Fabian Salás – tango legend

This Sunday includes the second part of the interview with tango legend Fabian Salás as he discusses the evolution of the dance, and a look at the life of bandoneónista Enrique Alessio.

That’s Tango Capital, Sunday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm:

• broadcasting on 2xxfm 98.3 in Canberra
• streaming to the web at http://www.2xxfm.org.au/listen

Image:  Fabian Salás in the studio with Ann Smith on 12 September 2016.

PLAYLIST:

• El Rodeo, meaning ‘The Detour’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 15 July 1943, with music composed by Agustin Bardi, first recorded in 1920.
• Unitaria, a vals recorded by Enrique Alessio, on 25 October 1946, with music composed by Enrique Maciel, composed in 1946, with lyrics by Arsenio Mármol, and sung by Alberto Castillo.
• Se Lustra Señor, meaning ‘Excellent Sir’, a tango recorded by Enrique Alessio, on 25 October 1946, with music composed by Enrique Alessio and Eduardo Del Piano, composed in 1946, with lyrics by Elizardo Martínez Vilas.
• El Hipo, meaning ‘Hiccups (with a pun on ‘breathtaking’)’, a tango recorded by Juan D’Arienzo, on 19 December 1951, with music composed by Enrique Alessio, first recorded in 1951, with lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso, and sung by Alberto Echagüe.
• Cantemos Corazón, meaning ‘Heart, we sing’, a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli, on 2 November 1956, with music composed by Enrique Alessio, first recorded in 1956, with lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso, and sung by Roberto Florio.
• No Llores, Madre, meaning ‘ Do Not Cry, Mother’, a vals recorded by Juan D’Arienzo, on 3 July 1936, with music composed by Francisco Lauro, first recorded in 1936, with lyrics by Alfredo Faustino Roldán.
• Un Placer, meaning ‘A Pleasure’, a vals recorded by Juan D’Arienzo, on 3 April 1936, with music composed by Vicente Romeo, first recorded in 1922, with lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso, and sung by Walter Cabral.
• Pabellón De Las Rosas, meaning ‘Pavilion Of The Roses (the name of an entertainment venue in Buenos Aires around the 1900s)’, a vals recorded by Juan D’Arienzo, on 12 December 1935, with music composed by José Felipetti, first recorded in 1933, with lyrics by Antonio Catania and Angela MarÍa Catania.