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ContactoTango Gustavo Beytelman (*1945); the composer and pianist, who has lived in Paris since 1976, studied i.a. with Francisco Kröpfl. At a young age he played in the Argentine jazz rock group Sanata y Clarificación, in 1977 he was pianist in Astor Piazzolla's Octeto Electronico during his European tour. With his founded in Paris Trio Mosalini-Beytelmann-Caratini he advanced to become one of the most creative pianists of Argentine tango. Since the 1990s he has increasingly appeared as a composer. He was composer-in-residence from Dijon, Guebwiller and Moritzburg and has written countless film scores. Today he is a.o. Director of the Tango Department at the Rotterdam Conservatory. In 1997 he composed the Cinco piezas for viola and piano. Luis Borda (*1955) is a guitarist and composer. He studied i.a. with Osvaldo Lupi and Alberto Coronato. In his youth he became a member of the Argentine rock band Have Rock known. He worked with musicians such as Rodolfo Mederos, Dino Saluzzi, Litto Nebbia, Juan Falú, León Gieco and Lito Vitale and became a protagonist of the Tango Nuevo. He has lived in Germany since 1996; that year he also composed El viento de verdad. The version for viola and piano was written in 2012 for Julia Rebekka Adler. Paul Aguirre (*1961) studied i.a. with Manolo Juárez, Marta Lambertini and Lito Valle. In his compositions, the Argentine combines concepts of classical music with the style of Tango Nuevo. He created i.a. the Sonata tanguera for different chamber music formations. Release was written in 2010, the composer wrote the version for viola and piano in the same year for Julia Rebekka Adler. Miguel Angel Varvello (*1943) learned to play the bandoneon with Tito Aparicio, José Bustamante and Antonio Ríos, he studied composition with Tití Rossi. As a bandoneonist he made a name for himself in Argentina from an early age and is still in demand as a musician, arranger and teacher. With his own ensembles he realized a characteristic progressive musical style in the 1980s. His tango Intertwined from 2007 was originally conceived for viola and bandoneon; it is dedicated to Julia and Thure Adler. In 2012 his Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra was released, which explores all the expressive possibilities of this instrument. Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992); the legendary bandoneon player and founder of the Tango Nuevo composed the Dos piezas breves para viola and piano 1949. At the beginning of his career, the former composition student of Alberto Ginastera (1941) played i.a. as a bandoneonist orquesta tipica by Aníbal Troilo in Buenos Aires (1939–1944). In 1946 he founded his own tango orchestra, which existed until 1949. But it was his study visit to Paris (1954) with Nadia Boulanger that, in his own opinion, put him on the path to his unmistakable style. The piece Le Grand Tango dates from 1982. Piazzolla dedicated it to the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who first performed it in 1990. The Seis estudios tanguísticos for flute or violin solo written in 1987; at that time Piazzolla had already achieved world fame. |
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Gustavo Beytelman (* 1945)
Cinco piezas for viola and piano (1997) 16:58
[01] I. 03:46
[02] II. 02:21
[03] III. 03:14
[04] IV. 03:29
[05] V. 04:08
Luis Borda (* 1955)
[06] El viento de verdad (1996/2012) viola & piano 04:48
Paul Aguirre (* 1961)
[07] Release (2010) viola & piano 04:22
Miguel Varvello (* 1943)
[08] Intertwined (2007) viola & piano 06:11
Written for Julia Rebekka Adler
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Dos piezas breves para viola and piano (1949) 08: 12
[09] I. La noche (lento e misterioso) 04:39
[10] II. Tanguano (molto marcato) 03:33
[11] Le Grand Tango (1982) viola & piano 11:56
Seis estudios tanguísticos (1987) violin solo 23:37
[12] I. Decide 03:23
[13] II. Anxieux et rubato 07:26
[14] III. Molto marcato e energico 03:31
[15] IV. Lento-Meditative 03:13
[16] V. 01:57
[17] VI. Avec anxiete 04:07
total time: 76:15
Julia Rebecca Adler violet
José gallardo piano
Press:
http://tangoreviews.blogspot.de/
29.03.2016
This music is definitely nothing you can consume easily, it is hard stuff played easily. Seventy-six minutes with compact and complex compositions by Gustavo Beytelmann (Argentine pianist and composer; *1945), Luis Borda (Argentine guitarist and composer; *1955), Pablo Aguirre (Argentine pianist and composer; * 1961), Miguel Varvello (Argentine bandoneon player and composer; *1943) and Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon player and composer; 1921-1992), played by two extraordinary and outstanding musicians, German viola player Julia Rebekka Adler (*1978) and Argentine pianist José Gallardo (*1971). With the exception of the Piazzolla compositions, all other are world premiere recordings, either specifically written and dedicated to Julia Rebekka Adler (Varvello´s Entelazados) or arranged for the duo. I am not sure which compositions are more easily accessible – it is clearly music for the concert hall and requires our full attention. Maybe the 6 min. composition Entrelazados by Miguel Varvello is an appropriate starter, and then the 5 min. El viento de verdad by Luis Borda. Impressive, how Adler and Gallardo play with the dynamics, modulate the tempo and individually underline the melodic structure of their selected songs. They interact perfectly and highly sensitive.
Yet, this recording might not get the applause of the tango dancers. One could imagine Piazzolla's frustration that his music was not accepted by the traditional Argentine milongueros. In fact, among the 9 Piazzolla compositions presented here, there is not one like his heart-rending evergreenOblivion which easily finds its way to the listener's heart. Then, what about his 12 min composition Le Grand Tango? It has its own beauty, but requires time to unfold. It is interpreted elegantly and sensitively by the duo. In contrast to another version with cello and piano (ie, by Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang) which has much more dynamic (male) power, the presented (female) version of Adler and Gallardo is rather coltish-reluctantly but highly sensitive. However, this does not argue against their version, it's simply a matter of taste.
All in all, an impressive album with chamber music for the audiophiliacs seated in the concert hall rather than for the moonlight milongas of the suburbs.
09.10.2014
Sensual and technically fascinating
Julia Rebekka Adler's viola goes wonderfully with the tango repertoire. With a somewhat smoky, always sensual and almost lascivious, but also highly virtuoso playing, she gives the music heart and soul. Beyond the musical, the ear enjoys a very refined sound design, a wide range of colors and a pronounced sense for a spontaneous rhythm. The soloist combines the gripping expressiveness with a sovereign technique and a well-dosed taste.
José Gallardo is a rather reserved accompanist whose clearly articulated playing benefits from very good miking. And that's another feature: the high-resolution surround recording is captivatingly transparent and natural on the Blu-ray.
Remy Franck
05/2014
[…] Adler's sound design is refined, determined by the differentiated use of vibrato, the formation of soft and full sounds up to the sharply profiled sul ponticello sound with a crisply articulated bow attack
combined. Gallardo, on the other hand, plays with restraint, but never disappears into the background, but determines the rhythmic subtleties of the music with his clear, sometimes dry attack. [...]
Stefan Drees
www.tangoyculturapopular.blogspot.com, 03.2014
04 February 2014
29.01. 2014
[…] “The” tango, which actually doesn't exist, has opened up to jazz and modern art music. And it's a movement that's alive. Above all, the original attributes of passion, drama and eroticism live on.
On their new CD and Audio Blueray, the viola player Julia Rebekka Adler and the pianist José Gallardo devote themselves to an intensive field of tension between heritage and the present. On their CD "Contacto Tango" they confront the founder of Tango Nuevo with some of Piazzolla's contemporaries, some of them much younger. The multi-layered compositions, most of which have only been created in recent years, show what creative freedom is waiting to be discovered here, how unused what seems familiar is being renewed here. Above all: Julia Rebekka Adler and Jose Gallardo celebrate electrifying chamber music that never leaves you indifferent.
So gripping, touching and challenging is the interplay between the multiple national competition prize winner of Jugend Musiziert and today's violist with the Munich Philharmonic and the pianist who was born in Buenos Aires and now lives in Augsburg. [...]