Jurg Eichenberger & Eriko Kagawa – Danza de la Vida (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

José Bragato and Jürg Eichenberger became close friends when Eichenbergers chamber music ensemble Chamber Soloists Lucerne went on a tour of South America in the summer of 2004. Bragato’s tango Graciela y Buenos Aires is a musical testimony to this love story. As a gesture of gratitude for the invitation, José Bragato then gave him some of his own compositions and exclusive arrangements, including some for cello and piano. ‘Danza de la Vida’ is the first recorded compilation of some of these pieces. The pianist Eriko Kagawa and Jürg Eichenberger have been working together for decades and spent a long time planning a recording of Bragato’s tango Graciela y Buenos Aires and his arrangements of Piazzolla. A conversation with Eriko’s husband, Daniel Fueter, led to the idea of juxtaposing these pieces in all their brilliance with a different, yet fitting kind of music. The name Erik Satie soon sprang to his mind. Daniel Fueter wrote ‘E.S. — eine Hommage’ (E.S. — an homage) for the ensemble. He arranged Satie’s piano pieces for cello and piano and titled the collection “kleine Festschrift zum 150. Geburtstag Erik Saties in 4 Kapiteln.” Erik Satie was born in 1866; Fueter’s arrangements were written in the summer of 2016. Danza de la Vida is intended as a tribute to José Bragato, who knew of their plans. He died at a ripe old age shortly before Eichenberger and Kagawa recorded his music.

Tracklist:
01. Introducción al Ángel (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
02. Milonga del Ángel (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
03. La Muerte del Ángel (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
04. Prélude (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano)
05. Valse-ballet (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano)
06. Caresse (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano)
07. Le Piccadilly (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano)
08. Graciela y Buenos Aires
09. Oblivion (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
10. Nocturnes (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): No. 1, —
11. Nocturnes (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): No. 2, —
12. Nocturnes (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Un peu mouvementé
13. Adiós Nonino (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
14. Fâcheux exemple (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): Fâcheux exemple
15. Fâcheux exemple (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): Exercise No. 1
16. Fâcheux exemple (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): Exercise No. 2
17. Fâcheux exemple (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): Exercise No. 3
18. Fâcheux exemple (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): Exercise No. 4
19. Resurreción del Ángel (Arr. J. Bragato for Cello & Piano)
20. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): I. Quadrille
21. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): II. Valse
22. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): III. Pas vite
23. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): IV. Mazurka
24. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): V. Un peu vif
25. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): VI. Polka
26. Le piège de Méduse, 7 Monkey Dances (Arr. D. Fueter for Cello & Piano): VII. Quadrille
27. Le grand tango