My favorite performances: Amurado (Laurenz)
My choice for this week is ‘Amurado’ (Pedro Laurenz with Juan Carlos Casas, 1940). I reviewed 20 performances. My favorite: Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez.
View ArticleMy favorite performances: Te aconsejo que me olvides (Troilo)
My choice for this week is ‘Te aconsejo que me olvides’ (Aníbal Troilo with Francisco Fiorentino, 1941). I reviewed 49 performances. My favorite: Barbara Carpino & Claudio Forte. I also liked the...
View ArticleMy favorite tandas: Laurenz –‘Abandono’
A tanda featuring four tangos with brilliant bandoneón variaciones by Pedro Laurenz, culminating with “Amurado”, the all-time classic by Laurenz and Pedro Maffia. Abandono (with Héctor Farrel, 1937) No...
View ArticleMy favorite tandas: mixed tanda – ‘A don Pedro Maffia’
Pedro Maffia (1899-1967) played in the orchestras of Roberto Firpo, Francisco Lomuto, Juan Carlos Cobián and Julio De Caro. Perhaps his most important legacy, however, was as a composer of some of the...
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