Danceable Tangos of the Year

Episode 01 covers the years 1927 and 1928. In order to honor the immense effect he had on the development of tango, the series starts with "Gallo ciego", one of the few danceable tangos from the Orquesta of Julio De Caro. We continue with displaying Orquesta Típica Victor instrumentals, with selected tangos and valses from the orchestras of Bianco-Bachicha, Adolfo Carabelli, Francisco Canaro, Osvaldo Fresedo, Francisco Lomuto, Jose M. Lucchesi, Juan Felix Maglio ("Pacho"), Luis Petrucelli,...

Episode 02 covers the years 1929 and 1930. We start with "Coqueta", a beautiful instrumental tango from Orquesta Típica Victor, and focus in particular on the Sexteto of Carlos Di Sarli, OTV, and the orchestras of Antonio Bonavena, Francisco Canaro, Juan Bautista Guido, and Juan Felix Maglio ("Pacho"). For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 03 covers the years 1931 and 1932. The episode starts with "El huracán" by the orchestra of Edgardo Donato with singer Félix Gutiérrez. We then keep our focus on the orchestras of Adolfo Carabelli, Francisco Canaro, and Roberto Firpo, as well as on "Orquesta Típicas": Orquesta Típica Brunswick, Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos, and Orquesta Típica Victor. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 04 covers the years 1933 and 1934. We start with "Tigre viejo" from the orchestra of Osvaldo Fresedo, and we continue with selected pieces from the orchestras of Francisco Canaro, Osvaldo Fresedo, Francisco Lomuto, Miguel Orlando, as well as from Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos and Orquesta Típica Brunswick. We finish the episode with "El acomodo", an 1933 energetic instrumental tango from the orchestra of Edgardo Donato that somewhat foreshadows Juan D'Arienzo's rhythmical...

Episode 05 covers the year 1935. We start with "Poema" and other mellow pieces from Francisco Canaro (with the singer Roberto Maida) and Osvaldo Fresedo (with singer Roberto Rey). After a somewhat unusual vals of Francisco Canaro, "Amor y primavera", we turn to Edgardo Donato and Juan D'Arienzo; we hope to catch the effect rhythmical pieces of Donato may have had on the coming revolution of D'Arienzo. We close with a tango from the also under-appreciated Roberto Firpo and with a milonga by...

Episode 06 is Part 1/3 covering the year 1936. We start with "La payanca" from Juan D'Arienzo and continue with tangos and valses and a milonga from the orchestras of Francisco Canaro, Juan D'Arienzo, Edgardo Donato, Roberto Firpo, and Osvaldo Fresedo. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 07 is Part 2/3 covering the year 1936. We start with Roberto Maida singing what could easily be another "Poema" or "Invierno" if it were better known, "Será una noche". The rest of the episode focuses on works by Francisco Canaro, Juan D'Arienzo, and Roberto Firpo; we finish with a tango from the second best known of the four Canaro brothers, Rafael Canaro. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 08 is Part 3/3 covering the year 1936. "La mélodie de notre adieu," a French sung tango from Rafael Canaro with singer Roger Tussaint is our first piece. Our focus today is on tangos and valses, in particular from Francisco Canaro, Juan D'Arienzo, and Francisco Lomuto. We finish this last episode on 1936 with an example of a European style tango from the continent, a Russian rendering of a beautiful Polish tango, "Weary sun". For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year"...

Episode 09 is Part 1/3 covering the year 1937. We start with "Invierno", one of the most popular Canaro-Maida songs from the second half of the year (I find the shocking similarity of the melodic theme of "Invierno" to the then-popular 1936 Hungarian tango that serves as the main signal of this episode series quite ironic, especially in the light that Francisco Canaro was the main advocate of musical copyright protection in Argentina at the time and played a pivotal role in founding SADAIC...

Episode 10 is Part 2/3 covering the year 1937. After starting with "Paciencia", the first non-instrumental tango of the second orchestra of Juan D'Arienzo and the only one with the singer Enrique Carbel, we focus on instrumentals of Juan D'Arienzo, on Edgardo Donato with Horacio Lagos, and on Francisco Lomuto with Jorge Omar, as well as on further tangos and valses from Roberto Firpo and Orquesta Típica Victor. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit:...

Episode 11 is Part 3/3 covering the year 1937. Besides being another shameless Juan D'Arienzo and Canaro-Maida-fest, the episode contains further pieces from Roberto Firpo (with his "El compinche" starting the episode itself) and Orquesta Típica Victor, as well a few select tangos from orchestras we have not yet heard from: that of Pedro Laurenz, Enrique Rodriguez, and Ricardo Tanturi. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 12 is Part 1/4 covering the year 1938. We start the episode with Aníbal Troilo showing how it is done with his first recorded tango "Comme il faut". We continue with the only two tangos of Juan D'Arienzo for which the pianist is still Rodolfo Biagi an the singer is already Alberto Echagüe: Indiferencia and Pensalo bien. Other pieces from D'Arienzo, Edgardo Donato, Francisco Canaro, Rodolfo Biagi, Orquesta Típica Victor (OTV), Enrique Rodriguez, and Pedro Laurenz complete the...

Episode 13 is Part 2/4 covering the year 1938. We start the episode with "No mientas" from Juan D'Arienzo and continue with Quinteto Don Pancho (of Francisco Canaro), Francisco Lomuto, Juan D'Arienzo, Edgardo Donato, and Enrique Rodriguez. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 14 is Part 3/4 covering the year 1938. We started with Ángel Vargas singing the vals "Sin rumbo fijo" with Orquesta Típica Victor. Tangos of Rodolfo Biagi, Edgardo Donato, Francisco Canaro, Aníbal Troilo, Roberto Firpo, and milongas and a vals of Juan D'Arienzo can be heard in the main part of the episode. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 15 is Part 4/4 covering the year 1938. "Saca chispas", the great milonga in the interpretation of Julio De Caro starts the program, which then continues with Francisco Canaro's renderings of some tangos that are maybe better known from Juan D'Arienzo and Edgardo Donato. Tangos, valses, and milongas from various orchestras - those of Francisco Lomuto, Francisco Canaro, Juan D'Arienzo, Roperto Firpo, Osvaldo Fresedo, Lucio Demare, Miguel Caló - complete our selection of danceable...

Episode 16 is Part 1/4 covering the year 1939. The episode starts with "Mandria" of Juan D'Arienzo, and continues with tangos from Edgardo Donato, milongas of Francisco Canaro, and furter tangos, a vals and a milonga from Juan D'Arienzo, Osvaldo Fresedo, Juan Canaro, Francisco Lomuto, and Rodolfo Biagi. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 17 is Part 2/4 covering the year 1939. "Carnaval de mi barrio" of Edgardo Donato is followed by tangos from Juan D'Arienzo with the singer Alberto Echagüe, valses of Enrique Rodriguez with Roberto Flores, tangos of Francisco Canaro with Ernesto Famá, milongas of Juan D'Arienzo, and furter pieces from Edgardo Donato, Francisco Canaro, and Roberto Biagi. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 18 is Part 3/4 covering the year 1939. We start with "Fantasma" from the Orquesta of Roberto Firpo, and continue with tangos of Juan D'Arienzo, milongas of Edgardo Donato and Francisco Lomuto, tangos of Rodolfo Biagi, valses of Juan D'Arienzo, and further pieces from Enrique Rodrigues, Francisco Lomuto, Edgardo Donato, and Francisco Canaro. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .

Episode 19 is Part 4/4 covering the year 1939. "Por qué razón" starts this episode. This instrumental tango from the orchestra of Juan D'Arienzo is followed by tangos of Rodolfo Biagi with the singer Andrés Falgás, valses of Francisco Canaro and Biagi, tangos of Quinteto Don Pancho, and further selected pieces from Osvaldo Fresedo, Carlos Di Sarli, Julio De Caro, Orquesta Típica Victor, and Juan D'Arienzo. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit:...

Episode 20 is Part 1/4 covering the year 1940. We start with "Rie payaso" from Juan D'Arienzo with the singer Carlos Casares. The episode continues with tangos from Edgardo Donato, valses from the Orchestra of Carlos Di Sarli, tangos of Rodolfo Biagi, milongas of Donatos, and instrumental tangos of Di Sarli. For more information on "Danceable Tangos of the Year" visit: www.ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dtoty .