IMAGENES DE TANGO - Modern Saxophone Quartet

IMAGENES DE TANGO (CVLD042)

Modern Saxophone Quartet

01 Imagenes 676.wav
02 Vuelvo al sur.wav
03 Coral.wav
04 Astor que estas en los cielos.wav
05 Contramilonga a la funerala.wav
06 Allegro tangabile.wav
07 Asleep.wav
08 Fear.wav
09 Tango per Astor.wav
10 Oblivion.wav
11 Libertango.wav
12 Milonga del Angel.wav

Total time: 1:06:23

CLASSICAL FROM 20th CENTURY : original compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Pepito Ros, Gustavo Toker. Modern Saxophone Quartet / Simone Zanchini, accordeon 24Bit / 96 kHz Digital Recording. Live in studio at Chiuppano Public Auditorium (Vicenza, Italy) May, 2000. VLHD REMASTERED, May, 2008

We at Velut Luna consider this album one of our hidden gems.
With "Imagenes de Tango", we begin a journey of rediscovering some of our most beloved titles, which feature musical content of absolute significance.
In this project, the prestigious Modern Saxophone Quartet, composed of four classical saxophonists, hosts the great and highly acclaimed bandoneon soloist Simone Zanchini, performing some Astor Piazzolla classics, using original arrangements created for the occasion.
Another very important aspect of this performance is the fact that it was recorded strictly live, albeit without an audience, in the splendid acoustics of the Chiuppano Auditorium, in the province of Vicenza. This is something that all of us hold very dear. A fun and significant curiosity about our approach: the tracks Oblivion and Libertango (tracks 10 and 11) are actually joined together as a sort of mini-suite, and the "glue" is a long cadenza (a long "solo") by the bandoneon. At one point there is a small performance imperfection - a slight wrong note - highlighted by a grunt of disapproval from Zanchini: now, we obviously could have corrected it, but at Zanchini's own request, it was decided to leave it as a testament to a freshness of performance that no "editing-scented" perfection could ever give to music.
Last but not least, a point of interest is related to the remastering work carried out. The now well-known VLHD technology was applied, which "merely", so to speak with a great euphemism, uses the most sophisticated signal decimation algorithms available today, combined with highly precise and proprietary digital clock control.
So, even those who have already purchased this album would now have a good reason to buy it again, thus getting the opportunity to directly verify in their own homes, in a direct comparison, how important and how much digital technology has evolved in the service of the standard CD in recent years.