El Motivo

Ernst Kovacic (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello), Steven Dann (viola), Timo-Veikko Valve (cello), Jussi Seppanen (cello), Zebra Trio

Catalog #: TROY1421
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Format: Digital
Chamber

This recording of tangos began with the idea of writing music that could allow for freedom of improvisation while adhering to the composer's intent. Composer Pablo Ortiz began writing works for cello, multiple cellos and cellos with other string instruments while exploring the concept of original composition versus transcription, or music inspired by other music. His colleague Anssi Karttunen began transcribing music as well, using music of classic tangos, both from Argentina and Finland. Thus the listener will experience original compositions in the tango idiom along with transcriptions and arrangements of classic tangos. It is often hard to tell whether the composer is the interpreter or the interpreter the composer. This is a study in freedom and the shifting line between invention and re-invention. The two different kinds of tangos -- those from Argentina and those from Finland give different shades to the nostalgia and sadness they are both about.

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Track Listing

Title Composer Performer
El Choclo Angel Villoldo /arr. Ortiz-Karttunen) Zebra Trio
El Marne Eduardo Arolas /arr. Karttunen Zebra Trio
and all the phonies go made with joy Pablo Ortiz Zebra Trio
Nocturna Julián Plaza /arr. Kartunnen Zebra Trio
Trois tangos en marge Pablo Ortiz Zebra Trio
Tengo miedo José Aguilar /arr. Karttunen Ernst Kovacic, violin, Anssi Karttunen, cello
el jefe Pablo Ortiz Steven Dann, viola, Anssi Karttunen, cello
Nostalgias Juan Carlos Cobián /arr. Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, cello
El Marne Eduardo Arolas /arr. Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos
Sateen tango Unto Mononen /arr. Karttunen Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos
En Cada Verso Pablo Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, cello
El Motivo revisited Juan Carlos Cobián /arr. Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos
Sä et kyyneltä nä ä Olavi Virta /arr. Karttunen Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos
Loca Bohemia Francisco de Caro , arr. Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos
Tango Desirée Charly Niessen /arr. Ortiz Anssi Karttunen, Timo-Veikko Valve, Jussi Seppänen, cellos

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