Beethoven vs Piazzolla Carel Kraayenho &, Matangi Quartet

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 1Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon): I. Adagio sostenuto06:29
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): La Muerte del Angel (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen & Carel Kraayenhof for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 2Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen & Carel Kraayenhof for string quartet and bandoneon)03:18
• Five Tango Sensations:
• 3Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations: I. Asleep05:11
• 4Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations: II. Loving05:38
• 5Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations: III. Anxiety05:41
• 6Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations: IV. Awakening06:22
• 7Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations: V. Fear03:50
• Milonga en Re (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 8Piazzolla: Milonga en Re (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon)04:22
• Fuga y Misterio (Arr. by Carel Kraayenhof & Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 9Piazzolla: Fuga y Misterio (Arr. by Carel Kraayenhof & Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon)03:40
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.13, Op. 130:
• 10Beethoven: String Quartet No.13, Op. 130: V. Cavatina06:04
• Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 11Piazzolla: Oblivion (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon)04:20
• Libertango (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon):
• 12Piazolla: Libertango (Arr. by Marijn van Prooijen for string quartet and bandoneon)03:32
• Luis Bacalov
• 13Bacalov: Il Postino03:03
• Total Runtime01:01:30

Info for Beethoven vs Piazzolla

Beethoven stands for fascinating music that moves our minds, but also for an attitude, an approach to art. It should be independent, free-spirited, unconventional, groundbreaking, visionary.

What Beethoven was to classical music, Astor Piazzolla is to tango. From a young age, he was successful as a bandoneon player in famous tango orchestras, but soon stopped tango almost entirely. He was looking for something else, a different purpose. He studied classical composers like Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky, he studied orchestral conducting with Hermann Scherchen and he listened a lot to jazz. His search for his own style obsessed him; he longed for something different, something new. He wanted to push the boundaries of traditional tango.

On 16 December 2020, it will be 250 years since Beethoven was born. Carel Kraayenhof and the Matangi Quartet would like to celebrate that, but in a special way.

Shortly afterwards, 11 March 2021 is the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. Matangi and Carel see a musical challenge in connecting these two great icons of the music world. Beethoven and Piazzolla's own 'mannerisms' are precisely why the quartet and the bandoneon virtuoso feel so akin to these two greats; these five musicians do not always colour within musical lines and do not allow themselves to be tamed by musical rules and classical usages.

Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Matangi Quartet

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