The compositions of Héctor Stamponi as interpreted by tango ensembles over 6 decades, from 1939 to 1999: that’s Tango Capital this 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

Image Credit: http://www.todotango.com/creadores/ficha/70/Hector-Stamponi

PLAYLIST:

• Inquietud, meaning ‘Anxiety’; a tango recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo on 12 July 1939, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini, lyrics by Oscar Rubens and sung by Ricardo Ruíz.
• Bajo Un Cielo De Estrellas, meaning ‘Under A Sky Of Stars’; a vals recorded by Francisco Lomuto on 9 April 1941, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini in 1941, lyrics by José María Contursi and sung by Fernando Díaz and Jorge Omar.
• Azabache, meaning ‘Jet’, the name a reference to the jet black skin of the negros who first played the candombe; a candombe recorded by Francisco Lomuto on 20 October 1942, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Fernando Díaz.
• Junto A Tu Corazon, meaning ‘Next To Your Heart’; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 23 June 1942, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini in 1940, lyrics by José María Contursi and sung by Alberto Podestá.
• Pedacito De Cielo, meaning ‘Little Bit Of Sky’; a vals recorded by Miguel Caló in 1942, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini in 1942, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Alberto Podestá.
• Pueblito De Provincia, meaning ‘Small Provincial Town’; a tango recorded by Rodolfo Biagi on 15 January 1943, with music and lyrics by Héctor Stamponi and sung by  Jorge Ortiz.
• Mi Cantar, meaning ‘My Poem’; a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 21 May 1943, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Jorge Ortiz.
• Pobre Negra, meaning ‘Poor Negro Girl’; a candombe recorded by Miguel Caló on 10 June 1943, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Jorge Ortiz.
• Que Me Van A Hablar De Amor, meaning ‘What Are They Going To Say To Me About Love’; a tango recorded by the orquesta of Francini-Pontier on 14 March 1946, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1946, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Alberto Podestá.
• Flor De Lino, meaning ‘Flax Flower’; a vals recorded by Anibal Troilo on 29 April 1947, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1947, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Floreal Ruíz.
• Triste Comedia, meaning ‘Sad Comedy’; a tango recorded by José Basso in 1949, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1949, lyrics by Oscar Rubens and sung by Francisco Fiorentino.
• La Intriga, meaning ‘The Intrigue’; a tango recorded by Alfredo J Gobbi on 23 November 1950, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1950, lyrics by Héctor Marcó and sung by Jorge Maciel.
• Un Momento, meaning ‘One Moment’; a vals recorded by Horacio Salgan on 20 May 1953, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini, first recorded in 1951, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Roberto Goyeneche.
• Perdoname, meaning ‘Forgive Me’; a tango recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo on 13 December 1954, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Cátulo Castillo and sung by Héctor Pacheco.
• Alguien, meaning ‘Someone’; a tango recorded by Rodolfo Biagi on 24 March 1956, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1956, lyrics by Eugenio Majul and sung by Hugo Duval.
• Quedemonos Aqui, meaning ‘Let’s Stay Here’; a tango recorded by Enrique Francini on 20 December 1956, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1956, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Carlos Ferrán.
• Festejando from the ‘Tango Para Bailar vol.1’ release in 1998, meaning ‘Celebrating’; a tango recorded by Color Tango; in 1998 with music composed by Héctor Stamponi, first recorded in 1961.
• El Ultimo Café from the ‘El Ultimo Café’ release in 1999, meaning ‘The Last Coffee’; a tango recorded by Trio Pantango in April 1999 with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1963 and lyrics by Cátulo Castillo.

Mendoza Tango Quartet playing the Tango Social Club of Canberra Xmas Milonga, a brief look at Sexteto Gato, the second half of the interview with photographer David Storm exploring his perspectives on photographing tango dancing, and the compositions of Héctor Stamponi…it’s all happening on 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

Image: Mendoza Tango Quartet in full flight at the TSCC Xmas Milonga, 16 December 2017

PLAYLIST:

• Pedacito De Cielo, meaning ‘Little Bit Of Sky’; a vals recorded by Anibal Troilo on 10 September 1942, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini in 1942, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Francisco Fiorentino.
• Alguien, meaning ‘Someone’; a tango recorded by Francini-Pontier on 19 November 1956, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1956, lyrics by Eugenio Majul and sung by Alberto Podestá.
• Triste Comedia, meaning ‘Sad Comedy’; a tango recorded by Rodolpho Biagi on 4 November 1955, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi in 1949, lyrics by Oscar Rubens and sung by Hugo Duval.
• Azabache, meaning ‘Jet’, the name a reference to the jet black skin of the negros who first played the candombe; a candombe recorded by Carlos Garcia in 1958, with music composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini, first recorded in 1942 and with lyrics by Homero Expósito.
• Añoranzas from the ‘Sexteto Gato’ release in 2015, meaning ‘Yearnings’; a tango recorded by Sexteto Gato in 2015, with music composed by Luis Petrucelli first recorded in 1939, and lyrics by Daniel López Barreto.
• Chique from the ‘Sexteto Gato’ release in 2015, meaning ‘Pretentiously Ornamented’ (from lunfardo); a tango recorded by Sexteto Gato in 2015, music and lyrics by Ricardo Luis Brignolo in 1920.
• El Vals Soñador, meaning ‘The Dreamy Waltz’; a vals recorded by Miguel Caló on 29 April 1942, with music composed by Armando Pontier, lyrics by Oscar Rubens and sung by Raúl Berón.
• Mala Junta, meaning ‘Bad Company’; a tango recorded by Julio De Caro on 13 September 1927, with music composed by Julio De Caro and Pedro Laurenz in 1927, and lyrics by Juan Miguel Velich.
• Tengo Mil Novias, meaning ‘I Have a Thousand Brides’; a vals recorded by Enrique Rodríguez on 10 October 1939, with music composed by Enrique Rodríguez, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Roberto Flores.

 

The compositions of Juan Carlos Cobián feature on Tango Capital this Sunday evening, with recordings over nearly four decades from Carabelli in 1931 through to Pugliese in 1955.

It’s all happening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm:

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

Image Credit: http://www.todotango.com/creadores/ficha/11/Juan-Carlos-Cobian

PLAYLIST:

• Mi Refugio, meaning ‘My Refuge’; a tango recorded by Adolfo Carabelli on 4 September 1931, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián first recorded in 1922, lyrics by Pedro Numa Córdoba and sung by Alberto Gómez.
• Hambre, meaning ‘Hungry’; a tango recorded by Adolfo Carabelli on 11 May 1932, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1932, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Charlo.
• Mosca Muerta, meaning ‘Dead Fly’; a tango recorded by Orquesta Típica Brunswick in 1930-1931, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián first recorded in 1929, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Luiz Díaz.
• Nostalgias, meaning ‘Wistful Memories’; a tango recorded by Francisco Lomuto on 28 October 1936, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1936, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Jorge Omar.
• Nieblas Del Riachuelo, meaning ‘Mist of the Riachuelo’, the name a reference to the river that runs through the suburb of Boca; a tango recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo on 17 September 1937, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1937, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Roberto Ray.
• Divagando, meaning ‘Wandering’; a tango recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo on 18 August 1938, music and lyrics by Juan Carlos Cobián.
• Shusheta, also known as El Aristócrata meaning ‘The Aristocrat’; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 8 October 1940, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1920, and lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo.
• A Pan Y Agua, meaning ‘To Bread And Water’; a tango recorded by Ángel D’Agostino on 2 October 1945, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1919, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Ángel Vargas.
• Piropos, meaning ‘Pick-up Lines’; a tango recorded by Anibal Troilo on 11 April 1944, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián first recorded in 1923, and lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo.
• El Motivo, meaning ‘The Reason’; a tango recorded by Julio De Caro on 28 October 1942, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1920, and lyrics by Pascual Contursi.
• Los Mareados, meaning ‘The Drunks’, also known as En Mi Pasado, meaning ‘In My Past’; a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 8 September 1950, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1922, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and Raúl Doblas and sung by Ricardo Blanco.
• Mi Refugio, meaning ‘My Refuge’; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 27 October 1952, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián first recorded in 1922, and lyrics by Pedro Numa Córdoba.
• El Cantor De Buenos Aires, meaning ‘The Singer of Buenos Aires’; a tango recorded by Anibal Troilo in 1955, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1936, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo and sung by Carlos Olmedo.
• El Aristócrata (also known as Shusheta), meaning ‘The Aristocrat’; a tango recorded by Edelmiro D’Amario leading the orquesta of singer Ángel Vargas on 30 August 1957, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1920 and lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo.
• Como Un Sueño, meaning ‘Like A Dream’; a tango recorded by Carlos García leading the orquesta of singer Héctor Pacheco in 1956-1958, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián and lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo.
• Es Preciso Que Te Vayas, meaning ‘It Is Necessary That You Go’; a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese on 25 November 1953, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián first recorded in 1929, lyrics by Celedonio Flores and sung by Juan Carlos Cobos.

An interview with photographer David Storm commences exploring his perspectives on photographing tango dancing, then there is a quick look at Tangalo‘s music at BASH 2017, and the compositions of Juan Carlos Cobian will feature. 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

Image: David Storm with me at BASH 2016.

 

 

PLAYLIST:

• Mi Refugio, meaning ‘My Shelter’; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 18 April 1941, first recorded in 1922, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián and lyrics by Pedro Numa Córdoba.
• El Aristócrata (also known as Shusheta), meaning ‘The Aristocrat’; a tango recorded by Ángel D’Agostino on 5 April 1945 with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1920, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo, and sung by Ángel Vargas.
• Una Droga, meaning ‘A Drug’; a tango composed and then recorded by Juan Carlos Cobián on 6 February 1923.
• Nostalgias, meaning ‘Wistful Memories’; a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 9 August 1948, with music composed by Juan Carlos Cobián in 1936, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo, and sung by Roberto Arrieta.
• Carnaval De Mi Barrio, meaning ‘Carnival Of My Suburb’; a tango recorded by Tángalo in 2013 on the Good Enough For Gringos release; first recorded in 1938 with music and lyrics by Luis Rubistein, and sung by Susie Bishop.
• Poema, meaning ‘Poem’; a tango recorded by Tángalo in 2013 on the Good Enough For Gringos release; with music composed by Mario Melfi in 1935, lyrics by Eduardo Bianci, and sung by Susie Bishop.
• Corazon, meaning ‘Heart’; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 11 December 1939, with music composed by Carlos Di Sarli in 1939, lyrics by Héctor Marcó, and sung by Roberto Rufino.
• La Mulateada, meaning ‘Mulatto Woman’; a milonga recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 20 November 1941, with music composed by Julio Eduardo Del Puerto, lyrics by Carlos Pesce, and sung by Roberto Rufino.
• Cascabelito, meaning ‘Little Bell’, the name a reference to a woman with a tinkling laugh; a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli on 6 June 1941, with music composed by José Bohr in 1924, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso, and sung by Roberto Rufino.