ASTOR PIAZZOLLA – TRISTEZA DE UN DOBLE "A" - Astor Piazzolla

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA – TRISTEZA DE UN DOBLE "A" - Astor Piazzolla

KORTE INHOUDArgentine bandoneon player, orchestra director, Tango and Tango Nuevo, Classical and Score composer.
He arranged, directed and sometimes recorded the scores of over a hundred films and theatre shows.
Father of Daniel Piazzolla (2), grandfather of Daniel Piazzolla.
Born: 11th March 1921, Mar del Plata, Argentina / Died: 4th July 1992.

The following lists are provided to aid identification of his albums, from compilations and recordings of his compositions performed by other artists:
Names in bold represent database articles / master releases or individual songs. Live bootlegs are arranged by date of recording and name after earliest release.

Orchestras he performed in:

• A number of local ensembles and radio bands, 1937-39.
• Sexteto Los Mendocinos. 1939 - Weeks long stint, no recorded material.
• Aníbal Troilo Y Su Orquesta Típica. 1939-44 - Orchestra of composer Aníbal Troilo. Bandoneon and part of the arranger corpus. Involvement in recordings is mostly unknown.
• Francisco Fiorentino Y Su Orquesta Típica. 1944-46 - Orchestra assembled by singer Francisco Fiorentino and directed by Piazzolla. Bandoneon, arrangements & direction. Recorded material released in 12 double-sided shellac 10''s under Odeon (30201 - 30212).

Compositions he arranged but wasn't involved in their recording & release:

Composed Tangazo, Tango 6, El Hombre De La Esquina Rosada, arrangements for Jairo Canta a Borges, Jeanne y Paul / El Penúltimo, Piazzolla-Ferrer songs for Jairo's 1985 self-titled and Este Amor Es Como El Viento, Four for Tango for Kronos Quartet's Winter Was Hard .
Film scores: Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Eté - Famille d'Artistes - El Infierno Tan Temido

Ensembles and recordings:

• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Orquesta Típica, 1946-51. Recordings were released in around 17 shellac 10''s.
• Astor Piazzolla, Su Bandoneon y Sus Cuerdas aka Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1955-59. Credited on Sinfonía de Tango, Astor Piazzolla Son Bandonéon Et Ses Cordes EP, Piazzola Et Son Orchestre EP and Tango en Hi-Fi y Lo Que Vendrá, plus Azabache / Negracha and Sensiblero / Lo Que Vendrá.
• Octeto Buenos Aires, 1955-58. Recorded Tango Progresivo and Tango Moderno. Recorded Tango Ballet for film Violencia en al Ciudad, both movie and recording are lost.
• Astor Piazola & His Quintet aka Jazz-Tango Quintet, 1959. Recorded Take Me Dancing!, 1959, unused material was later released as Evening In Buenos Aires.
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Quinteto aka Quinteto Nuevo Tango, 1960-70+73-74. Recorded Piazzolla Interpreta a Piazzolla • Piazzolla O No? • Nuestro Tiempo • 5°to Año Nacional • Tango Para Una Ciudad • Vanguardia with Horacio Salgán • Concierto De Tango En El Philharmonic Hall de New York • Contemporáneo EP • Revolucionario Y Retrato De Alfredo Gobbi • El Tango With Jorge Luis Borges • Adiós Nonino • Roberto Goyeneche's Balada Para un Loco 7'' • Con Alma y Vida • En El Teatro Regina • Concierto Para Quinteto / Live bootleg recordings: Muerte del Ángel (1973) • Introducción al Ángel - Vol. 1 - Circa '63 (1963).
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Nuevo Octeto aka Octeto Contemporáneo, 1963. Recorded Tango Contemporáneo.
• Argentinian Session recordings: Recorded Roberto Yanes Canta Tangos as Astor Piazzolla Y Su Orquesta (2), film score 5º Año Nacional, 20 Años de Vanguardía, La Historia del Tango, Vol I & II as Astor Piazzolla Y Su Gran Orquesta, and the Egle Martin EP in 1967.
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Orquesta aka Piazzola-Ferrer-Baltar Ensemble, 1968-72. Uncredited on most recordings. Recorded María de Buenos Aires, famous song Balada Para un Loco recorded in Baltar's Interpreta A Piazzolla - Ferrer, Piazzolla-Ferrer solo work En Persona and Roberto Goyeneche's 7'' Single, film score Pulsación, Las Ciudades / Los Paraguas De Buenos Aires and La Primera Palabra / No Quiero Otro.
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Conjunto 9 aka Noneto, 1971-72 & 1983. Recorded Música Contempóranea de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Vol I & II, Amelita Baltar's La Bicicleta Blanca, Mina (3)'s Balada Para Mi Muerte. / Live bootleg recordings: Astor Piazzolla Y Su Noneto (1972-04-17) - Concierto de Nácar (1983-04-11) - En El Teatro Colón (1983-06-11)
• Italian-French Session recordings: Records Libertango, George Moustaki's Moustaki, Gerry Mulligan's Summit. Records in paris and milan for film scores Les Voyages des Noses (Viaje de Bodas), Armaguedón, Persecuta, and Mundial 78,
• Conjunto Electrónico aka Electronic Octet, 1975-77. Never formally credited. Recorded Suite Troileana / Lumiere, Il Pleut Sur Santiago, José Angel Trelles's Balada Para un Loco. / Live bootleg recordings: Olympia 77 and Libertango. Plus 500 Motivaciones played at Teatro Gran Rex, 1977.
• Argentinian-French-American Session recordings: In Argentina he composes Concierto Para Bandoneón Y Orquesta and Suite Punta del Este, Tres Tangos Para Bandoneón Y Orquesta, performed live on various recordings. In France, records Woe, Oblivion from film Enrico IV, L'exil De Gardel. Tango with the Liéje Philharmonic, a remade Maria De Buenos Aires operetta. In the USA, records The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night of theatre show Tango Apasionado, Concierto Para Bandoneón • Tres Tangos witih Lalo Schifrin, and Five Tango Sensations with Kronos Quartet
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Quinteto Tango Nuevo aka Quinteto Nuevo Tango, 1978-88. Recorded Biyuya, uncredited at Thèmes Originaux for film La Intrusa, uncredited at Roberto Goyeneche's En Vivo - Teatro Regina, Live In Wein, Tristezas De Un Doble A, Live At The "Bouffes Du Nord" with Milva, Tango: Hora Zero, The New Tango with Gary Burton, Sur and uncredited in La Camorra. / Live bootleg recordings: Concierto Para Quinteto (1981-12-20) - Live in Tokyo 1982 (1982-11-21) - Live Lugano 13 Ottobre 1983 - Tres Minutos Con La Realidad (1983-04-??) - Libertango (1984-02-??) - Otoño Porteño (1984-06-29) - Il Bandoneon Di Astor Piazzolla & Milonga Del Ángel (1984-10-15) - Libertango (1984-10-15 & 1981-04-02) - Utrecht 1984 (1984-10-27) - Live In Colonia, 1984 (1984-11-14) - The Central Park Concert (1987-09-06) - Live In Tokyo 1988 (1988-06-26).
• Astor Piazzolla Y Su Sexteto Tango Nuevo aka Sexteto Nuevo Tango, 1989. No officially recorded material. Live bootleg recordings: Tres Minutos Con La Realidad (1989-04) - uncredited in Finally Together Vol. I (1989-06-26) - Live At The BBC 1989 (1989-07-10) - uncredited in The Lausanne Concert (1989-09-04) - uncredited in 57 Minutos Con La Realidad (unknown) - Adiós Noniño (Live!) (unknown)
• Solo bootleg recordings, Introducción al Ángel - Vol. 1 - Circa '63 (1963) - Bandoneón Sinfónico (1990-06-03) - Libertango (1984-10-15 & 1981-04-02)