''Hommage à Piazzolla'' is a set of recordings by the violinist

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holoc ...

dedicated to the music of

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed ''nuevo tango'', incorporating elements from ...

. Most of the recordings are of a small group with violin, bandoneon (

Per Arne Glorvigen Per Arne Glorvigen (born 2 June 1963, in Drammen) is a Norwegian musician and composer, particularly known as a bandoneon and tango player. He is mentioned as one of the world's leading contemporary bandoneon players and "wizard of the buttons" ( ...

), guitar, bass and piano. These recordings were released on the

Nonesuch Records Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly called Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Non ...

label, initially as a single CD in 1997 (79407 Gidon Kremer: ''Hommage à Piazzolla'') then in 2012 as part of an 8-cd collection of all Gidon Kremer's previous Piazzolla recordings for the label (515783 Gidon Kremer & Astor Piazzolla: ''Hommage à Piazzolla: The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings'' (8-CD Set)).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hommage a Piazzolla Gidon Kremer albums Nonesuch Records albums 1997 albums