Guitarra Mía: Tangos by Gardel & Piazzolla Franz Halász

• Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992):
• 1 La muerte del ángel (arr. B. Benitez for guitar) 03:13
• Carlos Gardel (1890-1935):
• 2 Mi Buenos Aires querido (arr. D. Halász for guitar) 03:35
• Ástor Piazzolla:
• 3 Las 4 Estaciones portenas: I. Primavera Portena (arr. B. Benitez for guitar) 05:23
• 4 Sur: Vuelvo al sur (arr. A. Miolin for guitar) 03:53
• Carlos Gardel:
• 5 Guitarra mia (arr. F. Halász for guitar) 02:20
• Ástor Piazzolla:
• 6 La última grela (arr. J. Falk for guitar) 04:13
• Carlos Gardel:
• 7 Criollita de Mis Ensuenos (arr. D. Kres for guitar) 02:31
• 8 Sus ojos ce cerraron (arr. J. Falk for guitar) 03:21
• 9 El día que Me Quieras (arr. V. Villadangos for guitar) 03:54
• Ástor Piazzolla:
• 10 Triunfal (arr. V. Villadangos for guitar) 03:00
• Carlos Gardel:
• 11 Por una cabeza (arr. F. Halász for guitar) 02:40
• 12 Cuando tú no estás (arr. D. Kres for guitar) 03:59
• 13 Volver (arr. D. Kres for guitar) 03:07
• Ástor Piazzolla: 5 Piezas para Guitarra:
• 14 No. 1. Campero 03:44
• 15 No. 2. Romántico 03:05
• 16 No. 3. Acentuado 03:12
• 17 No. 4. Tristón 03:48
• 18 No. 5. Compadre 02:35
• Total Runtime 01:01:33

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The origins of the tango are debatable, but few would disagree in naming Carlos Gardel the first great figure of the genre. Beginning his career as a folk singer, Gardel is also generally regarded as the creator of sung tango: tango canción. In the course of some 25 years, he wrote a large number of songs, recorded numerous discs and acted in several films, achieving international stardom. All the Gardel songs heard here featured in films produced between 1932 and 1935. Lending its title to the present disc, Guitarra, guitarra mía was the last song Gardel recorded, shortly before he died in a plane crash in June 1935. Only months earlier, he had encountered a young boy that had a walk-on part in his last film a striking coincidence, as the boy was Astor Piazzolla, alongside Gardel the most influential figure in the history of the tango.

In contrast to Gardel, however, Piazzolla was for a long time the black sheep of traditional tango, eager to explore art music and jazz and to incorporate elements of both in his own music, which became known as nuevo tango. Written for the ensembles that he played and toured with worldwide, pieces such as La muerte del ángel and Vuelvo al sur became immortal. Himself a bandoneon player, Piazzolla often included the guitar in his ensembles, but did not compose for solo guitar until writing his Cinco Piezas in the 1980s, which closes this disc. Along with numerous arrangements, these have entered the guitar repertoire and are here performed by the German guitarist Franz Halász who, on recent discs for BIS, has impressed the critics to the point of winning a Latin Grammy Award in 2015 with a album of chamber music by Radamés Gnattali.

Franz Halasz, guitar

Franz Halasz
Latin-Grammy-Awardwinner Franz Halász stands in the forefront of outstanding artists in the guitar field. Judged by Soundboard Magazine in his New York debut as "simply electrifying!"and by Gramophone's critic as "the most remarkable guitarist in many years", Franz Halász began his career in 1993, winning first prizes at the „Andres Segovia Competition“ in Spain and the „Seto Ohashi“ Competition in Japan.

In his debut CD with spanish guitar music he was praised by the prestigious critic Colin Cooper:"For the modern spanish repertoire, Franz Halász is unsurpassed, able to deliver Turina's message as no one ever has before - no, not even the great Segovia."

A guest performer at major festivals and events all over the world, Franz Halasz is holding since 2010 the Chair of Guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich .

Since winning first prizes at the Andres Segovia Competition in Spain and the Seto Ohashi Competion in Japan in 1993 Franz Halasz started an impressionating career.The orchestral dimension of Franz Halasz' performances and the clarity and precision of his musical vision have rejoiced audiences between Tokyo and New York. A guest performer at major festivals and events such as the Rose Augustine Series-New York(USA), Toru Takemitsu Memorial Concert-Tokyo(Japan), Kissinger Sommer, Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte, Mecklenburg Vorpommern (Germany), Bath and Wirral(England), Santo Tirso(Portugal), Puerto Rico and Dell' Arte Series - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), he also shared the stage with well known artists like Boris Pergamenschikov, Siegfried Jerusalem, Patrick Gallois,András Adorjan, Robert Aitken, Ingolf Turban,Wen-Sinn Yang,Hariol Schlichtig ,Sebastian Hess and Alban Gerhard, among others.

Franz Halasz stayed for many years as a Professor at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg and led there one of the most succesfully guitar classes in Europe. He also offers master classes at Institutes around the world including the Manhattan School of Music - New York, New England Conservatory- Boston, Royal Academy Stockholm, the Academy of Music-Oslo, Mozarteum Salzburg , Sao Paulo University , Esmuc in Barcelona and Musikene San Sebastian.

Since October 2010 he is holding the chair for guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, which was established for the first time in the long history of this renowned institution.

His many CDs for BIS - always rated as reference recordings - include among others the complete guitar music by Joaquin Turina and Toru Takemitsu.

For Naxos Records, Franz Halasz was first presenting the complete works for guitar by Hans Werner Henze and also the original works by Ferdinando Carulli for guitar and piano.

In 2014 there were released four Discs, including the Integral of the spanish composer Regino Sainz de la Maza (Naxos), a CD with Radames Gnattali( BIS) ,Sofia Gubaidulinas Complete for Guitar (BIS) and finally a tribute to the spanish Fandango with works from Corelli,Boccherini ,Soler,Granados,De Falla ,Torroba and Rodrigo.

The actual BIS-Album „Cancons i Danses Catalanes “ includes works by Mompou.Manen and Llobet.

2007 he was awarded with the prestigious “Bavarian Culture Price” by the State of Bavaria for his work as a performer and teacher.

2015 Franz Halasz received for „ Alma Brasileira“ the Latin GRAMMY -Award of the Grammyfoundation as „Best Classical Album“ .

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