Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires; Concerto for Bandoneon; Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas | CD review

Binelli/Yang/Nashville SO/Guerrero(Naxos)Astor Piazzolla's later music is now so ubiquitous, his pieces available in all manner of arrangements, that the early stages of his development as a composer have been almost forgotten. The opening work on this disc provides a rare glimpse into the musical world of the young Piazzolla: the Sinfonia Buenos Aires, from 1951, was the last in a series of orchestral pieces that had followed his years of study with Alberto Ginastera in the Argentine capital. I...

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