Orquesta Nova

by Orquesta Nova

Overview

Orchesta Nova showed an amazing amount of potential on this entirely instrumental and difficult-to-categorize debut. European and Latin American classical music was a strong influence on Nova's founder/conductor Carlos Franzetti, but the orchestral, strings-laden effort also underscored his love of Argentinean tango music (particularly the innovations of bandoneon master Astor Piazzolla) and the type of intellectual third-stream jazz associated with Gunther Schuller. From Piazzolla's music (including "La Muerte Del Angel" and "Oblivion") to gems by Brazil's Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Retrato Em Branco E Preto," "Amparo" and "Por Toda A Minha Vida") and Brazilian classical great Heitor Villa Lobos' "Choro No. 1," this CD never fails to be imaginative. Retailers wondered whether it belonged in the classical or Latin sections, and the truth is that it belongs in both. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/1994
Label:	Chesky Records
UPC:	0090368005427
Rank:	206478

Tracks

1. La Muerte del ¿¿ngel, tango (from ¿¿ngel series)
2. Little Village
3. Oblivion
4. Drume Negrito
5. Al Caer la Noche
6. Serenata
7. Por Toda A Minha Vida
8. Amparo
9. Danza Caprichosa
10. Zingaro (retrato Em Branco E Preto)
11. Wapango, for woodwind quintet
12. Nocturne
13. Ch¿¿ros No. 1, for guitar, "Tipico brasileiro", A. 161
14. Atorrante

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Orquesta Nova   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Lawrence Feldman   Clarinet,Saxophone
David Finck   Bass
John Clark   French Horn
Louis Colin   Harp
Jeffrey Marchant   Bassoon
Tiberio Nascimento   Guitar
Lois Colin   Harp
Gary Schocker   Flute
Guillermo Figueroa   Violin
Robert Chausow   Violin
Erik Friedlander   Cello
Carlos Franzetti   Director,Conductor,Music Direction
Juliet Haffner   Viola

Technical Credits

Astor Piazzolla   Composer,Arranger
David Chesky   Producer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Albert Haffner   Arranger
Roy Spangenthal   Project Director
Steve Guttenberg   Assistant Producer
David King   Photography
Jeremy R. Kipnis   Unknown Contributor Role,Assistant Engineer
Joel Diamond   Arranger,Composer
Larry Alan Smith   Unknown Contributor Role
Hal Wilson   Design,Art Direction
Bill Cantwell   Cover Art,Unknown Contributor Role
Lee Scoggins   Production Assistant,Unknown Contributor Role
Paquito D'Rivera   Arranger,Composer
Steve Sacks   Liner Notes
Bob Katz   Engineer
Eliseo Grenet   Composer
Carlos Franzetti   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Orchestration,Associate Producer,Unknown Contributor Role
Juliet Haffner   Producer,Associate Producer
Jeremy Kipnis   Editing,Assistant Engineer
Orquesta Nova   Arranger,Unknown Contributor Role
Norman Chesky   Executive Producer