TANGOS FOR YVAR
AHARONIÁN • BABBITT • BERKMAN • BISCARDI • FENNELLY
FINCH • HILL • JOHNSON • MUMFORD • NICHIFOR
NOBRE • NYMAN • PENDER • PIAZZOLLA • RZEWSKI
SCHIMMEL • VIGELAND • WOLPE
HANNA SHYBAYEVA
‘I was always passionate about listening to tangos – it’s a very specific style of music and dance – and as a musician, you then always want to play that music yourself. I looked for tango compositions that had been originally written for the piano and in the process came across this collection. The pianist Yvar Mikhashoff had commissioned 127 composers to write tangos for him. Almost every conceivable style can be found in this collection. It was a thrilling experience to see how the composers interpreted the concept of the tango and shaped that concept into a musical work.’
– Hanna Shybayeva
About this Recording
The American pianist Yvar Mikhashoff (1941–1993) commissioned 127 of the world’s leading composers to write tangos for him. Between 1983 and 1991 he received an eclectic, stylistically varied range of works that offer a unique body of contemporary tango music for the piano. Tango’s origin was in the waltz and mazurka but has long embraced jazz and even electronic music. In this unique collection the span is international and individual, ranging from traditional evocations to include the twelve-tone approach of Milton Babbitt, the minimalism of Tom Johnson, and the very personal voice of Michael Nyman.
TOTAL TIME: 65:24
NOBRE, M.: Tango, Op. 61
Hanna Shybayeva
A former child prodigy, Hanna Shybayeva has become a mature and exciting musician. She has released numerous critically acclaimed albums on labels such as Philips, Etcetera and Brilliant Classics and has won many international prizes and performed at many festivals, as well as giving solo recitals and concert-performances with orchestras around the world. Shybayeva was awarded grants from UNESCO/New Names (Moscow), the George Soros Foundation, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation, the Youri Egorov Foundation, Yamaha Music Europe and the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund. Shybayeva studied at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Naum Grubert. She also performs as part of a piano duo with Italian jazz pianist and composer Gianluca di Ienno.
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– Cinemusical ★★★★
captures well the simple phrasing…
these works are pleasing.’
– American Record Guide
