays in concert halls and she recorded this beloved tango music on SACD and on film (on DVD and Bluray) in January 2013 in mechelen (Belgium). In a bonus documentary that goes with the BluRay, Isabelle and her colleagues Ulrike Payer, Christian Gerber and Rudiger Ludwig tell about this music, about the tango technique and about their instruments. This not only gives us insight in Piazzolla himself but also tells more about the typical tango sound and how this is produced and why, according to the musicians, this music is so moving and goes straight to the heart!

The worldwide growth of interest in Astor Piazzolla’s music may have slowed somewhat, but part of the appeal of his works lies in their protean adaptability to almost any instrumental combination, and performances by new groups continue to appear. This one, by the Netherlands’ Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble playing a variety of Piazzolla favorites, seems straightforward enough, but actually no one has released one quite like it. Van Keulen’s group is a quartet, with violin (van Keulen herself), bandoneón, piano, and double bass. This is smaller than any of the groups that would have played this music originally, and the effect is fascinating. The double keyboards capture virtually all of the harmonic-motivic content of Piazzolla’s compositions, but the added improvisatory elements on electric guitar (in his famous quintet formations), jazz saxophone or flute, drums, and other instruments are missing. The result is a sort of distillation of Piazzolla’s compositions, more “classical” in its effect even than Gidon Kremer’s best-selling Piazzolla recordings, which have a good dose of fantasy overlaid on the music. The selection includes a good number of the best-known Piazzolla compositions; the most famous of all, Adiós Nonino, is not included, but that one has been recorded in plenty of other places. For newcomers to Piazzolla the best place to start is still probably with his own recordings, but this intriguingly dispassionate version will be of interest to those looking for ways to present Piazzolla in classical concert settings. –AllMusic Review by James Manheim

Tracklist:
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
[1] Escualo 03:58
[2] Invierno Porteno 06:48
[3] Tristezas de un Doble A 08:58
[4] Michelangelo ’70 03:05
[5] Contrabajisimo 11:51
[6] Libertango 03:58
[7] Tangata 08:23
[8] Tanti Anni Prima 05:12
[9] Concierto para Quinteto 09:33
Bonus:
Documentary: Music from the Heart 22:46

Personnel:
Isabelle van Keulen, violin
Christian Gerber, bandonéon
Ulrike Payer, piano
Rüdiger Ludwig, double bass


DISC INFO:

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