ASTOR PIAZZOLLA In Portrait

 

Exploring Piazzolla’s vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla 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.

 

Running time approx 213 mins

Region Code All regions

Picture format 4:3/16:9

Anamorphic Sound format Dolby Stereo Menu languages EN

Subtitle languages EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

 

PLUS 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.

Brand new 106 minute extended version of the definitive Astor Piazzolla biography.

Contains Piazzolla’s final studio performance, filmed in 1989, 2 years before his death.

Music featured includes Adiós Nonino, Zero Hour and Milonga del Angel.

 

Includes rare archive footage and Sequences from Fernando Solanas’ award-winning movies, El Exilio de Gardel and Sur, for which Piazzolla wrote the music.

 

BBC Opus Arte DVD OA0905D