Piazzolla/ Nebiolo/ Marenco/ Quartett Orfeo - El Otro Astor - Music for Guitar & StringsAstor Piazzolla, the undisputed master of Argentine tango, recorded more than 500 pieces across his career and composed many, many more. The present recording features Italian guitarist Alessio Nebiolo, winner of numerous international guitar competitions, alongside the acclaimed string quartet Quartett Orfeo with Nadio Marenco on accordion and Alessandro Schillaci on the double bass in the same ensemble formation in which Piazzolla himself often

Maurice le Boucher

Antheil re-emerged

As an ambassador for her instrument

and showed him a recently composed song

A key member of acclaimed young mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda's Quintet

Full of molten metal

the absolute joy of memory

Each of the works here tells a vivid story: Porqueddu's own Sonata III is subtitled 'The Rite of Fire' after an ancient Sardinian legend which imagines Saint Anthony and his piglet descending to Hell in order to procure some firelight

and social sound-sight interactivetransactional systems

the true sacrifices made by a young Lady Dedlock (Bleak House)

The songs "Sleepy Time Down South" & "Mahogany Hall Stomp"

but this great-value 52-track 2-CD set focuses on the first decade or so of his extensive recording career