Astor Piazzolla – Live
The “Nuevo Tango” evolved from the traditionally sung tango, which was played as dance music. The nuevo tango (literally “new tango”), which originated in Buenos Aires in 1955 owes its development to the new rhythms, melodies, harmonies, and dynamics of modern times.
While traditional tango musicians were getting bored playing the same old tangos, I enjoyed playing and composing new tangos. Various “critics” and “musicians” tried to destroy the new tango, though unsuccessfully. Some ambitious musicians, however, tried to follow my musical path but they lacked the most important requirements: training and talent. The young generation of Argentina called for a change. This change occurred in 1955 when the “Octeto Buenos Aires” first appeared and continued with the “Quintet Buenos Aires,” which was founded in I960 and still exists.
I am writing these lines today in Vienna to thank all those who believed in my music. I also would like to express my gratitude to the ORF for its fine recording in the Konzerthaus in October 1983, as a matter of fact it is extremely difficult to give such a good live performance in a recording studio. The decisive factor was the tremendous dialogue between the audience and the quintet, which included Pablo Ziegler (piano), Fernando Suarez Paz (violin), Oscar Lopez Ruiz (guitar), Hector Console (bass), and myself, Astor Piazzolia.
Thank you!
El “Nuevo Tango” es un derivado del tradicional tango bailado y cantado. Este nuevo estilo de musica de Buenos Aires comienza en 1955, y todo se debe a la elaboracion de nuevos ritmos, melodias y acentuaciones que pertenecen al mundo de hoy.
Mientras los musicos de las orquestas de “tango tradicionales” se aburrian tocando durante anos los mismos temas y arreglos, yo me divertia haciendo nueva musica. Los “criticos” y “musicos” trataron de destruir el “Nuevo Tango,” pero no pudieron. Algunos musicos ambiciosos trataron de seguir esta linea pero les faltaba lo mas im-portante, estudio y talento. Los que exigian el cambio en Argentina eran los jovenes. Nosotros lo logramos, primero con el “Octeto Buenos Aires” en 1955 y segundo con el “Quinteto Nuevo Tango” en I960, hasta hoy. Estas lineas que escribo hoy en Viena son para agradecer a todos aquellos que creyeron en mi musica. A la exelente grabacion de la radio de Viena, hecha en octubre 1983 en el “Konzerthaus,” ya que resulta muy dificil tocar de esta manera en un estudio. Lo mas importante fue la increible comunicacion entre el publico vienes y el Quinteto con Pablo Ziegler (Piano), Fernmando Suarez Paz (Violin), Oscar Lopez Ruiz (Guitarra), Hector Console (Bajo) y yo Astor Piazzolia.
Muchas Gracias.
Side A
1.Libertango (3’50)
2.Vera no Porteno (Buenos Aires Summer) (6’32)
3.Caliente (4’35)
4.Fracanapa (3’28)
5.Decarisimo (2’40)
Side B
1.Invierno Porteno (Buenos Aires Winter) (7’10)
2.Revirado (3’15)
3.Adios Nonino (8’35)
Ail titles composed and arranged by Astor Piazzolia.
Original recording produced by Astor Piazzolia and Gotz A. Worner.
Recorded by Paul Polansky for Osterreichischer Runfunk, Vienna, October 1983.
Engineer: Gregor Hornacek
American release produced by Kip Hanrahan, Gotz A. Worner and Scott Marcus with enormous help from Horacio Malvicino Jr., Nancy Hanrahan, Horacio Malvicino Sr. and, especially, Astor Piazzolia. Additional postproduction work by Kip Hanrahan and Jon Fausty at Sound Ideas Studio, New York, December 1985.
Mastered by Greg Calbi for Sterling Sound, New York. Photographs by Philip Held and Patricio Guzman.
Album design by Capoeira Graphics.
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