It's great to see the restart of the tango school milonga at the DF studio after the late-summer hiatus. So many new students trying out their freshly acquired skills! The intro class by Atakan has a specific focus on milonga how-to's - a great idea, too. I tried as a can to combine accessibility of the music with dramatic beauty. I hindsight, I now think that more alternative music, and even a bit of salsa sprinkled in, could have made the newcomers' experience even better.
01. Francisco Canaro - Instrumental "El chamuyo" 1933 3:11
02. Francisco Canaro - Instrumental "Lorenzo" 1938 2:34
03. Francisco Canaro - Instrumental "El cabure" 1936 2:37
04. Mammas and the Papas "California Dreaming cortina long" 0:40
05. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "Ataniche" 1936 2:31
06. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "El flete" 1936 2:58
07. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "El Cencerro" 1937 2:40
08. Alexey Kudryavtsev "Joy in My Sky cortina long" 0:25
09. Enrique Rodriguez - Instrument "Siempre fiel (vals)" 1938 3:38
10. Edgardo Donato - Luis Diaz "Amargura (vals)" 1930 2:30
11. Los Provincianos - Alberto Gomez "Samaritana (vals)" 1932 2:58
12. Viktor Tsoy "Red-Yellow Days cortina long 3" 0:33
13. Carlos di Sarli - Alberto Podestá "Nido gaucho" 1942 3:22
14. Carlos di Sarli - Alberto Podestá "Nada" 1944 2:45
15. Carlos di Sarli - Alberto Podestá "Junto a tu corazón" 1942 3:00
16. Stas Borsov "Anyuta cortina" 2000 0:21
There are so many historic tango days to commemorate in October! Great bandoneonist and orchestra leader Pedro Laurenz was born on October 10 in 1902. I wrote about Laurenz's life path last year. Tonight, we only have time for two tandas of his music - the dynamic tangos with the voice of Casas ("Vieja amiga" marked the great singer's debut with the orchestra of Pedro Laurenz). Later in the milonga, we'll continue with a collection of classic valses.
17. Pedro Laurenz - Juan Carlos Casas "Vieja amiga" 1938 3:13
18. Pedro Laurenz - Juan Carlos Casas "Desconsuelo" 1940 2:29
19. Pedro Laurenz - Juan Carlos Casas "No me extraña" 1940 2:44
20. Gogol Bordello "Pala Tute cortina 1" 2012 0:18
21. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Famá "Milonga del 900" 1933 2:54
22. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Milonga criolla" 1936 3:05
23. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Largá Las Penas" 1935 3:08
24. "Lady Be Good - Sol Hoopii Trio" 0:23
25. Carlos di Sarli - Mario Pomar "Patotero sentimental" 1953 3:02
26. Carlos di Sarli - Mario Pomar "Tormenta" 1954 3:38
27. Carlos di Sarli - Mario Pomar "Duelo criollo" 1952 2:30
28. "Nature doesn't have bad weather" 0:24
Miguel Caló was born in October too - on October 28, 1907. Here is our flyer commemorating his life. 3 tandas to honor Caló tonight, including a milonga set which I haven't plyed before.
29. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Al Compas Del Corazon" 1942 2:48
30. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Corazon, No Le Hagas Caso" 1942 3:00
31. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Tristezas De La Calle Corrientes" 1942 2:46
32. Carrapicho "Tic Tic Tac cortina 1" 2007 0:17
33. Haris Alexiou "To Tango Tis Nefelis" 1998 4:07
34. Mecano "Hijo De La Luna" 4:29
35. Goran Bregovic "This Is A Film (feat. Iggy Pop)" 2003 4:18
36. AR Rahman "Ringa Ringa cortina long 3" 0:29
37. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos "Quien Sera - vals" 1942 2:15
38. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos, Lita Morales y Romeo Gavio "Estrellita Mia - vals" 1940 2:36
39. Edgardo Donato - Félix Gutierrez "La Tapera" 1936 2:54
40. Zhanna Aguzarova "Old Hotel" 1987 0:22
41. Miguel Caló - Raúl Iriarte "La vi llegar" 1944 3:24
42. Miguel Caló - Raúl Iriarte "Lluvia de abril" 1945 2:42
43. Miguel Caló - Raúl Iriarte "Cada dia te extrano mas" 1943 2:35
44. Lidiya Ruslanova "Valenki 5 (cortina long)" 0:36
45. Rodolfo Biagi - Andrés Falgás "Son Cosas del Bandoneon" 1939 2:44
46. Rodolfo Biagi - Andrés Falgás "Queja Indiana " 1939 2:24
47. Rodolfo Biagi - Andrés Falgás "Cielo!" 1939 2:31
48. Zhanna Aguzarova "Cats" 1987 0:21
49. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Milonga que peina canas" 1942 2:20
50. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Milonga Antigua" 1942 2:25
51. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón "Azabache" 1942 3:03
52. The Beatles "All you Need is Love cortina" 0:19
53. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Solo una novia" 1935 3:23
54. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Condena (S.O.S.)" 1937 2:39
55. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Invierno" 1937 3:25
56. Folk "Shumel Kamysh " 0:23
57. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "En la huella del dolor" 1934 2:48
58. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "Sollosos" 1937 3:27
59. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "Recuerdo de bohemia" 1935 2:36
60. "Katyusha" 0:33
61. Pedro Laurenz - Alberto Podesta "Paisaje" 1943 2:53
62. Pedro Laurenz - Carlos Bermudez y Jorge Linares "Mendocina" 1944 2:33
63. Pedro Laurenz - Juan Carlos Casas "Mascarita" 1940 2:53
64. Sandro de America "Yo Te Amo cortina" 1968 0:23
65. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Miranda "No te apures, Carablanca" 1942 3:29
66. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Miranda "Sorbos amargos" 1942 3:22
67. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Miranda "Manana zarpa un barco" 1942 3:22
68. Vitas "7, the element cortina" 2012 0:23
69. Ricardo Tanturi - Alberto Castillo "La vida es corta" 1942 2:26
70. Ricardo Tanturi - Alberto Castillo "Noches De Colon" , 1941 2:41
71. Ricardo Tanturi - Alberto Castillo "Pocas Palabras" 1941 2:26
72. Kisty Hawkshaw "It's gonna be a fine night cortina long" 0:34
I break with my old tradition of playing Pugliese in the closing minutes of the milonga, and use elegant and dramatic songs from Di Sarli's late period instead, sampling 3 of his best vocalists (there is no way to make such a selection without the voice of Argentino Ledesma who, alas, recorded just 3 songs with the maestro, making a mixed-singer tanda a must!)
73. Carlos di Sarli - Jorge Duran "No me pregunten por que" 1956 3:29
74. Carlos di Sarli - Argentino Ledesma "Fumando espero" 1956 4:02
75. Carlos di Sarli - Oscar Serpa "Verdemar" 1955 3:01
76. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "La cumparsita" 1951 3:49
a set of alternative "otros ritmos" "after the official closing curtain"
77. 17 Hippies "Gelb Zwo Drei" 2002 2:33
78. Trio Garufa "La Valse D'amelie (Vals)" 2008 2:38
A Cuban remake of "Percal", with a great chachacha band from Matanzas and the immortal voice of "The Singing Mustache" Bienvenido Granda, turns out to be an all-times hit for the Cubans. Would you dance to it? How?
79. La Sonora Matancera - Bienvenido Granda "Percal" 1954 2:48
80. Tipica Victor "Coqueta" 1929 2:45
81. Arabesque "Midnight Dancer" 3:42
(81 total)
