Tango Nuevo

The Music of Astor Piazzolla Tomas Cotik´s sensibility and affinity for Nuevo Tango and the music of Astor Piazzolla is deeply ingrained from the childhood years he spent in Buenos Aires. After focusing the majority of his career on the Viennese classics, Cotik was spurred by the 20th anniversary of Astor Pizzolla´s death in 2012 to fulfill a lifelong dream of bringing the music of his childhood back to life in the form of violin and piano arrangements. His goal was to authentically recreate the language of the Nuevo Tango both in a very instrumental, virtuosic way, and at other times through arrangements of utmost simplicity that revive both the violence and sensuality of Piazzolla´s music with the highest possible instrumental performance, recording and acoustic qualities. Cotik´s two Piazzolla albums on Naxos have been met with critical acclaim, described by different critics as among the very best Piazzolla albums, “by some distance, Naxos´s best Piazzolla recordings,” as well as “exceptional… Piazzolla can be played differently than this, but probably not better” (Downbeat Magazine). Astor Piazzolla was born a hundred years ago, yet, in Cotik´s hands, his Nuevo Tango still sounds fresh and modern today.

Repertorie

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

Vardarito
Adiós Nonino
Introducción al Ángel
La Muerte del Ángel
Ave María
Yo soy María
Melodia en La
tango en La Menor
Le Grand Tango
Milonga sin Palabras
Fuga y Misterio
Jeanne Y Paul
Balada para un Loco
Histoire du Tango
Aire de la Zamba Niña
Revirado
Fracanapa
Primavera Porteña
Verano Porteño
Otoño Porteño
Invierno Porteño
Milonga del Ángel
Escualo
Vibraphonissimo
Concierto para Quinteto
Biyuya
Oblivion
Retrato de Milton
Buenos Aires Hora Cero
Mumuki
Soledad
Zita
Celos
Fugata
Chin Chin
Resurreccion del Angel
Libertango

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