Libertango

Libertango
by Astor Piazzolla, arranged for piano/four-hands by Anderson & Roe (2004)

• Watch the Anderson & Roe Libertango music video!
• Buy "Reimagine," the CD/DVD combo featuring this work!

What do tango dancing and piano duo performance have in common? Racing heartbeats, intense eye contact, physical friction, a charged chemistry, and an element of danger…

In transcribing this Piazzolla’s irresistible melody for four hands at one piano, not only did we emulate the sonic textures of a tango band, but we also aimed to capture the spirit of the tango. Four-hand playing already hints at an intrinsic eroticism -- a fact not ignored by many great literary figures -- but in this work, we ratcheted it up a level. We do not merely bump into one another within the cramped confines of a single keyboard; we unabashedly invade one another’s personal space, while also exploring regions of the piano that typically remain unseen. The effect is at once sensual, visceral, and intensely dramatic.

Quotes from a review regarding Anderson & Roe's Libertango in the Southampton Press, April 21, 2005:

Riveting... extremely imaginative... They bypassed in part the fact that the piano is a percussive instrument by reaching into its belly and plucking the strings, much as a string player uses pizzicato. The unique combination of playing and plucking, involved a physical intertwining, not only of hands but also of bodies.

Unfortunately, the score to this arrangement is not available for sale at this time. Read more about why in the "FAQ: Arrangements and Compositions" section of this website.

Comments

[Eric]

My name is Eric and I want to play your libertango version.

It would be possible to obtain your version?

Thanks a lot!

[Margarita]

Hello,

I'm very interested in obtaining your arrangement for Piazzolla's LIBERTANGO. I've just purchased and downloaded two others. Would you please let me know if it's available?

Your playing is fantastic!

Margarita

[Greg & Liz]

Hey guys,

Unfortunately, the score to this arrangement is not available for sale at this time. Read more about why in the "Interact: FAQ: Arrangements and Compositions" section of this website. We'll let our fans know (join the mailing list!) as soon as it becomes available. Thanks for your patience.

- Greg & Liz

[Eric]

Ok! Thanks

[Iglika and Marco]

Hello, Liz and Greg,

we listened with an immense pleasure to your playing as a piano duo. We appreciate as well
your cultivated interpretations as the refinement of your arrangements. Could you inform us
as soon as Libertango is available? We would like to play it in a concert in May (in Luxembourg
and in Paris). If not possible it will be for later. Thank you very much,


Iglika and Marco

[gen]

I know that there are people who play a solo version of the same libratango piano duet that you have done. How can this be possible? Is there actually a solo version out there that I can't find?

Gen

[Karen Cole]

Please inform me when your Libertango arrangement is available for purchase. Thank you, Karen