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TANGOS FOR YVAR
TANGOS FOR YVAR
GrandPianoRecordings • 1CD
Hanna Shybayeva (piano)
Label: GrandPianoRecords
Catalogue No.: GP794
Release Date: April 2019
Barcode EAN: 747313979424
“I was always passionate about listening to tangos – it’s a very specific style of music and dance – and as a musician, you then always want to play that music yourself. I looked for tango compositions that had been originally written for the piano and in the process came across this collection. The pianist Yvar Mikhashoff had commissioned 127 composers to write tangos for him. Almost every conceivable style can be found in this collection. It was a thrilling experience to see how the composers interpreted the concept of the tango and shaped that concept into a musical work.” — Hanna Shybayeva
About this recording
The American pianist Yvar Mikhashoff (1941–1993) commissioned 127 of the world’s leading composers to write tangos for him. Between 1983 and 1991 he received an eclectic, stylistically varied range of works that offer a unique body of contemporary tango music for the piano. Tango’s origin was in the waltz and mazurka but has long embraced jazz and even electronic music. In this unique collection the span is international and individual, ranging from traditional evocations to include the twelve-tone approach of Milton Babbitt, the minimalism of Tom Johnson, and the very personal voice of Michael Nyman.
Tracklist
1. CHESTER BISCARDI (b. 1948)
INCITATION TO DESIRE (1984) (03:15)
2. SCOTT PENDER (b. 1959)
TANGO: MS. JACKSON DANCES FOR THE PEOPLE (1986) (03:20)
3. ŞERBAN NICHIFOR (b. 1954)
TANGO FOR YVAR (1983)* (04:24)
4. STEFAN WOLPE (1902–1972)
TANGO (1927) (03:30)
5. FREDERIC RZEWSKI (b. 1938)
STEPTANGLE (1985) (03:02)
6. BRIAN FENNELLY (1937–2015)
TANGOBLIQUE (1984, rev. 2004) (04:54)
7. CORIÚN AHARONIÁN (1940–2017)
¿Y AHORA? (1984) (02:34)
8. WILLIAM SCHIMMEL (b. 1946)
FROMAGE DANGEREUX (1984) (03:15)
9. MICHAEL NYMAN (b. 1944)
A NEAT SLICE OF TANGO (1984) (04:44)
10. JACKSON HILL (b. 1941)
TANGO NO TANGO (1985) (03:37)
11. JEFFREY MUMFORD (b. 1955)
TANGO-VARIATIONS (1984, rev. 2001) (03:32)
12. TOM JOHNSON (b. 1939)
TANGO (1984) (03:24)
13. DOUGLAS FINCH (b. 1957)
TANGO (1986)* (02:29)
14. MILTON BABBITT (1916–2011)
IT TAKES TWELVE TO TANGO (1984) (03:12)
15. ROBERT BERKMAN (b. 1955)
THORN-TORN LIPS (1984) (03:19)
16. NILS VIGELAND (b. 1950)
TANGO À DEUX (1983) (03:32)
17. MARLOS NOBRE (b. 1939)
TANGO, OP. 61 (1984) (04:25)
18. ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)
LIBERTANGO (1973) (arr. HANNA SHYBAYEVA)* (04:17)
* WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
The Composers
Coriún Aharonián
Milton Babbitt
Robert Berkman
Chester Biscardi
Brian Fennelly
Douglas Finch
Jackson Hill
Tom Johnson
Jeffrey Mumford
Şerban Nichifor
Marlos Nobre
Michael Nyman
Scott Pender
Astor Piazzolla
Frederic Rzewski
William Schimmel
Nils Vigeland
Stefan Wolpe
Coriún Aharonián was a Uruguayan composer and musicologist. In 1984–85 he was a guest composer at the arts programme of DAAD (Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes) in Berlin. He taught at the Universidad de la República and Instituto de Profesores in Montevideo and gave courses, seminars, masterclasses and workshops in Latin America, the US and Europe.