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Carlos Di Sarli - sus priméros éxitos vol.1 - Roberto Rufino

TARG 41298

Carlos Di Sarli is one of the legendary figures of the golden age of tango, one of the first names to come to mind whenever tango music is discussed. But it was not always so. In 1931, considered merely derivative of Fresedo - with whom he had worked for a while as a pianist, in one of the 5 parallel live orchestras that the maestro ran in the mid 1920s - Di Sarli lost his recording contract and thus effectively his job in the cutbacks following the talking-pictures revolution. In the mid 1930s he left Buenos Aires, withdrawing to Rosario.

He re-formed his orchestra in 1938 and, after achieving success on Radio El Mundo, re-entered the recording studio on December 11th, 1939, after an absence of nearly a decade. He choose to inaugurate the next phase of his career on record with the two now iconic opening chords of the wonderful tango Corazón, his own composition.

It's hard to take in that the singer on that day, Roberto Rufino, was only 17 years old. He sings with a maturity that belies his age. People grew up faster in those days.

This album is just quality from start to finish. Rufino's voice soars like a bird above Di Sarli's strings, which handle both the rhythm and the melody. The few valses and the one milonga - like Pugliese and Troilo, Di Sari recorded very few - are excellent.

Track list

1. Tristeza marina
2. Verdemar
3. Mañana zarpa un barco
4. Canta, pajarito
5. Cosas olvidadas
6. Rosamel vals
7. Charlemos
8. En un beso la vida
9. El cielo en tus ojos
10. Pena mulata milonga
11. Patotero
12. Cascabelito
13. Griseta
14. Alma mía vals
15. Corazón
16. Necesito olvidar
17. Un día llegará
18. Cornetín
19. Noche de carnaval (Otra vez carnaval)
20. Tarareando

Alfredo De Angelis - Los dúos de Carlos Dante y Julio Martel

EMI 499993

Alfredo De Angelis had one of the most lyrical and romantic orchestras of the 1940s. The tenor of Carlos Dante and the baritone of Julio Martel, his two most famous vocalists, combined together wonderfully in the vocal duo in which De Angelis was unsurpassed. They recorded just 17 tracks together, all of which are presented together on this fabulous cd (don't be misled by the classic misprint on the cover, which says Vol.2). The valses are amonst the best ever recorded in tango.

3 instrumentals round off the standard 20 track package.

Track list

1. Pregonera
2. Remolino
3. Adiós marinero
4. Fruto dulce
5. Pastora
6. Selecciones de Discépolo
7. Virgen de la Serranía
8. Como la capurecita
9. Selecciones de Enrique Delfino
10. Pinche (inst.)
11. Soñar y nada más vals vals
12. Pobre flor (primera ilusión) vals
13. Flores del alma vals
14. A Magaldi vals
15. No vuelvas María vals
16. El entrerriano (inst.)
17. Del pasado milonga
18. Cien guitarras milonga
19. El huracán (inst.)

A los cuatro vientos

AQ 174

This is the soundtrack of the new film about the life of the legendary Argentine harmonica player, Hugo Díaz. It contains some wonderful tracks we've never heard from him before, although they are not tangos. Read more about this cd on our blog.

Track list

1. Terroncito
2. La Bilingüe
3. Zamba de los cuatro vientos
4. Preludio No. 3 en Do Sostenido Mayor - Alberto Larrán
5. Cuando nada te debia - Mavi Díaz
6. Galopera
7. Motivo de Blues - Adrian Jimenez
8. Motivo de Polca
9. Concierto para armonica y orquesta - Luis Saltos
10. Motivo de Tren - Adrian Jimenez
11. Sur (1) - Franco Luciani
12. Zamba del angel (1)
13. La vieja - Luis Saltos
14. Zamba del angel (2) - Mavi Diaz
15. Sur (2)
16. Zamba mia
17. La tilinga - Luis Saltos

Lágrima Ríos - La perla negra del tango

AQ 104

This is Lágrima Ríos first album, released as an lp in 1972, and her voice is even stronger and more powerful than on the album we've heard. Great milongas and candombes, and sensational guitar work from her backing group. If you want one of these, hurry up - we sold a few before they even arrived

Update: we've no run out of this cd

Track list

1. Negra María milonga
2. Esclavo
3. La vida alegre candombe
4. Media vida
5. Una pobre melodía canción
6. Candombe federal candombe
7. Olvido
8. Un cielo para los dos vals peruano
9. Milonga en rojo milonga
10. Viejo ciego
11. Abuelo regalame candombe
12. Tingo Tingo candombe (bonus track with Brindis de Sala)