Pasión Tango El Grande Friedrich Kleinhapl, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic & Robert Kružik

• Matos Rodríguez (1897 - 1948): La Cumparsita:
• 1 Rodríguez: La Cumparsita 03:35
• Louis Bakalov (1933 - 2017): Assassination Tango - Building the Bullet:
• 2 Bakalov: Assassination Tango - Building the Bullet 01:38
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Milonga en Re:
• 3 Piazzolla: Milonga en Re 04:53
• Ángel Gregorio Villoldo (1861 - 1919): El Choclo:
• 4 Villoldo: El Choclo 05:18
• Astor Piazzolla: El Desbande:
• 5 Piazzolla: El Desbande 02:59
• Melodia en La:
• 6 Piazzolla: Melodia en La 03:39
• Café 1930:
• 7 Piazzolla: Café 1930 06:58
• Michelangelo 70:
• 8 Piazzolla: Michelangelo 70 03:50
• Vuelvo al Sur:
• 9 Piazzolla: Vuelvo al Sur 04:43
• John Powel (b. 1963): Assassin´s Tango:
• 10 Powel: Assassin´s Tango 04:20
• Astor Piazzolla: Los Pajaros Perdidos:
• 11 Piazzolla: Los Pajaros Perdidos 04:59
• Nightclub 1960:
• 12 Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960 05:27
• La Muerte del Angel:
• 13 Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel 03:06
• Libertango:
• 14 Piazzolla: Libertango 04:14
• Total Runtime 59:39

Info for Pasión Tango El Grande

Friedrich Kleinhapl was immediately impressed by Astor Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango, his only original composition for cello and piano. The idea of combining South American temperament with European depth and a classical conception of sound ultimately resulted in the album program Pasion Tango for cello and piano (ARS38161). The next step was a logical continuation: tangos again with cello, but this time with a classical orchestra, in order to explore the tonal and emotional potential even more deeply - the result is a Gran Pasion Tango!

Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Kruzik, direction

Friedrich Kleinhapl
The Austro-Belgian cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl has performed as soloist and chamber musician in many European, American and Asian major musical centers. Kleinhapl’s international breakthrough came in 2007 when he performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, who described him as „one of the most promising talents of a new generation“.

In addition to his performances and CD recordings with numerous orchestras as for instance Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Cech Radio Symphony Orchestra a.s.o. great importance is attached to his duo with pianist Andreas Woyke. Friedrich Kleinhapl and his wife Heidrun Maya Hagn are continuously developing arts projects. Together with Andreas Woyke they founded „Get a Hearing – association of artists supporting children with hearing loss“ in 2015.

“It is enough to observe Kleinhapl before you can even hear him play and to pay attention to his body language… how he embraces his cello like his true love and you understand immediately that playing the cello is not only a profession for him but it means his life, his exsistence.” (Antonio Brena, Amadeus). Everything in Friedrich Kleinhapls’ performance is different, modern: a special chair, the cello is significantly flat-angled, the bow-bow-arm almost stretched. The meticulous search after his own way is paying back: …”

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