Name: Last Tango in Paris
Brand: VarŠse Sarabande (USA)
SKU: 164918
Price: 73.19 USD
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Last Tango in Paris

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Album: Last Tango in Paris
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Last Tango in Paris - (tango)
2)	Jeanne
3)	Girl in Black - (tango) :: Para Mi Negra - (tango)
4)	Last Tango in Paris - (ballad)
5)	Fake Ophelia
6)	Picture in the Rain
7)	Return - (tango) :: La Vuelta - (tango)
8)	It's Over
9)	Goodbye :: Un Largo Adios
10)	Why Did She Choose You?
11)	Last Tango in Paris - (jazz waltz)
12)	Part 1
13)	Part 2
14)	Part 3
15)	Part 4
16)	Part 5
17)	Part 6
18)	Part 7
19)	Part 8
20)	Part 9
21)	Part 10
22)	Part 11
23)	Part 12
24)	Part 13
25)	Part 14
26)	Part 15
27)	Part 16
28)	Part 17
29)	Part 18
30)	Part 19
31)	Part 20
32)	Part 21
33)	Part 22
34)	Part 23
35)	Part 24
36)	Part 25
37)	Part 26
38)	Part 27
39)	Part 28
40)	Part 29

Album: Last Tango in Paris
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Last Tango in Paris - (tango)
2)	Jeanne
3)	Girl in Black - (tango) :: Para Mi Negra - (tango)
4)	Last Tango in Paris - (ballad)
5)	Fake Ophelia
6)	Picture in the Rain
7)	Return - (tango) :: La Vuelta - (tango)
8)	It's Over
9)	Goodbye :: Un Largo Adios
10)	Why Did She Choose You?
11)	Last Tango in Paris - (jazz waltz)
12)	Part 1
13)	Part 2
14)	Part 3
15)	Part 4
16)	Part 5
17)	Part 6
18)	Part 7
19)	Part 8
20)	Part 9
21)	Part 10
22)	Part 11
23)	Part 12
24)	Part 13
25)	Part 14
26)	Part 15
27)	Part 16
28)	Part 17
29)	Part 18
30)	Part 19
31)	Part 20
32)	Part 21
33)	Part 22
34)	Part 23
35)	Part 24
36)	Part 25
37)	Part 26
38)	Part 27
39)	Part 28
40)	Part 29

Performer Notes

Astonishingly this is the first time that this seminal soundtrack has been made available on CD in this country. It is doubly welcome since the music for Italian director Benardo Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film also marked a peak in the career of Argentine jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, who composed and performed the score. Well before tango composer Astor Piazzolla became better known in the United States, Barbieri introduced us to the modern tango--complete with bandoneon for authentic ambiance, taut and pungent strings courtesy of jazz arranger Oliver Nelson and, of course, Barbieri's own fiery, passionate tenor on top.
Actually Barbieri had re-recorded the score for small group when it came time to release the soundtrack. As a bonus, this deluxe CD edition also features the original score "cues" as heard in the film, compiled by Barbieri himself into the "Last Tango In Paris Suite." The original music featured a larger orchestra and it is fascinating to hear how efficiently Nelson had scored these small melodic fragments to serve as a kind of musical chorus within this latter-day Greek tragedy of the sexes. A must for soundtrack buffs and musical romantics of all stripes.

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (12/99, pp.165-7) - "...still packs a wallop, sizzling in torrid counterpoint to the steamy on-screen...affair....Barbieri's smoldering tenor evokes the frenzy of raw male carnality...the couple's moments of repose are supported with tender musical caresses..."