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Piazzolla, Astor. In Portrait

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Exploring Piazzolla’s vibrant musical influence around the world,  this DVD charts the events of Piazolla’s turbulent,  complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazolla himself,  his family,  friends,  and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.  This extended DVD version of Mike Dibb’s new film Tango Maestro includes rare and wonderful archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla’s own groups with contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music,  including Daniel Barenboim,  Yo-Yo Ma,  jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton,  the Kronos Quartet,  The Gotan Project,  the Tango Pasión dance company,  and Astor’s close friend Richard Galliano.

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Astor Piazzolla,  “In Portrait”.
Running Time:  213 Minutes.
Publisher:  BBC / Opus Arte.
Extra Features:
‘Piazzolla:  The Man and his Music’ – 54 minutes of additional interviews and further insights into his music with Daniel Piazzolla,  Diana Piazzolla,  Richard Galliano,  Oscar López Ruiz,  Horacio Malvicino,  Pablo Ziegler,  Fernando Suárez Paz and many others.  Bonus Track – an alternate take of Milonga del Angel,  performed by James Crabb with members from Piazzolla’s last quintet and Joanna MacGregor.

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