Café Music
Reviews
Red West
Reviewed 2010-03-02
Reviewed 2010-03-02
Piano, viola, violin. Good “café” music, like the title says, and can spice up “general” (and “world”) shows despite the “classical” classification. Latin sound, helps that at least half of this is tango music. All tracks good! Lively.
1-4 are one piece, and 1-5 are all by Astor Piazzolla- expect tango, staccato sections mixed with languid melodies.
1. Scratchy extended technique opens the track. Smokey. Calm/sad interleaves with faster controlled anger.
2.Pretty intro, speeds up a bit. Bright “fast dance” interludes with wistful songlike sections all around.
3.mid-fast tango, fun
4.Plaintive, hurt, angry
5.Scratchy technique joined to a sweet meandering melody. Actually, the mood changes over the course of this long-ish (yet always entertaining) piece. Good interplay with the piano.
6.Sounds like a 1920’s hit parade dance tune. Fun, lyrical. They update it a bit in portions, they get creative in the interpretation for a couple bars here and there.
7.minor key piano intro, gentler than earlier songs on this disc. Slow tempo, relaxing music.
8.Loud lively fast
9.Calm, then sunny
10. Fast quiet intro, some loud dynamics, more languid 2nd half
11. dramatic intro, lullaby interlude, loud piano again. Melodic & minor key
12.syncopated? bluesy. Builds.
1-4 are one piece, and 1-5 are all by Astor Piazzolla- expect tango, staccato sections mixed with languid melodies.
1. Scratchy extended technique opens the track. Smokey. Calm/sad interleaves with faster controlled anger.
2.Pretty intro, speeds up a bit. Bright “fast dance” interludes with wistful songlike sections all around.
3.mid-fast tango, fun
4.Plaintive, hurt, angry
5.Scratchy technique joined to a sweet meandering melody. Actually, the mood changes over the course of this long-ish (yet always entertaining) piece. Good interplay with the piano.
6.Sounds like a 1920’s hit parade dance tune. Fun, lyrical. They update it a bit in portions, they get creative in the interpretation for a couple bars here and there.
7.minor key piano intro, gentler than earlier songs on this disc. Slow tempo, relaxing music.
8.Loud lively fast
9.Calm, then sunny
10. Fast quiet intro, some loud dynamics, more languid 2nd half
11. dramatic intro, lullaby interlude, loud piano again. Melodic & minor key
12.syncopated? bluesy. Builds.
Recent airplay
Turina: Trio No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 76: I. Lento-Allegro Moto Moderato
ScramPop — May 04, 2010
Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Verano Porteño (Summer)
Music Casserole — Apr 24, 2010
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Music Cassrole — Apr 10, 2010
Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Primavera Porteña (Spring)
Ambient Annoyance — Mar 16, 2010
Charting
2010-03-14 — 2010-05-16
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 9 | 1 |
| Apr 25 | 1 |
| Apr 11 | 1 |
| Mar 21 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Otoño Porteño (Fall) | ||
| 2. | Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Invierno Porteño (Winter) | ||
| 3. | Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Primavera Porteña (Spring) | ||
| 4. | Piazzolla: Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires: Verano Porteño (Summer) | ||
| 5. | Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango | ||
| 6. | Schoenfield: Café Music: Allegro | ||
| 7. | Schoenfield: Café Music: Andante Rubato | ||
| 8. | Schoenfield: Café Music: Presto | ||
| 9. | Turina: Trio No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 76: I. Lento-Allegro Moto Moderato | ||
| 10. | Turina: Trio No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 76: Ii. Molto Vivace | ||
| 11. | Turina: Trio No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 76: Iii. Lento-Andante Mosso-Allegretto | ||
| 12. | Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So |