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Astor Piazzolla in portrait

Title
Astor Piazzolla in portrait [videorecording].
Publication
Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom : Opus Arte, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Piazzolla, Astor.
  • Dibb, Michael.
  • Staveacre, Tony.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 213 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"This DVD charts the events of his ... life through ... interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him. [Includes] rare ... archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla's own groups ... contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music ... [and] sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies El exilo de Gardel and Sur, for which Piazzolla wrote the music"--Container.
Alternative Title
  • Tango maestro.
  • Tango nuevo.
Subjects
Note
  • Features the films: Tango maestro & Tango nuevo (Piazolla's last recorded studio concert).
  • Title from disc surface.
  • Durations: Tango maestro (106:00); Tango nuevo (45:37); bonus track (6:50); additional interviews (53:55).
  • Program notes by Tony Staveacre in English, French and Spanish (25 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
  • Extra features: Piazzolla : the man and his music (additional interviews); bonus track: an alternate, rehearsal take of Milonga del Angel, performed by James Crabb, Joanna MacGregor and members of Piazzolla's last quintet.
Credits (note)
  • Written, narrated, filmed & directed by Mike Dibb (Tango maestro); produced and directed by Tony Staveacre (Tango nuevo).
Event (note)
  • Tango nuevo filmed in 1989.
System Details (note)
  • DVD 9; Dolby digital; aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:9; double layer disc.
Language (note)
  • Interviews in English; subtitles in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Contents
Tango maestro -- Tango nuevo (music only): Milonga del angel ; Tanguedia ; Mumuki ; Zero hour ; Adiós Nonino ; Sex-tet.
Call Number
*LDV 369
LCCN
809478009054
OCLC
58842539
Title
Astor Piazzolla in portrait [videorecording].
Imprint
Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom : Opus Arte, 2005.
System Details
DVD 9; Dolby digital; aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:9; double layer disc.
Credits
Written, narrated, filmed & directed by Mike Dibb (Tango maestro); produced and directed by Tony Staveacre (Tango nuevo).
Event
Tango nuevo filmed in 1989.
Language
Interviews in English; subtitles in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Added Author
Piazzolla, Astor. Performer
Piazzolla, Astor. Interviewee
Dibb, Michael. Screenwriter. Narrator. Director
Staveacre, Tony. Director
Added Title
Tango maestro.
Tango nuevo.
Other Standard Identifier
809478009054
Publisher No.
OA 0905 D Opus Arte
Research Call Number
*LDV 369 Notes on file.
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