Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 - July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music".
Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1921, the only child of Italian immigrant parents, Vicente "Nonino" Piazzolla and Assunta Manetti.
In 1925 Astor Piazzolla moved with his family to Greenwich Village in New York City, which in those days was a violent neighbourhood inhabited by a volatile mixture of gangsters and hard-working immigrants. His parents worked long hours and Piazzolla soon learned to take care of himself on the streets despite having a limp. At home he would listen to his father's records of the tango orchestras of Carlos Gardel and Julio de Caro, and was exposed to jazz and classical music, including Bach, from an early age. He began to play the bandoneon after his father spotted one in a New York pawn shop in 1929.
A very detailed biography is on wikipedia.
Piazzolla's nuevo tango was distinct from the traditional tango in its incorporation of elements of jazz, its use of extended harmonies and dissonance, its use of counterpoint, and its ventures into extended compositional forms. As Argentine psychoanalyst Carlos Kuri has pointed out, Piazzolla's fusion of tango with this wide range of other recognizable Western musical elements was so successful that it produced a new individual style transcending these influences. It is precisely this success, and individuality, that makes it hard to pin down where particular influences reside in his compositions, but some aspects are clear. The use of the passacaglia technique of a circulating bass line and harmonic sequence, invented and much used in 17th- and 18th-century baroque music but also central to the idea of jazz changes, predominates in most of Piazzolla's mature compositions. Another clear reference to the baroque is the often complex and virtuosic counterpoint that sometimes follows strict fugal behavior but more often simply allows each performer in the group to assert his voice. A further technique that emphasises this sense of democracy and freedom among the musicians is improvisation, that is borrowed from jazz in concept, but in practice involves a different vocabulary of scales and rhythms that stay within the parameters of the established tango sound-world. Pablo Ziegler has been particularly responsible for developing this aspect of the style both within Piazzolla's groups and since the composer's death.
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[@lamusicadililia5737]

Divino!!!❤❤❤

[@linettemarie1104]

Très belle version

[@seansmart2756]

Oh yes!!!! ❤️ I love his Milonga del Angel ❤️

[@MansyrAli]

красота неописуемая

[@polina-eurytmist]

Two of my favourite pieces in a row at my favourite channel with such sublime touch--"Le Sapin" of Sibelius and "Oblivion" of Piazzola. How lucky can one be? Feeling of being embraced by angels' love.

[@hiromilevy9482]

OMG i have to second your comment!!!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the title to this upload I love Le Sapin and I love Oblivion so much …. ❤❤❤ And I feel so lucky to have found you on my favorite channel too ✨✨✨✨✨💕 My best night … sweet dreams everyone 🌘

[@user-ed5nt9vy2l]

Волшебный канал волшебной музыки Спасибо.

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piazzolla will always be one of the greatest composers

[@alexandertischenko8778]

He's really good as a composer, but what have he done to be great and one of the greatest. Usually composers threat as great for some exceptional contribution to musical world.

[@pqiojsqdklnads3861]

@@alexandertischenko8778 He created a whole genre.

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@@alexandertischenko8778 he made a greater impact on music than most famous "great composers"

[@javmbz_schlithler]

@@alexandertischenko8778 Tango is know all over the World mostly thanks to Piazzolla.

[@charzington]

@@alexandertischenko8778 the proof is in his pieces. maybe you are new to classical, which is fine :) one of the larger latin-american composers of the 20th century, piazzolla was known for revolutionising the tango genre into a new style (nuevo tango) which made it more appealing to the wider classical audience by creating a more classical/jazzy element, thus spreading the genre worldwide! "greatest composers" can be more of an opinion i suppose but listen to him, isn't it beautiful? i find the cello arrangement of this piece in particular the most beautiful.

[@adrianomeis184]

Great piece from Piazzolla. Hope to hear Adios Nonino & Milonga del Angel in future

[@instrujam]

Really enjoyed this piece, thanks!

[@teoleonov]

Bravo! Muchas gracias!

[@wolfgangberndt3481]

Wunderschön! An mehreren Stellen haben die Harmonien so etwas Tangomäßiges...

[@clavis55]

Das ist ein Tango nuevo!

[@yuzh1962]

Прекрасно! Спасибо!

[@veramariapachecogomes2378]

Toda geniallidade de Piazzolla, nesta musica feita para nao ser esquecida, jamais.

[@veramariapachecogomes2378]

Bom gosto se espalha. Uma das ultmas obras de Piazzolla, Oblivion, significa Esquecimento. Que paradoxo, para aquele que atraves da sua obra jamais sera esquecido.

[@yonatanbeer3475]

What a gorgeous arrangement of a gorgeous piece!

[@TuttiNotes]

Absolutely stunning! 😍

[@eloisadomingo7960]

Precioso!!!! Siempre un placer escucharte!!! Gracias 🥰

[@rickblaine7036]

I see a great deal of talent in this arrangement; absolutely enjoyed it.

[@janetwitman]

Just what I needed to hear and see today! Your timing is always good for me. Thank you.

[@nawalchaghoury7868]

Beautiful arrangement and playing 🙂

[@berkeskrisztina8091]

I love the arpeggios in this song ❤️

[@mauricioluizzaninett987]

De quem é esse arranjo? Primoroso!

[@saralanza2943]

❤❤

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오우 한국 드라마에나 나올법한 아주 진한 노래스탈

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FromVienna, Austria

[@marinavolkova8179]

Ogromnoe spasibo. Prekrasnyj vybor.

[@mike-williams]

I always hear echoes of John Barry's Goldfinger (1964) and Diamonds are Forever (1971) themes in this piece (from 1982).

[@balkrishbeedassy4179]

Hello. Where can we get the music sheet please?

[@hakajiru264]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="40">0:40</a> strong Mononoke vibes :O

[@bjornholderbeke3110]

Not a big fan of this arrangement. I played Saul Cosentino's arrangement some years ago. In my opinion, that version has more depth in it's style and harmonisation. I also liked that it worked towards an apotheose with an agressive A minor part in the middle and fast arpeggio's near the ending. Are you planning to play and make a video for "Adios Nonino" also? As a big tango fan, I don't mind some more tango pieces.

[@mike-williams]

Cosentino's arrangements are wonderful.

[@clavis55]

Great! Where can i find the score, please?

[@andrewnachshondzedulionis2928]

‏שבת שלום

[@user-hb4tu3ig5g]

Добрый день! Вы публикуете неизвестных современных композиторов? Фортепианную музыку.

[@louiseparadis4938]

Where can I get the score please. Thanks

[@RaptorT1V]

Звучит красиво, но есть аранжировки и получше

[@patriciajehanne9352]

Bonjour, comment acheter cette version pour piano sur internet ?

[@rsch6920]

В тактах 22 и 62 в правой руке должен быть ми бекар! Не подходит там ми бемоль, ну как такое не услышать?!🤷

[@henryalarcon1578]

Please anybody help me find this sheet. I've searched in pianophilia and couldn't find it.

[@user-eq8hc2ro2o]

👏Браво! Хочу услышать в вашем исполнении Libertango Пьяццолла и увидеть ноты! 🌹

[@farhadnawab7642]

Lacks the passion of tango.

[@Alraundelberin]

Hello, could you please help me finding the score of this beautiful transcription?

[@mike-williams]

It's on one of the sites listed in the very detailed "A method to find scores" video linked in the description.

[@Alraundelberin]

@@mike-williams thank you so much

[@henryalarcon1578]

@@mike-williams I can't find it eve though I've searched. Please help me.

[@andrejpliaskin9444]

@@henryalarcon1578 give me your email ;)

[@henryalarcon1578]

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[@tatjanazab9437]

Нельзя так "рвать" шестнадцатые ноты!!!!

[@Ipanema79]

Love your interpretations of classical misic, but this one needs a bit more detailed studying with rhythm and harmonies to show all the beauty that was created by Astor Piazzolla. Bar 13 wrong rhytm, bar 22 wrong melody and harmony (according to original) , the rest of the simplified harmonies I don't mention.

[@samirao.1276]

Merci infiniment pour toutes les œuvres partagées Très belle interprétation ! En voici une autre kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2e5pHWubMeUhdE

[@user-gg1nh1eu4r]

Version of Sol Concentino much better

[@JMHV]

Not a good arrangement

[@RaptorT1V]

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