milonga.co.uk

Tango de Los Angeles vol.1

BMG 41291

I can't believe that this is the first time that we have presented a cd of the Two Angels, pianist and orchestra leader Angel D'Agostino and his singer Angel Vargas.

This is exactly the kind of music you would like to dance to at the beginning of the afternoon - perfectly balanced, subtle, classy without being flashy, and well-paced, with a carefully chosen repertoire. Their recording of El porteñito is definitive, whilst other tracks such as El yacaré, Tres esquinas and Muchacho - never recorded by other major orchestras - also have classic status. Essential for every library of tango music

Track list

1. Muchacho
2. Un copetín
3. Tres esquinas
4. Ahora no me conoces
5. Adiós arrabal
6. Agua florida
7. Una pena
8. El choclo
9. El yacaré
10. Adiós para siempre
11. Viejo coche
12. Esquinas porteñas vals
13. Trasnochado soñador
14. Pero yo se
15. Noviecita mía
16. Llora vida mía
17. Ninguna
18. Barrio de tango
19. El porteñito milonga
20. Compadreando milonga

Rodolfo Biagi - Sus éxitos con JOrge Ortiz vol.2

DBN 499967

Not quite as good as the first volume - but almost, with several nice valses and milongas

Track list

1. La cumparsita
2. Copas, amigas y besos
3. Cuando se ha querido mucho
4. Cantando se van las penas milonga
5. Tu melodía vals
6. Marcas
7. Callecita de mi barrio
8. Calla corazón
9. Soledad... la de Barracas
10. Por un beso de amor vals
11. Oyendo tu voz
12. Catorce primaveras
13. Pueblito de provincia
14. Sera lo mejor
15. Belgica
16. Cuatro palabras vals
17. Pinta orillera
18. Zaraza
19. Pájaro herido vals
20. Racing Club

The Best of Carlos Gardel

EMI 23505

Looking for an album of the greatest tango singer of all-time?

This is it. For this CD, EMI shipped the original 78s over from Argentina to the Abbey Road Studios for re-mastering. Timeless.

Track list

1. Mi Buenos Aires querido
2. Melodía de arrabal
3. Leguisamo solo
4. Tomo y obligo
5. Silencio
6. Golondrinas
7. Por una cabeza
8. Sus ojos se cerraron
9. Volver
10. Rubias de New York
11. El día que me quieras
12. Cuesta abajo
13. Madreselva
14. Amargura
15. Estudiante
16. Soy una fiera
17. Buenos Aires
18. Arrabal amargo
19. Volvió una noche
20. Lejana tierra mía

Osmar Maderna 1946/1951

EU 17002

Osmar Maderna was Miguel Caló's miracle pianist. After Caló's orchestra of the stars went supernova in 1945, Maderna set up his own orchestra to showcase his very considerable talents. As history has demonstrated, the work produced under such circumstances is rarely as good as what went before, and the Maderna orchesta belongs firmly inthe second tier, despite virtuosos works such as a tango version of El vuelo del moscardón - yes, that's Rimsky Korsakov's The flight of the bumblebee.

It's the valses which have of real quality - a pity there are only two of them. They are wonderful.

Track list

1. El vuelo del moscardón milonga
2. Malva
3. Concierto en la luna
4. Gracias
5. Ojos negros
6. Plomo
7. Se perdio el amor
8. Rincones de París
9. Pastora
10. Lluvia de estrellas
11. Para tí madre vals
12. Charamusa
13. Pequeña vals
14. Cuando no te quiere nadie
15. Divina
16. La cumparsita
17. Escalas en azul
18. La huella
19. Los mareados
20. Mimi Pinson

Cantan:

Orlando Verri (2,4,6);
Pedro Datila (7,14);
Mario Corrales (8);
Mario Corrales / Pedro Datila (9,11);
Hector De Rosas (13,15);
Adolfo Rivas (19.20);
Instrumental (1,3,5,10,12,16,17,18)