TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.6151
Astor Piazzolla Album Rankings
1
Considered by Piazzolla to be his best work, 1986'sTango Zero Hourwas the culmination of a career that began in Argentina in the 1930s.
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2
Few musicians have ever remained so identified with a singular style, yet made as many innovations within it as Astor Piazzolla.
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3
Astor Piazzolla opened the ears of many listeners to a more progressive form of the tango, and theAdios Noninosession from 1969 features the bandoneon player leading one of his strongest quintets.
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18
Piazzolla was nearing the end of his distinguished career when he performed this concert in Switzerland in 1989; he divided it between playing classic material and debuting compositions.
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30
One of a number of posthumous attempts by various labels to present a coherent picture of the whole of Astor Piazzolla's genius, this collection makes that attempt by separating his music into a numb
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31
Despite battles with repressive governmental heads that eventually forced him into exile, Piazzolla's recordings enjoyed worldwide impact.
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37
Astor Piazzolla, who was by far the world's leading exponent of tango music and a gifted composer as well as a world-class bandoneon player, died in 1992, four years after this album was originally r
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48
The last concert recorded by Astor Piazzolla with his New Tango Sextet was going to be released no matter how good it was; such is the nature of the market.
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