Results for "Richard Galliano"

Blue Rondo a la Turk

Featuring the music of Richard Galliano
Duration: 5:09
November 24, 2007

Richard Galliano & Tangaria Quartet: Live In Marciac 2006

by Chris May
September 25, 2007

Accordionist Richard Galliano's Tangaria Quartet made its studio debut earlier this year with the thrilling Luz Negra (Milan Records, 2007), recorded in Brazil. The group's warm-up gig for those sessions happened a month earlier, in August 2006, at France's Marciac Festival, and, happily, the performance was recorded. Like the studio set, Live In Marciac ...

Richard Galliano featuring Gary Burton: If You Love Me (L'Hymne a L'Amour)

by John Kelman
August 30, 2007

Fifteen years after his death, tango legend Astor Piazolla's influence continues to be felt. Both accordionist Richard Galliano and vibraphonist Gary Burton have released tributes to the late composer/performer, and so it's no surprise that the two have joined up to mine Piazolla's music and more on If You Love Me (L'Hymne à L'Amour). They explore ...

Richard Galliano: Luz Negra

by Chris May
February 20, 2007

A little accordion can go a long way. The instrument's blowsy, wheezing sound, perfectly fashioned to express sadness and tears, can quickly become a downer, and it takes a player with unusual gifts to transcend all that. It is no accident that two styles intimately associated with the accordion, Argentinian tango and French musette, frequently deal ...

Ruby, My Dear

By Richard Galliano

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Ruby, My Dear; L'Insidieuse; Historia De Un Amor; Bohemia After Dark; Gnossienne No. 1; Teulada; Naia; Spleen; Waltz For Nicky.

Richard Galliano: Ruby, My Dear

by Michael McCaw
August 16, 2005

As with a lot of good music, there are numerous times during Richard Galliano's Ruby, My Dear where you find yourself not hearing the instrumentation or even the song really--instead, you find yourself joyously lost in the sound being created. Ruby, My Dear isn't the album that will mark the accordion as an instrument that has ...

Piazzolla Forever

By Richard Galliano

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Oto

Richard Galliano: Piazzolla Forever

by Dan McClenaghan
October 13, 2003

Astor Piazzolla (1923-92) took the originally blue collar Argentinean tango to new and unforeseen levels, and onto a classical plane. A virtuoso on the bandoneon – a squeeze box similar in sound to the accordion – he abandoned his plans for a European classical music career to embrace the earthier tango sounds of his homeland.

Gallianissimo! The Best Of Richard Galliano

By Richard Galliano

Label: King Records
Released: 2001

Richard Galliano

By Richard Galliano

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Dum Dum Dum; Ballade pour Marion; French Touch; Billie; B