Viveza Tango Tango
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Limited Edition - Only 500 Copies!
180g Vinyl German Import Double LP! Distributed Exclusively by Elusive Disc!
For twenty years, Viveza, Canada's premier salon music group, has arranged and
performed the delightful repertoire of miniatures by the great composers from
Brahms to Piazzolla, with a dash of Spanish music and Tango. The name Viveza is
Spanish for "lively, vivacious", and the musicians, who play symphony and opera
and teach in academy and conservatory, come together in Viveza for the joy of
making their own music.
"Viveza is a chamber ensemble that really knows its stuff. Its members never
seem to have problems with intonation or with timing, and they all feel the
music together, so that the listener is treated to some pretty high standards of
music-making. Tango Tango is its release devoted to the group's favorite dance.
"Devoted" is the right word, because the ensemble really does love this music.
It has a respect for the music that means everyone pays attention to the
coloring and emotion of each piece, but they don't let that get in the way of
their enjoyment of playing the music. The mix of works, from Gade to Piazzolla,
not only samples the variety of forms and styles of tango, but also shows how
composers like Stravinsky put their unique spin on it. The program starts with
the familiar: Gade's Jalousie and Albéniz's Tango in D, two European
stylizations or refinements of the common dance. Both are played with just a bit
of élan and drama, but not too much. The Albéniz has a naturally gentle charm,
and the same can be said of Viveza's arrangements of Stalman's Viejas Ideas and
Grothe's Schreib mir einen Brief! When the group gets into the tangos written
after the 1930s, its members play more freely and with more verve, particularly
in A Evaristo Carriego and the Piazzolla tangos and generally wherever they can
let go with showy technique. As a whole, the album isn't as fiery or recklessly
passionate as to carry the listener away completely, but it is plenty infectious
regardless. And the very close and rich sound makes it feel as if the listener
is being treated to his/her own private performance by a top-notch dance
ensemble." - allmusic.com
Features:
• Limited Edition - Only 500 Copies!
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• German Import
• Gatefold Jacket
Musicians:
Gwen Thompson, violin, viola, guiro
Mark Koenig, violin, melodeon, viola
Wilmer Fawcett, double bass, guitar
Robert Holliston, piano, guitar
Salvador Ferreras, guest artist, percussion
Selections:
LP1 - Side A:
Jacob Gade
1. Jalousie (Tango Tzigane)
Isaac Albeniz
2. Tango In D
Bernardo Stalman
3. Viejas Ideas (Polemico)
Franz Grothe
4. Schreib Mir Einen Brief! (Lied und Tango)
LP1 - Side B:
Bill Runger
1. Astor
E. Frenandez-Arbos
2. Tango (Danse Espagnole), Op. 2
Russell Guyver
3. Un Crimen Pasional (A Crime Of Passion)
Danny Gould
4. Dango's Tango
LP2 - Side C:
Eduardo Oscar Rovira
1. A Evaristo Carriego
Carlos Gardel
2. Por Una Cabeza
Astor Piazzolla
3. Allegro Tangabile
Igor Stravinsky
4. Tango
LP2 - Side D:
Astor Piazzolla
Quinto Ano Nacional
1. 1. Quinto Ano Nacional (Tango)
2. 2. Fin de Curso (Milonga)
3. 3. El Goy (Tango); 4. El Boletin (Tangos)
4. 5. Aplazado (Tango)