Tango Monologues is the second studio album (and the first solo album) by Argentine pianist Juan María Solare. It was recorded at the Bösendorfer grand piano of the University of Bremen, Germany, and released in January 2010 by the label Janus Music & Sound, LC-24894, catalogue nr. JMS-001). Digital re-release of the album: 25 May 2013. Total length: 79:20

Tango Monologues
A photograph of pianist Juan María Solare taken in 2005 by Lea Dietrich, with the name of the album and of the pianist added
Studio album by
Released10 January 2010 (2010-01-10)
RecordedSeptember / October 2009.
StudioTheatersaal Universität Bremen
GenreTango, Modern Jazz, Avant-garde, Latin
Length79:20
LabelJanus Music & Sound
ProducerJuan María Solare
Juan María Solare chronology
Tango Nómade
(2006)
Tango Monologues
(2010)
Gardel al piano
(2014)

Content / Track Listing edit

The album Tango Monologues features 20 tracks, from which 12 were composed by the pianist himself:[1][2]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Danzarín"Julián Plaza3:40
2."Malena"Lucio Demare3:51
3."Bahía Blanca"Carlos Di Sarli2:19
4."Pasaje Seaver"Juan María Solare7:45
5."Valsarín"Juan María Solare3:00
6."Tengo un tango"Juan María Solare5:58
7."Para Lisa"Juan María Solare2:38
8."Bandoneón arrabalero"Juan Bautista Deambroggio2:08
9."Lo que se fue"Jorge Pítari4:28
10."Milonga fría"Juan María Solare6:54
11."Atonalgotán"Juan María Solare1:50
12."Fragmentango"Juan María Solare3:12
13."Akemilonga"Juan María Solare1:32
14."Niebla del Riachuelo"Juan Carlos Cobián4:16
15."La puñalada"Horacio “Pintín” Castellanos4:04
16."Calambre"Astor Piazzolla2:43
17."Liebergmilonga"Juan María Solare7:30
18."Talismán"Juan María Solare2:57
19."Furor"Juan María Solare3:31
20."Reencuentro"Juan María Solare5:00
Total length:79:20

Reviews edit

  • Review by Pablo Bardin in Tribuna musical
  • Review by Ray Picot in ILAMS (Iberian and Latin American Music Society), London
  • Review in Rainslore's World, 2013
  • Review by Dagmar Schnürer, "Offene Tango-Orchester", magazine TangoDanza, Bielefeld, Germany, July 2010)
  • Review by Norberto Gimelfarb in the magazine Viva la musica (sixième série), mensuel de l’AMR (Association pour l’encouragement de la musique improvisée), Genève (Switzerland), décembre 2011, nº 327.
  • Review by Lars Fischer, Wümme Zeitung, Lilienthal (Germany) 6 March 2010
  • Review by Claudio Ratier in the magazine Cantabile nr. 61 (Buenos Aires, November–December 2011)
  • Review by Christian Emigholz, "Juan María Solare gibt dem klassischen Tango ein neues Gesicht", Weser Kurier, Bremen, 16 February 2010
  • Review by Daniel Varacalli, Revista Teatro Colón No. 100, page 128 (Buenos Aires, November 2011)

official information and references edit

References edit

  1. ^ "CD Tango Monologues | Juan María Solare | composer & pianist".
  2. ^ "Tango Monologues - Juan María Solare | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.