CACHO TIRAO • GUY LUKOWSKI • MARC GRAUWELS • ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE ROYAL DE LIÈGE (DIR. LEO BROUWER) 

Recorded in 1985 at the International Guitar Festival in Liège, maestro Astor Piazzolla (the mentor of modern tango) is joined by Argentinean guitarist Cacho Tirao, Cuban bandleader and guitarist Leo Brouwer (here conducting the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), Belgian flautist Marc Grauwels, and Guy Lukowski, the guitarist and the Festival’s Artistic Director/Producer who initiated this musical work. Their programme begins with an extraordinarily sensitive performance of the Adios Nonino requiem by the virtuoso bandoneon player, containing notably the first performance of his “Histoire du Tango”. The recording closes with Cacho Tirao’s wonderful piece “Concerto de Buenos Aires”. Frémeaux & Associés is proud to be associated with Guy Lukowski in making this masterly recording available to the public again. It is without a doubt one of the finest moments that the tango has given us.
Augustin Bondoux/Patrick Frémeaux

Tracklist:
- ADIOS NONINO (ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, BANDONEON - CACHO TIRAO, GUITARE - ORCHESTRE ROYAL PHILHARMONIQUE DE LIÈGE, DIR. LEO BROUWER)
- HOMMAGE À LIÈGE : INTRODUCTION • MILONGA • TANGO (ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, BANDONEON - CACHO TIRAO, GUITARE - ORCHESTRE ROYAL PHILHARMONIQUE DE LIÈGE, DIR. LEO BROUWER)
- LA MUERTE DEL ANGEL (LEO BROUWER, GUITARE)
- HISTOIRE DU TANGO : BORDEL 1900 • CAFÉ 1930 • NIGHT-CLUB 1960 • CONCERT 1990 (GUY LUKOWSKI, GUITARE - MARC GRAUWELS, FLÛTE)
- CONCIERTANGO DE BUENOS AIRES : INTRODUCTION • MILONGA • TANGO (CACHO TIRAO, GUITARE - ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE ROYAL DE LIÈGE - DIR. LEO BROUWER).