Hommage à Piazzolla

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Hommage à Piazzolla is a set of recordings by the violinist Gidon Kremer dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla. [1] [2] Most of the recordings are of a small group with violin, bandoneon (Per Arne Glorvigen), guitar, bass and piano. [2] These recordings were released on the Nonesuch Records label, initially as a single CD in 1997 (79407 Gidon Kremer: Hommage à Piazzolla) then in 2012 as part of an 8-cd collection of all Gidon Kremer's previous Piazzolla recordings for the label (515783 Gidon Kremer & Astor Piazzolla: Hommage à Piazzolla: The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings (8-CD Set)).

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References

  1. ↑ Clements, Andrew (6 December 2012). "Hommage à Piazzolla – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 Woodard, Josef. "Hommage a Piazzolla". Jazz Times. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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