~ Discografía ~

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CD'S DE ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

40's and 50's

1946-1948, EMI - ODEON, 8 32311 2, Argentina, 1995
Compilation of SP records of Astor's first orchestra. Traditional style tangos.

1955, SONO PUNCH, EU 1045, France,1996
Compilation of Astor's original style tangos performed by strings orchestra and his bandoneon in his Paris days.

1957, ANS, ANS-15276-2, USA, 1995
The begining of Astor's revolution. Original title is "TANGO MODERNO."

1957-61, Music Hall, MH: 10003-2, USA, 1988
Compilation of Astor's strings orchestra and the very first period of his quintet.

1957-61, diapason/Music Hall, MH 10049-2, USA, 1991
Compilation of Astor's strings orchestra and the very first period of his quintet.

1957-61, Music Hall, MH-CD 112, USA, 1992
Compilation of Octeto Buenos Aires, Astor's strings orchestra, and his quintet coupled with recordings of Osvaldo Berlingieli's orchestra

60's - early 70's

1961, RCA/RVC, RMP-5030, Japan, 1978
The very begining of his quintet. The original album title is "¿PIAZZOLLA... O NO?"

1962, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6710, Japan, 1997 (Disc-1 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
Quintet's album of 1962. Some modern tangos composed by other composers are contained.

1963, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6711, Japan, 1997 (Disc-2 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
Quintet's album of 1963

1963, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6712, Japan, 1997 (Disc-3 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
The only album of his "Nuevo Octeto". Very avangard arrangement of "Lo que vendra" is included.

1962, 63, COLUMBIA/SONY, 2-478708, Argentina, 1995
Compilation from "NUESTRO TIEMPO", "TANGO PARA UNA CIUDAD", and "TANGO CONTEMPORANEO".

1963, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6715, Japan, 1997 (Disc-6 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
An album of Roberto Yanes, singer

1965, Polydor, POCP-2623, Japan, 1998
Music for fantasic text by Borges.

1965, Polydor, POCP-1248, Japan, 1992
The great masterpiece of his quintet. Recorded after coming back from concerts in New York.

1966, Polydor, 25MM 0165, Japan, 1982
The original album title is "La Historia del Tango Vol. 2/La Epoca Romantica". Traditional tangos of 20's performed by his grand orchestra.

1969, ALFA, AFCD-13, Switzerland
The masterpiece. The most famous title of Astor by the best performance.

1969, ALFA, AFCD-1, Spain/Switzerland, 1990
Original sound track of the film "Pulsacion" coupled with instrumental pieces of "Maria de Buenos Aires".

May 19, 1970, RCA/BMG, 74321 21373-2, Argentina, 1994
The historical live recordings at the Teatro Regina, Buenos Aires. Complete "Four Seasons" are included. 

1970, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6713, Japan, 1997 (Disc-4 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
Amelita Baltar was Astor's wife at the time. She sings great songs written by Astor and Horacio Ferrer.

1971, EPIC/SONY, ESCA 6714, Japan, 1997 (Disc-5 of the box set "TODO PIAZZOLLA EN LA CASA EPIC")
Amelita Baltar's second Piazzolla-Ferrer album.

1971, 72, RCA/BMG, 74321 27555-2, Argentina, 1995
Compilation of his nonet called "Conjunto 9"

1970-72, RCA/CAMDEN, CAS-3532, Argentina, 1982
Compilation of "Conjunto 9" and quintet.

1972, Personality, PRS 23192, Portugal, 1994
Live recordings of "Conjunto 9"

1973, Milan Sur/BMG, 74321 51140-2, EU, 1997
Previously unreleased live recordings of the quintet in '73. Osvaldo Tarantino's piano.

Middle and late 70's

1974, ARCADE, 302 816, France, 1992
The kick-off of his Italian period. One of his masterpiece. Be careful for so many compilation or live albums with the title "Libertango".

1974, Music Hall, MH 10.005-1, USA, 1988
Colaboration with Gerry Mulligan, the giant of baritone sax.

1976, TROVA, CD 408, Argentina, 1991
Four part suite dedicated to the great bandoneon player Anibal Troilo, coupled with the sound track of the film "Lumiere". Some CDs titled "Lumiere" contain the same pieces, but, I heard, the only Trova version contains the excellent bandoneon solo for introduction of "Bandoneon", the first part of "Suite Troileana".

1973, 76, 84, CAM, CSE 129, Italy?, 1993
Compilation of sound tracks of three films.

1976, TROVA, CD 5019, Argentina, 1993
Compilation of sound tracks of "Rain over Santiago", etc peformed by Astor and Antonio Agri, violin.

1974-82, Music Hall, MH 10.010-1, USA, 1988
Compilation of Italian period and his new quintet.

The end of 70's - 80's

1979, 83, Just A Memory, JAM 9105-2, Canada, 1991
Two albums, "Escualo" (originally "Biyuya") and "Sette Sequenze" (or "WOE"), are coupled in one CD. Each album is also available separately.
The former is the kick-off of his new quintet. The latter contains 7-part suite performed by Astor's bandoneon and string quartet. Excerption of five parts from the seven become the "Five Tango Sensations" later.

Dec. 20, 1981, West Wind Latina, WW 2212, Italy, 1992
Live recordings of the new quintet.

May 29, 30, 1982, RCA/RVC, RPL-8152, Japan, 1982
One of the most important tango singer Roberto Goyeneche shared the stage with Astor's quintet at Teatro Regina.

1983, ANS, ANS 12006-2, USA, 1995
Astor's classical compositions. He performs bandoneon as a soloist with the SFW Rundfunkorchester.

Oct. 13, 1983, Classic OPTIONS, CO 3504, Belgium, ?
Live recordings of the quintet. Special low price for fairly good performances.

Jun. 11, 1983, Milan Sur/BMG, 74321 51139-2, EU, 1997
Live recordings at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires by special reunion of Conjunto 9 and the theater's orchestra with Astor as a bandoneon soloist. Previously unreleased.

1981, 84, ANS, ANS 12007-2, USA, 1996
Live recordings of the quintet in '84 coupled with also live recordings of Astor's classical composition "Suite Punta del Este" with perticipation of himself as a bandoneon soloist in '81

Oct. 1983, messidor/Gakken/PLATZ, Japan, 1998
Live recordings of the quintet. The best soud quality, the best sellection of his compositions, and the best performances.

1984, Milan Sur/BMG, 74321 51138-2, EU, 1997
Live recordings of the quintet at Mar del plata in 1984. Previously unreleased.

VHS Jul. 2, 1984, Video Arts Music, VAVJ-1043, Japan, 1998
Live recorded video of the quintet at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Very hot performances.

Sep. 29, 1984, KING, KICP 208, Japan, 1992
One of his best collaboration with a singer. Live recordings.

1984, Victor, VIP-28152, Japan, 1987
One of his most important film music.

Mar. 15, 1985/85, KING, K32Y 2035, Japan
Live recordings at Liege International guitar festival. Astor plays the bandoneon as a soloist with the orchestra conducted by Leo Browel. Coupled with the first recordings of "L'histoire du Tango" (not live).

1986, american clavé, AMCL 1013, USA, 1993
One of his best album. "This is absolutely the greatest record I've made in my entire life. We gave our souls to this record." --Astor Piazzolla

Jul. 1986, Warner Pioneer, 32XD-986, Japan, 1987
Live recordings at the Montreaux Festival. The great collaboration with full of tension.

Nov. 1986, messidor, 15970-2, Germany/USA, 1987/1991
Live recordings in Wien. The title track is very imaginative and high-tensioned throughout over-20-minutes performance.

Sep. 6, 1987, Chesky Records, JD107, USA, 1994
Live recordings. You can listen to his speech in English, Spanish, and Italian.

1987, american clavé, AMCL 1019, USA, 1987/1993
Music for a theater.

1987, Milan Sur/BMG, TLP-90127, Argentina, 1988
Very important sound track recordings of the film titled "Sur."

May 1988, american clavé, AMCL 1021, USA, 1989/1993
The last studio recordings of his quintet.

Apr. 1989, Milan Sur/BMG, 74321 51339-2, EU, 1997
Live recordings of his sextet at Club Italiano, Buenos Aires. Previously unreleased.

1989, Lucho, Lucho 7704-2, Netherlands, 1992
The best live recordings of his sextet when they shared the stage with Osvaldo Pugliese Orchestra in Amsterdam. Vol.1 is Piazzolla part. The CD titled "Luna" contains the same recordings except the last track "La Yumba - Adios Nonino".

1989, Intution, INT 3079-2, Germany, 1996
Live recordings of his sextet in a BBC program and previously unreleased studio recordings.

Nov. 4, 1989, Milan Sur/BMG, 73138 35649-2, USA, 1993
Live recordings of his sextet in Lausanne.

1990, Elektra Nonesuch, WPCC-4216, Japan, 1991
Recordings in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. This is the last studio recordings in his life.

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