Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla
by Yo-Yo Ma
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1997
- Label: Sony Classical
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:24
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Soul of the Tango' is devoted entirely to Astor Piazzolla, recorded with musicians from the composer's own orbit including bandoneonist N茅stor Marconi and violinist Antonio Agri. It won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, carrying Piazzolla's nuevo tango into the classical mainstream.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, virtuosic, traditional, melodic, emotive
Tracklist
- Libertango (3:07)
- Andante and Allegro from Tango Suite: Andante (3:45)
- Andante and Allegro from Tango Suite: Allegro (6:05)
- Regreso al amor, from Solana's movie "Sur" (6:02)
- Le Grand Tango (11:36)
- Fugata (3:46)
- Tango Remembrances (6:19)
- Mumuki (5:06)
- Tres minutos con la realidad (Three Minutes with Reality) (3:07)
- Milonga del angel (6:38)
- Cafe 1930 (7:47)
Credits
- Yo-Yo Ma - primary artist, cello
- Astor Piazzolla - primary artist, bandoneon, composed by
- N茅stor Marconi - bandoneon
- Carlos Del Rosario - edited by [digital editing]
- Scott Frankfurt - edited by [digital editing]
- Jorge Calandrelli - arranged by, directed by [music director], mixed by
- Roxanne Slimak - art direction, design [package design]
- Richard Haney-Jardine - booklet editor [editorial direction], liner notes [english translation]
- Geoff Gillette - engineer [recording engineer], mixed by
- Laraine Perri - executive-producer, executive producer
- Oscar Castro-Neves - mixed by, producer
- Allen Weinberg - art direction
- Dale Lawton - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Darren Mora - engineer [assistant engineers]
- John Sorenson - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Mark Wessel - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Mike Scotella - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Sebasti谩n Losicer - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Mar铆a Susana Azzi - liner notes
- Genevi猫ve Haines - liner notes [french translation]
- Reinhard L眉thje - liner notes [german translation]
- Anna Saxon-Forti - liner notes [italian translation]
- Bernie Grundman - mastered by
- Timothy White - photography by