My choice for this week is ‘Temo’ (Orquesta Típica Victor with Mario Pomar, 1940). I reviewed 38 performances.
My favorite: Noelia Hurtado & Carlitos Espinoza.
I also liked the performances by Cecilia Piccinni & Andrés Molina, Juana Sepulveda & Mariano Frumboli, Paula Tejeda & Lucas Carrizo.
These tangos from D’Arienzo’s collaboration with Héctor Mauré are full of emotion, and mark an obvious contrast with his earlier period with Alberto Echagüe.
My choice for this week is ‘La capilla blanca’ (Carlos Di Sarli with Alberto Podestá, 1944). I reviewed 36 performances.
My favorite: Michelle & Murat Erdemsel and Roxana Suárez & Sebastián Achával (ex aequo).
I also liked the performance by Natacha Lockwood & Claudio Coppola.
A “gently melancholic” tanda about things past (“la milonga porteña, que nunca más volverá“). I am not at all bothered by the fact that the first song was recorded more than a decade after the other three and does not feature Ángel Vargas–especially since ‘Café Domínguez’ is one of the most beautiful tangos of all time–, but purists might want to replace it with ‘Mi viejo barrio’ or ‘Quien tuviera dieciocho años’ (both from 1944 and sung by Vargas).
My choice for this week is ‘Invierno’ (Francisco Canaro with Roberto Maida, 1937). I reviewed 56 performances.
My favorite: Noelia Hurtado & Pablo Rodríguez.
A dreamy, evocative Di Sarli/Rufino tanda with a marine flavor.
My choice for this week is ‘La bruja’ (Juan D’Arienzo with Alberto Echagüe, 1938). I reviewed 55 performances.
My favorite: Stefania Colina & Juan Martín Carrara.
I also liked the performances by Mary Ann & Oscar Casas, Paulina Cazabon & Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado & Carlitos Espinoza.
My choice for this week is ‘Ella es así’ (Edgardo Donato with Horacio Lagos, 1938). I reviewed 66 performances.
My favorite: María Antonieta Tuozzo & Ezequiel Herrera.
I also liked the performances by Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez and Daniela Pucci & Luis Bianchi.
My choice for this week is ‘Amurado’ (Pedro Laurenz with Juan Carlos Casas, 1940). I reviewed 20 performances.
My favorite: Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez.
My choice for this week is ‘Indiferencia’ (Rodolfo Biagi with Jorge Ortiz, 1942). I reviewed seven performances.
My favorite: Daniela Pucci & Luis Bianchi.
I also liked the performances by Laura Boucaya & Diego Amado and Cecilia García & Horacio Godoy.