There’s a report on Tango Enigmático‘s second outing, we check out What’s On for tango around the region, and the singer Carlos Dante features. That’s this Sunday on Tango Capital, 7:00pm to 8:00pm:
- broadcasting on 2xxfm 98.3 in Canberra,
- streaming live and also on demand from http://www.2xxfm.org.au
Image Credit: Ann Smith. Tango Enigmático bringing the new and the old together last year; they were joined by Tango Paradiso singer Marina Varney at The Glasshouse, Brisbane, on 5 May 2019. Check out a preview here.
PLAYLIST:
- El Criollito Oriental, meaning ‘Kid From Uruguay’; recorded by Pedro Laurenz on 1 March 1944; a milonga with music composed by Alberto Mastra, lyrics by Alberto Mastra, and sung by Alberto Podestá. Uruguay was the most eastern of the provinces of the Spanish Empire in South America and its official name is the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. The title of the song more accurately translates as ‘The Young Man Of Uruguay’.
- Mocosita, meaning ‘Young Girl’; recorded by Alfredo De Angelis on 20 April 1949; a tango with music composed by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez in 1926, lyrics by Victor Soliño, and sung by Carlos Dante. Meaning ‘brat’, the title is a term of endearment for a young girl, although it all ends badly for the payador who loves her.
- Engominado, meaning ‘Pimped’; recorded by Juan D’Arienzo in 1928; a tango with music composed by Fernando Montoni, first recorded in 1928, lyrics by Maximo José Orsi, and sung by Carlos Dante. Literally meaning ‘Gummed’, in reference to the brilliantine hair pomade worn by young men in the early part of the 20th century; ‘Pimped’ is more meaningful in the 21st century.
- El Carrerito, meaning ‘The Carter’; recorded by Rafael Canaro in 1929; a tango with music composed by Raúl Joaquín De Los Hoyos in 1928, lyrics by Alberto Vacarezza, and sung by Carlos Dante.
- Soñar Y Nada Más, meaning ‘To Dream And Nothing More’; recorded by Alfredo De Angelis on 29 August 1944; a vals with music composed by Francisco Canaro, first recorded in 1943, lyrics by Ivo Pelay, and sung by Carlos Dante and Julio Martel.
- Soy Un Arlequin, meaning ‘I Am A Harlequin’; recorded by Alfredo De Angelis on 11 September 1945; a tango with music composed by Enrique Santos Discépolo in 1928, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discépolo, and sung by Carlos Dante.
- Immensidad, meaning ‘Immensity’; recorded live from a performance by Tango Enigmático at The Glasshouse, Brisbane on 5 May 2019; a concierto with music composed by Exequiel Mantega.
- Hecho Por Mano, meaning ‘Made By Hand’; recorded live from a performance by Tango Enigmático at The Glasshouse, Brisbane on 5 May 2019; a concierto written in rural Victoria and urban Buenos Aires by Australian composer Owen Salome.
- La Puñalada, meaning ‘The Knife-stabbing’; recorded live from a performance by Tango Enigmático at The Glasshouse, Brisbane on 5 May 2019; a milonga with music composed by Pintín Castellanos in 1933 and lyrics by Celadonio Flores
- A Evaristo Carriego; recorded live from a performance by Tango Enigmático at The Glasshouse, Brisbane on 5 May 2019; a concierto with music composed by Eduardo Rovira, first recorded in 1969. The name is a reference to Evaristo Carriego, the nationalist Argentine poet who also influenced tango lyrics.
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