Bach: Una Vida Apasionada

John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician.

The famous portrait of Bach portrays a grumpy 62-year-old man in a wig and formal coat, yet his greatest works were composed 20 years earlier in an almost unrivalled blaze of creativity.

We reveal a complex and passionate artist; a warm and convivial family man at the same time a rebellious spirit struggling with the hierarchies of state and church who wrote timeless music that is today known world-wide. Gardiner undertakes a 'Bach Tour' of Germany, and sifts the relatively few clues we have - some newly-found.

Most of all, he uses the music to reveal the real Bach.

PIAZZOLLA: The Man and His Music [2005]

Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.
Plus : PIAZZOLLA: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC - 54 minutes of additional interviews from Tango Maestro to give further insight into his music with Daniel Piazzolla, Diana Piazzolla, Richard Galliano, Oscar López Ruiz, Horacio Malvicino, Pablo Ziegler, Fernando Suárez Paz and many others.

Astor Piazzolla In Portrait - Tango Maestro [2005]

Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.
The extended (106 mins) DVD version of Mike Dibb's new film TANGO MAESTRO includes: Rare and exhilarating archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla's own groups.

Contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music, including Daniel Barenboim - a fellow student of Nadia Boulanger, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, the Kronos Quartet, the Paris-based Gotan Project, the Tango Pasión dance company, British pianist Joanna MacGregor, Scottish accordeonist James Crabb, and Astor's close friend Richard Galliano, the French accordeonist and bandoneon player. Sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies, El Exilio de Gardel and Sur, for which Piazzolla wrote the music.

Astor Piazzolla In Portrait - Tango Nuevo [2005]

Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.
Also on this DVD is Piazzolla's last recorded studio performance TANGO NUEVO (1989, restored and digitally remastered), with six complete Piazzolla classics, such as Milonga del Angel, Zero Hour and Adiós Nonino, illuminated by interviews with the maestro.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - Live at The Montreal Jazz Festival

The performance was recorded at the 1984 festival and was meticulously digitally restored and re-mastered in September 2007 under the supervision of Astor Piazzolla s friend and pupil Richard Galliano.

Astor Piazzola - Bandoneon
Pablo Ziegler - Piano
Fernando Suarez Paz - Violin
Oscar Lopez Ruiz Electric guitar
Hector Console - Double bass

Temas:

1-Lunfardo
2-Muerte del angel
3-Resurreccion del angel
4-Tristeza de un doble A
5-Adios Nonino
6-Chin Chin
7-Otoño porteño

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