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Cuesta Arriba Tango Club

Cuesta Abajo, Cuesta Arriba

One of the themes of tango lyrics has been the idea of being dragged downwards by life: cuesta abajo (downwards) in Gardel's famous song, or more forcefully, bajofondo: down to the bottom, a word instantly identified firstly with the famous lyric of Catulo Castillo, La última curda (the final binge), and now with the Bajofondo Tango Club

Now it's true that there's good stuff buried down in the mud, but this isn't an aspect brought out by tango lyrics! So instead we've decided to call our club cuesta arriba - upwards. And there's a tango lyric with this title as well.

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This month's cds (May 2009):


Rodolfo Biagi - Al compás del vals

EMI 235392

Twenty valses (count 'em!) from the ever-sharp Rodolfo Biagi, collected across the entire Reliquias catalogue, including the super-romantic Amor y vals from the compilation album Valses Inolvdibles. What are you waiting for - xmas?

Track list

  1. Viejo portón
  2. Loca de amor
  3. Lejos de tí
  4. Dichas que viví
  5. Déjame amarte aunque sea un día
  6. El último adiós
  7. Por un beso de amor
  8. Lágrimas y sonrisas
  9. Cuatro palabras
  10. Pájaro herido
  11. Marcheta (Marquita)
  12. Amor y vals
  13. Prisionero
  14. Sueño de juventud
  15. Paloma
  16. Tu melodía
  17. Aroma de amor
  18. Mañana por la mañana
  19. Serenata campera
  20. Adoración
Cantan:

Teofilo Ibañez (1-3); Andrés Falgas (4-6); Jorge Ortiz (7,9,16); Alberto Lago (12); Alberto Amor (13,15,17,18); Hugo Duval (19); dúo Carlos Heredia, Hugo Duval (20)


La Cumparsita - El himno del Río de la plata

EURO 14007

Blimey, how are you going to choose between the first CD and this one? Celebrating 90 years of La Cumparsita, this album gives you 25 versions of this iconic track - although describing it as a hymn is perhaps going a bit far!

The album includes the difficult to find versions of Francisco Lomuto and Astor Piazzolla (oh yes!) the chirpy recording of the orquesta characteristica of Feliciano Brunelli and the incredibly rare original version, Roberto Firpo's 1917 recording.

Quite apart from the music, you'll also be able to bore to your friends about how many versions of La Cumparsita you have (no fibbing now - I know you do).

Track list

  1. Roberto Firpo (1917)
  2. Alonso -Minotto (1917)
  3. Carlos Gardel (1928)
  4. Francisco Canaro (1929)
  5. Julio De Caro (1930)
  6. Francisco Lomuto (1936)
  7. Osvaldo Fresedo (1943)
  8. Aníbal Troilo (1944)
  9. Alfredo De Angelis - recita: Nestor Rodi (1944)
  10. Francini - Pontier - canta: Alberto Podestá (1946)
  11. Angel D'Agostino - canta Angel Vargas (1946)
  12. Feliciano Brunelli (1949)
  13. Osmar Maderna (1950)
  14. Hugo del Carril (1950)
  15. Edmundo Rivero (1950)
  16. Juan D'Arienzo (1951)
  17. Alberto Mancione (1952)
  18. Enrique Rodríguez (1953)
  19. Carlos Di Sarli (1955)
  20. Armando Pontier (1955)
  21. Alberto Castillo (1955)
  22. Astor Piazzolla (1957)
  23. Mariano Mores (1957)
  24. Mercedes Simone (1966)
  25. dúo Leopoldo Federico - Roberta Grela (1967)

Roberto Firpo - De la Guardia Vieja vol.3

Did you love the album of Firpo's quartet in March? Of course you did. Here's your chance to hear some more. Not as consistent as the first volume, which was cherry picked from his output, but this is still really good stuff.

Track list

  1. Don Juan
  2. El porteñito
  3. Mi noche triste
  4. Organito de la tarde
  5. Alma de bohemio
  6. Bar Exposición
  7. Joaquina
  8. Curda completa
  9. El cencerro
  10. La mulita milonga
  11. Clínicas
  12. Ivette
  13. Tierra negra
  14. Reina de Saba
  15. Didí
  16. Vea vea
  17. El paraiso de los locos
  18. El cuzquito
  19. Cuidado con los 50
  20. El pensamiento

Francisco Canaro - Canta Ernesto Famá vol.2

EMI 235394

Err - what to put for the fourth CD, in the unlikely event you don't fancy anything we've shown you so far? Well you can't go wrong with Canaro!

This is the second volume on Reliquias of Canaro with the ever popular Ernesto Famá, perhaps his most successful vocalist. Includes the sublime duet version of the vals Un jardín de ilusión with Ada Falcón. Ten of the tracks are from 1934, the end of Famá's first stint with Canaro; the rest date from 1939-1941, Famá returning after the departure of Roberto Maida.

Track list

  1. El tigre Millán
  2. El pescante
  3. Esquinas porteñas vals
  4. Sinfonia de arrabal
  5. El recuerdo de los tangos
  6. Cuatro palabras vals
  7. Canto
  8. Yo no sé por qué te quiero
  9. La milonga de Buenos Aires milonga
  10. Aparcero
  11. Relámpago de gloria
  12. Un jardín de ilusión vals
  13. Lo pasao pasó
  14. Ya vendrán tiempos mejores
  15. Milongueando
  16. El cuarto esta por llegar
  17. Mañana juega
  18. Yo me llamo Juan te quiero
Canta:

Ernesto Famá (1-11,13-18); dúo Ada Falcón-Ernesto Famá (12)


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