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Ricardo Tanturi - Tangos de mi ciudad

TARG 63357

Fantastic Tanturi hits with Alberto Castillo, featuring some irresistible milongas (Mozo guapo Mi morocha Así es la milonga) and up-tempo early tracks (Pocas palabras La vida es corta and Comparsa criolla) - this is our recommended Tanturi CD, and every home should have one. And there are five valses as well! Recuerdo, La serenata (mi amor), Mi romance... just too much good music for one CD.

Track list

1. Barajando recuerdos
2. Decile que vuelva
3. Mi romance vals
4. Así es la milonga milonga
5. Noches de Colón
6. Ese sos vos
7. Con los amigos vals
8. Mi morocha milonga
9. Me llaman el "zorro"
10. Comparsa criolla
11. Mi piba
12. Pocas palabras
13. La serenata (mi amor) vals
14. Mozo guapo milonga
15. La vida es corta
16. El moro
17. Un crimen
18. Marisabel vals
19. Tango
20. Recuerdo vals

Pedro Láurenz / Ricardo Malerba - Grabaciones Olvidadas Vol.2

DBN 595160

Back in December 2008 we introduced you to the wonderful Ricardo Malerba, whose little known orchestras has few fireworks but is just fantastic for dancing, blending rhythm, melody and romanticism. Massively appreciated by dancers in Buenos Aires.

Proving that Reliquias could have made a Malerba CD if only they'd thought about it, here are another 10 of his tracks, again in great fidelity - much better than the impossible-to-find Japanese releases.

This time though he has second billing behind the great Pedro Láurenz, who needs no introduction from me. His tracks include the lovely vals Mendocina and the stunning Naranjo en flor [Orange blossom]:

First you have to know how to suffer, then how to love then how to walk away without a second thought The perfume of orange blossom, the mistakes of a love affair, being carried away on the breeze... Afterwards! What do I care about afterwards? My whole life is yesterday, It's holding me back in the past

What a scorcher, they don't write lyrics like that any more!

Track list

Pedro Láurenz

1. Amurado (1952)
2. Naranjo en flor
3. Trenzas
4. Mala junta
5. Mendocina vals
6. Barrio tranquilo
7. La beba
8. Esta noche al pasar
9. Piedad
10. Quejas de bandoneón

Cantan:

Jorge Linares (2,3,5,6,8)
Héctor Juncal (9)

Ricardo Malerba

11. Una copa más
12. Encuentro
13. Guardia vieja
14. Medianoche
15. Corazón de artista vals
16. Magdalena
17. Mariana milonga
18. Charamusca
19. Oiga mozo
20. Noches de montmartre

Cantan:

Antonio Maida (11,12,14)
Orlando Medina (16-18,20)

Valses Inolvidables

DBN 541715

Don't be out off by the tradmeark ugly cover - this waltz cd has been chosen very intelligently. The programme takes you through seven artists, six of whom get three waltzes each, and the last only two, to make the magic 20 tracks.

The disc kicks off with Alberto Morán, such a star with Pugliese's orchestra in the late 1940s that the men often found themselves without partners. Here he is as a solo artist with recordings of very high fidelity from the 1950s - dare I say it, more enjoyable to dance to than much his catalogue with Pugliese, which stretched the tango song until in broke!

Calo, De Angelis and Demare are all known for their lyrical style. Demare's waltzes are not as successful as the other two, although they do have a very particular style, whilst those of Caló and De Angelis are simply divine.

Biagi's waltzes are just superb, full of rhythmic drive and fun - this is the only place you can hear Amor y vals, one of the most romantic waltzes ever!

Track list

Alberto Morán

• Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos
• Quemá esas cartas
• Acordándome de vos

Miguel Caló

• Pedacito de cielo
• Bajo un cielo de estrellas
• El mismo dolor

Lucio Demare

• No nos veremos más
• Al pasar
• Se fué

Alfredo De Angelis

• Soñar y nada más
• Ilusión azul
• Flores del alma

Rodolfo Biagi

• Tu melodía
• Amor y vals
• Por un beso de amor

Alberto Castillo

• Luna de arrabal
• La vieja serenata

Francisco Canaro

• Amémonos
• Valsecito amigo
• El vals de los abuelos

Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue - Tango Heroes

Universal 170 5450

Anyone who heard Sexteto Canyengue at the London Tango Festival knows that they are bunch of great musicians! This 2006 CD, published in Argentina, is Carel Kraayenhof's hommage to his "tango heroes", above all to Osvaldo Pugliese

It ought to work, but without the presence of the band the tangos don't feel very danceable, as is so often the case with modern tango bands. The milongas and in particular the valses are much better: this is the best tango-vals version of the mexican vals Que nadie sepa mi sufrir that I've heard. Great playing throughout of course, but still hard to recommned unequivocally.

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Track list

1. Ensuciando papeles milonga
2. A Roberto Alvarez
3. Así milonga campera
4. María
5. El duende de tu son
6. Un tornillo en la máquina tanguera
7. Malena
8. Al 'Tano' Ruggiero milonga
9. Para Alfredo Marcucci
10. Alma de tango
11. Desde el alma vals
12. Zorro gris
13. Acquaforte
14. Recuerdo
15. Que nadie sepa mi sufrir vals
16. Milonga sentimental milonga

Cantan:

Omar Mollo (4,7,13,16)