Sur
Albany, 2024
8/10
The pianist Agustin Muriago brings us a solo listen, where he tips his hat to Argentine composers with various backgrounds and time periods whose works revolve around folk music.
“Para Empezar a Volar”, by Lillán Saba, opens with the warm keys emitting much beauty and wonder, and it isn’t long until José Resta’s “Tres Danzas” unfolds across 3 segments of dreamy and heartfelt key progressions that leave a stirring impression but can also be firm.
Further along, "Fiesta Criolla”, by Manuel Gómez Carillo, illustrates a highly melodic mood of bright finger acrobatics, while “Recuerdos de mi Tierraz” is both minimal and vivid, where the complicated keys radiate for 4 unpredictable chapters in the Lía Cimaglia original.
Moving towards the end, “Milonga, Op. 2” offers a cinematic moment of poeticism via Leonardo Brunelli’s vision, and Osvaldo Golijov’s “Levante” exits with a dense appeal of fascinating key manipulation.
A collection of songs that showcase stylized versions of milongas, tangos,and vidalas, Muriago bring incredible skill and execution to these worldly selections.
Travels well with: Cecil Price Walden- Hours; Erik Kutz- The Six Cello Suites Of J.S. Bach