Ástor Piazzolla

Tango! (Blu-Ray)

Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: BluRay video
Barcode: 0608917260229

Catalog number: CC 72602
Releasedate: 08-07-13

Unique Selling Points

Isabelle van Keulen is a Dutch top violinist who performs all over the world as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles
Isabelle van Keulen got an LP of Astor Piazzolla as a present as a young six year old and since then has been a tango music lover ever since!
She long wanted to play this music in an ensemble and now her dream comes true with not only a SACD but also a film on DVD and BluRay
The film is a moving musicproject filmed by director Hans Pannecoucke and his filmcrew!
With the BluRay there is also available a bonus behind the scenes documentary!
The atmosphere of the film and documentary gives a good idea of the feeling the musicians have with this beautiful heartfelt music and with each other!
The tango ensemble consists of -besides Isabelle- bandoneonist Christian Gerber, pianist Ulrike Payer and double bass player Rudiger Ludwig

Description

Classical music lovers all over the world will know her name: violinist Isabelle van Keulen is a soloist who, for many years now, has built a strong career worldwide. She plays with all the important orchestra's, performs in the famous concert halls and keeps on recording extraordinary CD's of a very high level. Take for instance her latest release of December 2012 with music of Prokofiev together with her duo partner Ronald Brautigam. But now she dares to do something totally different! She wanted to do this for many years and now her dream can come true to play and record the music of Astor Piazzolla. This music she has loved since she was a child of six years old. With her new ensemble she also plays in concert halls and she recorded this beloved tango music on SACD and on film (on DVD and Bluray) in January 2013 in mechelen (Belgium). In a bonus documentary that goes with the BluRay, Isabelle and her colleagues Ulrike Payer, Christian Gerber and Rudiger Ludwig tell about this music, about the tango technique and about their instruments. This not only gives us insight in Piazzolla himself but also tells more about the typical tango sound and how this is produced and why, according to the musicians, this music is so moving and goes straight to the heart!

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