Quatuor Voce

Our latest double-disc project, which explores both traditional and modern Argentine music, will be released in late May 2026 on Alpha Classics. It is available here in three versions: string quartet, quartet with bandoneon, and quartet with guitar.

FIGURES ARGENTINES (string quartet)


GINASTERA
Quartet n. 1

SCHULHOFF
Milonga 

PIAZZOLLA
4 for tango

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SIVAK
Suite capoeira 

VALLADARES / SIVAK
Ajenas Vacas arreando 

LEGUIZAMON / FISZBEIN
Zamba y chacarera

FIGURES ARGENTINES (traditional)


Quatuor Voce
Jean-Baptiste Henry, bandoneon 

A festive program, giving a pannel of Argentinian folk music, including tangos of course but also zambas, bagualas, chacareras, arranged for the Voce musicians and Jean-Baptiste Henry, in different formations of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 musicians.

A glimpse of the pieces that would be played here (not in order, not exhaustive, can be slightly modified) :

Solo // bandoneon

TROILO (arr. JB. Henry) “La ultima curda” (The last curse)

Duo // viola and bandoneon
REZZANO (arr. JB. Henry & G. Becker) “Duelo criollo”
VILCA (arr. G. Sivak) “A Ricardo Vilca”

Trio // Violin, cello and bandoneon
COBIÁN (arr. G. Sivak) “Nieblas del Riachuelo”
GOBBI (arr. G. Sivak) “A Orlando Goñi”

A 4 // String quartet
PIAZZOLLA “Four, for tango”
VALLADARES (arr. G. Sivak) “Ajenas vacas arreando”
LEGUIZAMON (arr. F. Fiszbein) “Zamba de la viuda” and “Chacarera del zorrito”

Quintet // Quartet and bandoneon
SOSA (arr. G. Sivak) “La casita de mis viejos” (The house of my grandchildren)
PIANA (arr. JB. Henry) “Milonga triste” (sad milonga)
PIAZZOLLA “Loving”
YUPANQUI (arr. JB. Henry) "La pobrecita"
DE CARO (arr. G. Sivak) "Boedo"

FIGURES ARGENTINES (with guitar)

Quatuor Voce
Pablo Marquez, guitar

Argentine guitarist Pablo Márquez accepts Quartet Voce's invitation to explore Argentinian figures off the beaten track. Placed under the tutelary figure of Alberto Ginastera, whose evolution from the very rhythmic Quartet No. 1 of his early days to the masterpiece of his later work, the Sonata for guitar, can be seen, this program invites us to discover an Argentina with many faces, beyond the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Tango, that inimitable ‘sad thought that is danced’, is evoked by the voice of the legendary Carlos Gardel, the raw material for a creation by Fernando Fiszbein, or by the wild inventiveness of Astor Piazzolla in his Four for tango. As a counterpoint to these learned Argentinian Figures, the guitar and quartet play zambas, chacareras and bagualas, paying tribute to great folklorists such as Cuchi Leguizamon, Leda Valladares and Dino Saluzzi, and inviting you to discover the diversity of traditional Argentine music.

ESPOSITO "Vidala para mi sombra" (arr Juan Falu / Pablo Marquez)
LEGUIZAMON "Corazonando" (arr Pablo Marquez)
SALUZZI "Carta a Perdiguero"
GINASTERA Sonate pour guitare
GINASTERA Quatuor N.1
SIVAK "Ajenas vacas arreando, hommage à Leda Valladares"
LEGUIZAMON "Zamba para la Viuda" "Chacarera del Zorrito" (arr Fernando Fiszbein pour les Voce)
PIAZZOLLA "Four, for tango"
FISZBEIN "Gardel Picado"

with the support of the Royaumont Foundation