Cine Passion

by Quadro Nuevo

Overview

Buenos Aires, Argentina has often been described as "the most European city in Latin America" (with Montevideo, Uruguay running a close second). So considering that tango originated in such a Europe-influenced city, it isn't surprising that it made its way across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe -- which has some fine tango groups. One of them is Quadro Nuevo, a Germany-based outfit that has been combining tango with a variety of European influences. Of course, tango had European influences to begin with, but with Quadro Nuevo, that passion for different types of European music is even more evident and even more overt. And there is certainly an abundance of European influences on Cine Passion, a 2000 recording that finds the group putting its spin on songs from European and American movies. Tango is combined with everything from Italian music on "Un' Ora Sola Ti Vorrei" (from the Billy Wilder movie Avanti) to French chanson on "Plus Fort Que Nous" (from the 1966 French film Un Homme et une Femme, aka A Man and a Woman) to Spanish flamenco on Paco de Lucia melodies that were used in the 1984 thriller The Hit. Quadro Nuevo acknowledge tango's pre-Astor Piazzolla era with their thoughtful arrangement of singer Carlos Gardel's theme from the 1935 movie El Dia Que Me Quieras -- a theme that was revived 71 years later in 2006, when Penelope Cruz performed the song in Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's Volver. However, Quadro Nuevo don't use a vocalist, and they don't perform "El Dia Que Me Quieras" in a 1930s-like fashion; their instrumental version has a strong Piazzolla influence (when Gardel died in 1935, Piazzolla was only 14 and had yet to become well known). Full of surprises, Cine Passion is not only excellent, it is also one of Quadro Nuevo's most essential albums. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2008
Label:	Justin Time
UPC:	0068944854028
Rank:	139538

Tracks

1. Gelsomina ("La Strada")
2. Volver ("El D-A Que Me Quieras")
3. Calling You ("Out of Rosenheim/Bagdad Caf¿¿")
4. Plus Fort Que Nous ("Un Homme et une Femme")
5. Der Wind Hat Mir ein Lied Erz¿¿hlt ("La Habanera")
6. Georgia ("The Gold Rush")
7. Arabesque-Main Theme ("Lawrence of Arabia")
8. Main Theme ("Zwei in Einer Grossen Stadt")
9. Oblivion ("Enrico IV")
10. Themes ("The Hit")
11. Sentimental Walk ("Diva")
12. Main Theme ("Jean de Florette")
13. Love Theme ("Spartacus")
14. Chi Mai ("Le Professionnel")
15. Running to the Church ("The Sixth Sense")
16. Un' Ora Sola Ti Vorrei-Senza Fine ("Avanti Avanti")

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quadro Nuevo   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mulo Francel   Clarinet (Alto),Clarinet (Bass),Sax,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
D.D. Lowka   Bass (Acoustic)
Jose Morato   Palmas,Guest Artist
Robert Wolf   Guitar
Montse Suarez   Palmas,Guest Artist
Pegasus String Quartet   Strings
Andreas Binder   French Horn,Guest Artist
Wolfgang Lohmeier   Percussion,Guest Artist
Jose Moranto   Palmas,Guest Artist
Evelyn Huber   Harp,Guest Artist
Heinz Ludger Jeromin   Accordion
William Galison   Harmonica,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

James Newton Howard   Composer
Carlos Gardel   Composer
Ennio Morricone   Composer
Quadro Nuevo   Arranger,Producer,Audio Production
Wolfgang Lohmeier   Mixing,Engineer
Elmar Gillet   Mastering
Marie Love Petit   Design
Willi Kollo   Composer
Lothar Bruehne   Composer
Bob Telson   Composer
Paco de Lucia   Composer
Francis Lai   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer
Vladimir Cosma   Composer
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer
Maurice Jarre   Composer
Gino Paoli   Composer
Nino Rota   Composer
Astor Piazzolla   Composer
Alex North   Composer
Umberto Bertini   Composer
Mulo Francel   Composer