Astor Piazzolla

Have you previously associated the combination of the “piano trio” with ripe old gentlemen who play exclusively in a lyrical unisono or present Beethoven’s teasing cockatoo to the public? Then you will have to part from your old cherished prejudices, for better or worse, with the new GENUIN CD with Tangos of Astor Piazzolla. These old prejudices recede into the background, starting with the first pale piano chords at the latest, and when the lost string sounds creeping in. The Munich Piano Trio prepares a smoky, dark, seething sound-carpet for the fabulous singer Ofelia Sala, upon which she recreates the street scenes of Buenos Aires before our inner eye with sobbing and bite, with tenderness and aggressiveness. Death and mourning, love and passion – qué pasión!

Eleganz und Leichtigkeit, musikalische Perfektion und das gewisse Etwas an nicht in Worte zu fassender Tangomanie zeichnen diese Scheibe aus. Siebzig berückende Minuten, die an unbeschreibliche Ewigkeit rühren. (NMZ Online)