Berliner Symphoniker, Omar Massa & Mark Laycock - Nuevo Tango Concertos by Piazzolla and Massa (2021) [24/48]

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.

Tracklist:
01. Massa: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra, Buenos Aires-Berlin: 1. Prologue & Tango
02. Massa: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra, Buenos Aires-Berlin: 2. Prayer, Adagio
03. Massa: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra, Buenos Aires-Berlin: 3. Tango Scherzo, Finale
04. Massa: Buenos Aires Resonances for Bandoneon and Strings
05. Massa: Negro Liso
06. Massa: Tango Legazy for Bandoneon and Strings
07. Piazzolla: Bandoneon Concerto Aconcagua for Bandoneon, Strings Orchestra and Percussion: I Allegro Marcato
08. Piazzolla: Bandoneon Concerto Aconcagua for Bandoneon, Strings Orchestra and Percussion: II Moderato
09. Piazzolla: Bandoneon Concerto Aconcagua for Bandoneon, Strings Orchestra and Percussion: III Presto
10. Piazzolla: Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires for Orchestra


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