I'm on a huge kick for sharing classical music right now. You can see my other blog titled 'The Symphony' on this page.
But I've rediscovered a huge passion in my musical repertoire. You may remember I'm a cellist, and the cellist in that awesome bluegrass band Backwater Opera.. well I'm a classical cellist first.
Anyways, I'd like to introduce you to Astor Piazzolla. He was an Argentinian, died in 1992, and wrote tango music.
Tango music, you say? What kinda whackjob thinks tango music is classical music? Well, it's not. It's fucking amazing though. Check out this piece for solo cello; I've never heard a more powerful piece.
He also wrote a great piano title entitled 'The Seasons of Buenos Aires'. Check out the movement entitled 'Primavera Porteno'.
His stuff is okay, I'm glad you enjoy his music but really, he cannot even compare to the other great classical artists. You'll grow bored of his music soon enough just as I have, I mean, he played the bandoneon and mainly composed tango FFS. I wouldn't even call him a classical musician; he's mainly a jazz/tango composer who combined some classical elements into his works.
I really liked some of his piano arrangements and played them to death, but at the end of the day he's the equivalent of say, Lamb of God, beneath the sea of greatness of Megadeth, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath.
I'm just sayin - Pizziola without Bandoneon is..... well, let's just see how good it is WITH the bandoneon.
He's a really great composer for having carved out his way. But some composition go on for too long without any new or significant material , he's a bit of a one trick pony, but his one trick is awesome. : (
This piece is worth everyone's time though. It is better then your videos!! haha
(Oh, a "Holier than thou" just kicked in above me. Thanks that guy!)
On June 01 2010 13:19 Eiserjavascript:addUBB('img')ne wrote: Perhaps as both a cellist and an absolute fanatic for piano trios, I'm a little biased to my videos.
Astor Piazzolla was a genius. Not only was he a fantastic composer but an amazing performer as well. I have his Tango: Zero Hour album and it's phenomenal.
Oddly enough, classical is the one genre I have almost no immersion in (I have a little bit of knowledge about tango), so I would really love to learn more.
Also, I'd like to hear what you have to say about bluegrass at some point- I listen to a lot and know how to play mandolin, but not really in the bluegrass style.
EPT
