Astor Piazzolla – The American Clavé Recordings 3LP Box Set

Astor Piazzolla – The American Clavé Recordings 3LP Box Set

The American Clavé Recordings is a landmark collection by Argentine composer, bandleader and bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla. Released by Nonesuch, the set brings together three essential albums originally connected with American Clavé Records and Piazzolla’s extraordinary late-career period.

This 3LP box set includes Tango: Zero Hour, La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation and The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado). The collection features key works such as Tanguedia III, Milonga Del Angel, Concierto Para Quinteto, Milonga Loca, Michelangelo ’70, Contrabajísimo, Mumuki, Soledad, La Camorra I, La Camorra II, La Camorra III, Milonga For Three and Leonora’s Song.

This 3LP 180 gram vinyl box set was released by Nonesuch on 6 May 2022. The edition presents The American Clavé Recordings as a substantial vinyl collection for Astor Piazzolla listeners and collectors who value nuevo tango, chamber-like ensemble playing, jazz influence, dramatic dynamics and beautifully recorded acoustic performance.

Artist: Astor Piazzolla
Label: Nonesuch
Release date: 6 May 2022
Catalog number: 007559791529
EAN: 0075597915297

On a good hi-fi system, The American Clavé Recordings should sound vivid, intimate and highly expressive: bandoneón with breath and texture, violin lines with tension, piano and guitar placed naturally in the ensemble, bass with acoustic body and the dramatic shifts of Piazzolla’s nuevo tango opening up with real space and emotion.

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