Orchestrations & arrangements
Once he is stablished in Europe in 2013, Mariano starts to write several arrangements and orchestrations, for some of his projects and also for some other artists. In the last 5 years he wrote over 120 arrangements for symphonic orchestra, and more than 100 arrangements for classical chamber ensambles (quartets, quintets, trio, etc), writing for different music styles like Tango, Jazz, rock, classic, folk, some examples here :
Cadenza piano & Fuga y Misterio (A. Piazzolla) Mariano Castro & Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Tiberiu Oprea, conductor. Romania 2021
"Libertango" - Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaspar Zehnder, conductor. Mariano Castro, piano. Czech Republic 2019
"Stele care cad" - Trupa Taxi. Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, arranged & conducted by Mariano Castro, piano. Bucharest 2019
"Lume,lume" - Kamerata Kronstadt cond. by Cristian Orosanu, Nadia Trohin, vocals, Mariano Castro, piano. C'Art Fest, Romania 2018
"Tango Simfonic" - Different philharmonic orchestras from Romania, Analia Selis, vocals, Mariano Castro, piano. Romania 2015-2016
"Noapte calda" - Trupa Bere Gratis, Orchestra Metropolitana Bucuresti, cond. by Andrei Tudor, orchestration by Mariano Castro. Romania 2018
"Tribute to Nat King Cole" Luiza Zan, vocals, Mariano Castro, piano, . Romannia 2020. Filarmonica Ploiesti, cond. Cristian Orosanu.
"Canaro en Paris" - Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra. Mariano Castro, piano, Omar Massa, bandoneon. Lithuania 2020
"Invierno Porteño" - Orchestra Filarmonica Banatul cond. by Tiberiu Oprea, Mariano Castro, piano. Sala Capitol, Timisoara, Romania 2021
"La Foule" - Kamerata Kronstadt cond. by Cristian Orosanu, Alexandra Fits, vocals, Mariano Castro, piano. Tam Tam festival, Romania 2019
"Le Grand Tango" - Argentango live at the Radio Hall. Razvan Suma, Rafael Butaru, Omar Massa & Mariano Castro, Romania 2016
"Primavera porteña" - Liviu Prunaru, Gabriel Croitoru & Horia Mihai, live at the Radio Hall. Arrangement : Mariano Castro. Romania 2014