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Roberto Firpo - De la guardia vieja

EMI 837577

Nowadays you can go out dancing for months without hearing anything by Roberto Firpo, but he was one of the true pioneers of tango in the early days, one of the most important innovators of his day. He began recording in 1912 and was output was prolific: at least 2861 recordings, concluding in 1959. Only Canaro recorded more. Over 2500 of those recordings were made before the end of 1931. That should tell you that Firpo belongs firmly to the la guardia vieja, the old guard. His compostions include some of the most famous in tango: Alma de bohemio, El amanecer, Viviani, Vea...vea..., as well as a huge number of others of less fame.

From 1937 onwards Firpo began to record alongside his orchestra with a quartet he called his cuarteto de la guardia vieja. Curiously, it's these recordings which we know best today, whilst the recordings of his orchestra have faded into relative obscurity. This cd presents some of the best cuartet recordings. Firpo's versions of Ataniche, El llorón and El esquinazo are simply the best.

Track list

1. El esquinazo milonga
2. El llorón tango-milonga
3. Felicia
4. Desde el alma
5. La payanca
6. Atanaiche
7. El choclo
8. Noche calurosa vals
9. La cumparsita
10. Hotel Victoria
11. Rodríguez Peña
12. Olga vals
13. Sábado inglés
14. El entrerriano
15. Champagne tango
16. El aeroplano vals
17. El internado
18. Lágrimas
19. La morocha
20. Germaine

Bajofondo Tango Club

Those who want it have probably got one by now, but well - here is one of the most popular cds to have come out of Argentina in recent years, and beloved of the tango nuevo community. Full of energy, even it's creators don't think of it as tango or even dance music but as "Buenos Aires music".

This is an album that gets played at "alternative" milongas but not at traditional ones. In the modern fashion, the cover mentions the name of the "artists" doing the mixing, but Roberto Goyeneche, whose fantastically gravelly voice is the one sampled in "Mi corazón" (from a 1989 live performance of the tango La última curda (the final binge) which is almost impossible to obtain) doesn't get a mention.

Track list

1. Montserrat
2. En Mí/Soledad
3. Tangueros
4. Mi Corazón
5. Maroma - Emilio Kauderer
6. Perfume - Luciano Supervielle
7. Vacío - Didi Gutman
8. Esperándote - Moviola
9. Naranjo en Flor
10. Bruma - Moviola
11. Exodo II
12. Duro y Parejo - Moviola
13. Forma - Luciano Supervielle
14. Sonido de la Milonga
15. Av. de Mayo
16. 1Ese Cielo Azul [*] - Luciano Supervielle

The Best of Astor Piazzolla

Another late Piazzolla compilation, this one released only this January. This cd does not justify its title, but it's worth it just for Ave Maria, which sounds as if it were composed by Ennio Morricone and lifted straight from the soundtrack of Cinema Paradiso!

Track list

1. Jeanne y Paul
2. El penultimo
3. Oblivion
4. Enrico IV
5. Ave María
6. Cavalcata
7. Remembrance
8. Adiós Nonino
9. Suite Punta Del Este (Theme From The Film "12 Monkeys")
10. Escualo
11. Years of Solitude (Alto Sax: Arturo Schneider)

Carlos Di Sarli - Duelo Criollo stocks exhausted

Magenta 9063

Lovely Di Sarli album with 13 late 40s tracks from the baritone Jorge Durán, and 3 from Roberto Rufino. Don't get this if you have the Di Sarli/Durán album on Reliquias which we offered last February

Track list

1. Acuérdate de mí
2. Un tango... y nada más
3. Otra vez carnaval
4. Que no sepan las estrellas
5. Vieja luna
6. Porteño y bailarín
7. Clavel del aire
8. Tus labios me dirán
9. Duelo criollo
10. Mañana zarpa un barco
11. Cosas olvidadas
12. Tú intimo secreto
13. Así era mi novia
14. Cascabelito
15. Con alma y vida milonga
16. Hoy al recordarla

Canta:

Jorge Durán (1-9,12,13,15-16)
Roberto Rufino (10,11,14)

stocks exhausted

Alfredo Gobbi y sus cantores 1951/1957

EURO 16012

Transition era recordings of Alfredo Gobbi, mostly with singers. Amazing fidelity, but not Gobbi's best work. Still, the collector won't be able to resist the instrumentals

Track list

1. Que me quiten lo bailao
2. Por eso canto así
3. Si sos brujo
4. Canzoneta
5. Cuatro novios
6. Fraternal
7. Un regalo de reyes
8. El hijo cruel
9. Tu angustia y mi dolor
10. Camandulaje
11. Predestinada
12. Historia de un amor
13. Tuya
14. Que fácil es decir
15. Entrador
16. Sin vuelta de hoja
17. Calla
18. Sin madre
19. El solitario
20. Y algún día
21. Mensajera
22. La última curda
23. Reflexionemos

Cantan:

Héctor Coral (1)
Carlos Almada (2)
Jorge Maciel (4,7)
Tito Lando (5,9,11,12,14,17.21,22)
Alfredo Del Río (8,18)
dúo Tito Lando - Alfredo Del Río (13,19)
Carlos Yanel (23)
Mario Beltrán (20)