Piazzolla Le Grand Tango (Cello/Piano)

[ruvidoetostinato]

From our school's collaborative recital from a year and a half ago.

We had to make cuts to comply with time limit.

Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed playing it!

[invictious]

I played this piece on cello many years ago and this remains my absolute favourite piece for the cello and piano. I have studied this piece in great detail.

While it is perfectly reasonable to want to have some 'gusto' in the bowing in pieces like this, the cellist is over-aggressive in his bowing technique. There was clearly lack of control in the bowing for whatever reasons. The vibrato is also too tense in most of the places. There are also some places where the phrasing is dubious

Despite the technical criticisms, the playing was full of energy. It was exhilarating to listen to this rendition and one can certainly hear the spirit of the tango in this performance.

Congratulations to the cellist on learning this wonderful piece!

[ruvidoetostinato]

Thanks for giving our performance a listen!

Indeed, her bowing tended to be a bit aggressive during the semester of this performance.  Her teacher had addressed it earlier this past year and she has been working on it!

Especially excited to hear "one can certainly hear the spirit of the tango in this performance" as that was one of the main issue that arose during our rehearsals and coaching.

Thanks!