Biographers estimate that Piazzolla wrote around 3,000 pieces and recorded around 500. His numerous compositions include orchestral work such as the Concierto para bandoneón, orquesta, cuerdas y percusión, Doble concierto para bandoneón y guitarra, Tres tangos sinfónicos and Concierto de Nácar para 9 tanguistas y orquesta, pieces for the solo classical guitar – the Cinco Piezas (1980), as well as song-form compositions that still today are well known by the general public in his country, including “Balada para un loco” (Ballad for a madman) and Adiós Nonino (dedicated to his father), which he recorded many times with different musicians and ensembles. He also recorded the album Summit (Reunión Cumbre) with jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. As well as providing original compositions and arrangements, he was the director and bandoneon player in all of them. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as “the world’s foremost composer of Tango music”.Īfter leaving Troilo’s orchestra in the 1940s, Piazzolla led numerous ensembles beginning with the 1946 Orchestra, the 1955 Octeto Buenos Aires, the 1960 “First Quintet”, the 1971 Conjunto 9 (“Noneto”), the 1978 “Second Quintet” and the 1989 New Tango Sextet.
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