Astor Piazzolla in portrait.

"This DVD charts the events of his ... life through ... interviews with Piazzola himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him. [Includes] rare ... archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzola's own groups ... contribution...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors:	Piazzolla, Astor (Performer), Dibb, Michael (Screenwriter, Narrator, Director), Staveacre, Tony (Director), Binelli, Daniel (Performer), Bragato, José (Performer), Console, Héctor (Performer), Malvicino, Horacio (Performer), Gandini, Gerardo, 1936-2013 (Performer), Crabb, James, 1967- (Instrumentalist), MacGregor, Joanna (Performer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Interviews in English; subtitles in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Published:	Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom : Opus Arte, 2005.
Subjects:	Piazzolla, Astor. Bandoneon players > Argentina > Biography. Composers > Argentina > Biography. Tangos. Biographical films. Documentary films. Concert films. Nonfiction films.

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Summary:	"This DVD charts the events of his ... life through ... interviews with Piazzola himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him. [Includes] rare ... archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzola's own groups ... contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music ... [and] sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies El exilo de Gardel and Sur, for which Piazzola wrote the music"--Container.
Item Description:	Features the films: Tango maestro & Tango nuevo (Piazolla's last recorded studio concert). Title from disc surface. Durations: Tango maestro (106:00); Tango nuevo (45:37); bonus track (6:50); additional interviews (53:55). Program notes by Tony Staveacre in English, French and Spanish (25 pages : ill., ports.) inserted in container. Extra features: Piazzolla : the man and his music (additional interviews); bonus track: an alternate, rehearsal take of Milonga del Angel, performed by James Crabb, Joanna MacGregor and members of Piazzolla's last quintet. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 213 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; all regions; Dolby digital stereo.; aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:9; double layer disc.
Production Credits:	Written, narrated, filmed & directed by Mike Dibb (Tango maestro); produced and directed by Tony Staveacre (Tango nuevo).