Composers Performers

Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

Argentina · Late romanticism, Neoromanticism

As a performer: bandoneon

2 tangos for string orchestra (1952)
3 Preludes for piano (1987)
5 Pieces for guitar (1980)
“Aconcagua” Concerto for bandoneon and orchestra (1979)
“Adiós Nonino”, tango (1959)
“Aire de Buenos Aires”, tango (1974)
“Also a punishment” (Good Evening), tango (1955)
“Amelitango”, tango (1974)
“Ausencias”, tango (1984)
“Balada para mi muerte”, tango song (1970)
“Balada para un loco”, tango song (1969)
“Buenos Aires hora cero”, tango (1963)
“Che Tango Che”, tango song (1984)
“Chin-chin”, tango (1979)
“Chiquilín de Bachín”, tango song (1969)
“Ciao Paris”, tango (1955)
“Close Your Eyes and Listen”, tango (1974)
Concerto for bandoneon, guitar and string orchestra (“Dedication to Liege”) (1985)
“Concerto for Quintet”, tango (1970)
“Concierto de nácar” for tango ensemble and orchestra (1983)
Concierto del Angel for Bandoneon, Violin, Piano, Double Bass & String Orchestra (1962-65)
“Contrabajísimo”, tango (1984)
“Contrasts”, tango (1955)
Creole Dance (Danza criolla) for chamber orchestra (from Piano Suite No. 2) (1953)
“Cruel Tango”, tango (1974)
“Decarísimo”, tango (1960)
“Dedication to Cordova”, tango (1972)
“Deus Xango”, tango (1974)
“Dúo de amor”, tango from “Tangos, l’exil de Gardel” (1984)
“El bocha”, a tango song (1981)
“El títere”, tango song (1965)
“Escualo”, tango (1979)
“Five Tango Sensations” for bandoneon and string quartet (1989)
“Four, for Tango” for string quartet (1987)
“Fugata”, tango (1969)
“Fugue No. 9”, tango (1972)
“Histoire du Tango” for flute and guitar (1985)
“Histoire du Tango”. 1. Bordel 1900 (1985)
“Histoire du Tango”. 2. Café 1930 (1985)
“Histoire du Tango”. 3. Nightclub 1960 (1985)
“Histoire du Tango”. 4. Concert d’aujourd’hui (1985)
“Imperial”, tango (1955)
“Is Someone Saying Tango?”, a tango song (1965)
“Jacinto Chiclana”, vocal milonga (1965)
“Jealousy”, tango (1979)
“Kicho”, tango (1969)
“La camorra”, suite (1988)
“La casita de mis viejos”, tango (1932)
“Las cuatro estaciones porteñas” (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) (1965-70)
“Las cuatro estaciones porteñas”. Invierno porteño (1969)
“Las cuatro estaciones porteñas”. Otoño porteño (1970)
“Las cuatro estaciones porteñas”. Primavera porteña (1970)
“Las cuatro estaciones porteñas”. Verano porteño (1965)
“Laura’s Dream” (1986)
“Le Grand Tango” for cello and piano (1982)
“Libertango”, tango (1974)
“Light and Shadow”, tango (1955)
“Little Italy 1930”, tango (1986)
“Los pájaros perdidos”, tango song (1973)
“Los sueños”, tango from “Sur” (1987)
“Marrón y azul”, tango (1955)
“Meditango”, tango (1974)
Melody in A minor (1965)
“Michelangelo 70”, tango (1969)
“Milonga en ré”, milonga (1967)
“Milonga loca”, tango (from the film, Tango: The Expulsion of Gardel) (1984)
“Milonga”, music from the movie “Tango: the expulsion of Gardel”
“Mumuki”, tango (1984)
Music for the film “Armaguedon” (1977)
Music from the film “Enrico IV” (1984)
“New Tango”, tango (1986)
“Oblivion”, tango (1982)
“October Song”, tango (1965)
“Onda nueve”, tango (1972)
“Operation Tango”, tango (1986)
“Pedro and Pedro” for Bandoneon (1981)
Piano Suite No. 2 (1950)
“Plus ultra”, tango (1958)
“Preludio para el año 3001” (“Renaceré”), tango song (1974)
“Reminiscence”, tango (1974)
“S.V.P. (S’il vous plaît) (please)”, tango (1955)
“Sadness, Separation” solo on bandoneon from k/f “South” (1987)
“Sex-tet”, tango (1989)
Sinfonietta for Chamber Orchestra (1953)
“Soledad”, tango (1969)
Sonata for piano, Op. 7 (1945)	Op. 7
Suite “Tango-Ballet” for 2 bandoneons, 2 violins, double bass and piano (1956)
Suite “Troiliana” for bandoneon, string orchestra and piano (1975)
Suite for oboe and string orchestra, Op. 9 (1950)	Op. 9
Suite for piano, Op. 2 (1943)	Op. 2
“Suite porteña” for tango quintet (1962)
“Suite Punta del Este” for bandoneon and chamber orchestra (1982)
“Summit” (“Reunión cumbre”), tango (1974)
Symphony “Buenos Aires” (1951)
“Tangazo”, variations for orchestra (1969)
“Tangedia II”, tango (from the movie, Tango: Gardel’s Exile) (1984)
“Tangedia,” tango (from the movie, Tango: Gardel’s Exile) (1984)
Tango Étude No. 1 for solo flute (1987)
Tango Étude No. 2 for solo flute (1987)
Tango Étude No. 3 for solo flute (1987)
Tango Étude No. 4 for solo flute (1987)
Tango Étude No. 5 for solo flute (1987)
Tango Étude No. 6 for solo flute (1987)
Tango in A for violin and piano
Tango opera “María de Buenos Aires” (1967-68)
Tango opera “María de Buenos Aires” (excerpts) (1967-68)
Tango Suite for 2 guitars (1983)
“Tanguedia III”, tango (from the movie, Tango: Gardel’s Exile) (1984)
“The Milonga is Coming”, tango (1986)
“The Revolutionary”, tango (1969)
“The River Seine”, tango (1955)
“The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night”, tango suite (1987)
“The Years of Loneliness”, tango (1974)
Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1972)
Three Short Pieces for cello and piano
Three Songs in Andrey Demenyuk’s Russian translation
Three tango for bandoneon and orchestra (1987)
“Tres minutos con la realidad”, tango (1957)
“Tres movimientos tanguísticos porteños” for orchestra (1968)
“Tristezas para un AA” for string quartet, bandoneon and double bass (1972)
Two Pieces for orchestra, Op. 15 (1950)	Op. 15
“Undertango”, tango (1974)
“Vamos, Nina”, tango song (1972)
“Vardarito”, tango (1972)
“Vibraphonissimo”, tango (1986)
“Vingt ans après”, tango (1974)
“Vingt ans avant”, tango (1974)
“Volver a amar”, tango song from “Sur” (1987)
“Vuelvo al sur”, tango song from “Sur” (1988)