VOCALISE Op. 34 (Rachmaninoff) - Bandoneón and Piano

Bandoneón: Bernardo Fingas - Piano: Shino Ohnaga
High quality download:http://bit.ly/vocalisebandoneon
Bernardo Fingas is a german bandoneonist, arranger, composer based in Buenos Aires.
Shino Ohnaga is a japanese pianist, arranger, composer based in Buenos Aires.

"Vocalise" OP. 34, is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1912. Written for high voice with piano accompaniment, it contains no words. It was dedicated to soprano singer Antonina Nezhdanova.

For the first time in history this master-piece was now recorded with Bandoneón and Piano.

Bandoneón: Bernardo Fingas
Piano: Shino Ohnaga

The Bandoneón was invented in Germany by Heinrich Band. Around 1870 emigrants brought the instrument to Argentina, where it was adopted into the nascent genre of Tango music. Today it is still mainly played in Argentinean Tango music. But the genious of Astor Piazzolla introduced the instrument also into contemporary music.
Its expressive range and the wonderful colored timbre, sweet on the left hand and somehow sharp on the right hand, make the instrument suitable for many musical styles.
The sound is produced by metal reeds inside the instrument by moving a bellow. In certain way the Bandoneón seams to have a respiration like a human being...a fact that is issue in many Tango lyrics.


Arranged and produced by B. Fingas, Buenos Aires, November 2020
Recorded, edited an mixed by Fernando Taverna at Mixoestudios


http://www.bernardofingas.com





"When I heard the music of Astor Piazzolla in the 90s, living in Germany, I did not suspect that this experience could change my destiny. I traveled to Buenos Aires to study bandoneon. And now it's more than 15 years I have been living here and my bandoneon and the tango tango still share my way."


Photo: Julian Schneider