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| First World Tango Problems - pt. 2 |
1. Aníbal Troilo - "La trampera" 1951
2. Aníbal Troilo - "Mano brava" 1952
3. Aníbal Troilo - "De pura cepa" 1942
Bonus track: Aníbal Troilo - "Nocturna" 1961
One of the finest milongas from Anibal Troilo in my opinion is his own composition "La trampera", which was recorded first in 1951 and later again in 1962 with Roberto Grela (Spotify) and also in 1969 (Spotify). I wanted to create an instrumental milonga tanda starting with "La trampera" and here's how it turned out."Mano brava" (by Manuel Buzon) was originally recorded with the singer Francisco Fiorentino in 1941 and in 1952 Troilo recorded an instrumental version. The second version is very identical to the vocal version, although slightly slower and ofcourse without the vocals. In fact it is without the vocal part entirely, making the song that much shorter also and the song might feel like it ends too soon.
For the third instrumental there weren't that many to choose from. It would be either "De pura cepa" from 1942... or "Nocturna" from 1961, which is a rather, may I say, "epic" milonga composed by none other than Julian Plaza.
"Nocturna", like many other compositions by Plaza such as "Payadora", is popular with modern performing orchestras and is more often a part of a tango documentary soundtrack than an actual selection of a tango DJ. However I've enjoyed dancing to the song many times when played by a live orchestras so I personally could stomach the song as the original recording by the one and only Anibal Troilo.
DJ's should note the differences in sound quality and I'd suggest editing a mono version of "Nocturna" to get rid of some of the panning of instruments for a more balanced sound when played in a milonga.
Enjoy! You can check all the other milonga tandas on TOTW here!
P.S. The unrelated picture is a tango-meme of mine and a part of the "First world tango problems" series.
Troilo, Anibal - TOTW - Todo Tango - tango.info - TangoTunes - iTunes Store
thomas kroeter (see facebook) says: sorry, but there's another one of "trampera". 1962 with roberto grela, quartett. for me it's the best one. by far
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional information. There are indeed three recordings by Troilo. I'll add this info on the post. For me, as I'm definitely more of a fan of the orchestral sound, the first version is the best one, by far.
DeleteThanks for sharing, nice post! Post really provice useful information!
ReplyDeleteFadoExpress chuyên dịch vụ chuyển phát nhanh siêu tốc đi khắp thế giới, nổi bật là dịch vụ gửi hàng đi mỹ, gửi hàng đi úc uy tín, giá rẻ.