Tomas Cotik - Tangos - Including la Muerte Del Angel - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

All the arrangements on this album are of instrumental works that Astor Piazzolla composed for his Quinteto Nuevo Tango. Most prominent is the Vivaldi-inspired Las cuatro estaciones porteñas reimagined in concerto style for solo violin and string orchestra by Leonid Desyatnikov. The seven other companion pieces are heard here in world premiere recordings of arrangements by conductor Ken Selden, who leads the Martingale Ensemble. Violinist Tomás Cotik's previous releases include Tango Nuevo (8.573166) and Legacy (8.573789) Album Tracks 1. Chin Chin (1978-79) 2. Resurrección Del Ángel (1965) 3. Mumuki (1984) 4. Soledad (1968) 5. Suite Troileana - II. Zita (1975) 6. Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (1965-70) 7. Celos (1979) 8. Fugata (1969)

Argentine-born violinist Tomas Cotik has fully devoted himself to the study and interpretation of the Bach solo sonatas and partitas for violin. This is truly one of the greatest traversals of this transcendent music. Hailed by Michael Tilson Thomas as InchAn excellent violinist,Inch Tomas Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A much sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik is currently involved in more than fourteen album recordings for Naxos and Centaur records, which have received over a hundred reviews and the highest praises from some of the best-known publications. Committed to passing on his passion for music, Dr. Cotik taught at the University of Miami, Florida International University, and West Texas A&M University. He was appointed assistant professor of violin at Portland State University in 2016. Album Tracks 1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 2. Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 3. Violin Sonata No. 2 in a Minor, BWV 1003 4. Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 5. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005 6. Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

Alicia Terzian is a world-recognized, award-winning composer, conductor, and musicologist. She is on the faculty of the Fine Arts Academy of Chile and Spain and is the conductor of Grupo Encuentros, the official group of the International Encounters for Contemporary Music Foundation and the only permanent group in Latin America. The pieces leading up to Terzian's masterwork create a nostalgic backdrop to the beginning of the album. The tangos pay homage to the decadence of Old Hollywood and the jazz age, but with a haunting touch added by the ghostly sound effects tucked within Cristal. Terzian's own composition, Buenos Aires, you're going to kill me, is a four-movement work for piano with electroacoustic sounds and poems. Utilizing soloists, textured layering, and electroacoustic sound manipulation, the movements range from adventurous and lighthearted to eerie and dark, capturing the many different sides of a major city's personality. The next piece is Jukka Tienssuu's Tango lunar, an instrumental quintet with an equally rich melody. Malena, too, is remarkable this 1940's tango by Lucio Demare is beautifully sung by Marta Blanco. Roque de Pedro's thick and soulful, yet equally intimate In the bar as a tango was dedicated in 1989 to Grupo Encuentros. Un Argentino de vuelte begins as a delicate fantasy sonata for piano but is interrupted by the entry of the tango ensemble and a scat singer. Their melody becomes something of a ritornello. A solo flute drives the composition into power play against the vibrato of the bandoneon, which eventually wins, breaking down into a solo cadenza. The beautiful piano solo returns followed by an occurence of the ritornello. Next is Los Mareados, a powerful Spanish anthem; followed by Verano Porteño, a trio for violin, cello, and piano. Closing the album is Llamado de Tambores, a work for instrumental sextet and voice, which includes