Ángel d’Agostino & Ángel Vargas. Beautiful romantic tanda of 'Los dos Angeles'.

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Start 00:00
Tutorial 00:24
El yacaré 04:56
Una pena 07:31
Adiós, arrabal 09:54
Tres esquinas 12:30

The tanda of this week is by Ángel D’Agostino and Ángel Vargas, the orchestra leader and singer that formed one of the most succesful duo’s in tango history. The two Ángels were a golden duo, just like Troilo & Fiorentino.

Ángel d’Agostino, pianist and orchestra leader, was born in 1900 in Buenos Aires, just like Juan d’Arienzo. D’Agostino formed his first orchestra when he was 20, playing both tango and jazz, like many orchestras in those days. He continued with various line-ups in the 1920’s and ‘30s, But it’s the orchestra he formed in 1940, with singer Ángel Vargas that was the most succesful.

José Ángel Lomio, better known as Ángel Vargas, was born in Buenos Aires in 1904. He started his singing career in the early ‘30s, and in 1938 he recorded the waltz Sin Rumbo Fijo, with Orquesta Típica Victor.

D’Agostino and Vargas made their first recordings together in 1940 (‘Muchacho’ and ‘No Aflojés’), and they stayed together till 1946. After they split-up, both kept recording, but neither of them really reached the same level of success again.

The tangos of D’Agostino and Vargas have a ‘simple’ beauty and elegance. They are not as full of energy like d’Arienzo, nor complex like Troilo. D’Agostino is more restrained, sophisticated – and nostalgic. And he gives Vargas the opportunity to shine as a singer. While at the same time he uses the voice of Vargas as an instrument that fits the orchestration, not as a soloist that takes over.

We did a D’Agostino – Vargas tanda of the week before, featuring 'Ahora no me conocés', 'Todo terminó', 'Solo compasión', and 'Cantando olvidaré'. But this time we have 4 different tangos, all of them recorded in 1941.

The first track of the tanda is ‘El Yacaré’, Music written by Alfredo Attadía and lyrics by Mario Soto. Attadía was also D’Agostino’s lead bandoneon player and arranger at the time. This is a tango about horse racing: ‘El Yacaré’ (the Alligator) was the nickname of Eliás Antuñez, the legendary jockey who won the Gran Premio Pellegrini that year 1941.

The second tango is ‘Una pena’. Music written by Adolfo Rosquellas and lyrics by Arturo Albert. A different subject matter, ‘Una pena’ is a tango about love, or more precisely: “The bloody bite wound of one’s first love” – that hurts. Well, we’ve all been there, haven’t we?

Another favourite topic in tango lyrics: the old neighbourhood… The third track of the tanda is ‘Adiós, arrabal’, Music written by Juan Baüer (nicknamed Firpito) who also composed the tango ‘No te quiero mas’, and lyrics by Carlos Lenzi. The arrabal refers to the poorer districts of Buenos Aires, where the immigrants used to live under harsh conditions – the Heartland of tango.

Staying on that topic: the last track of the tanda is ‘Tres esquinas’, Music written by D'Agostino & Attadía, and lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. Tres esquinas is the area around Montes de Oca and Osvaldo Cruz in the barrio of Barracas. The café ‘Tres esquinas’ used to be here as well, at the corner across the park. Now listen to that intro… Yes there is a clear beat, but also a wonderful melodic phrasing which is remarkable considering this was recorded in 1941, still very much the strong rhythmical years of tango. I think here D’Agostino was already pointing in the direction where tango would go from 1942.

And that’s the Tanda of this week with D’Agostino & Vargas:
1. El yacaré
2. Una pena
3. Adiós, arrabal
4. Tres esquinas

Enjoy!

Please note: We do not own the music in this video. Songs are included for educational purposes only. All songs have been edited/cut to prevent downloading of the complete songs. You can buy them from various providers or stream them on Spotify.

Thanks:
www.tangoarchive.com
www.todotango.com
www.tangosalbardo.blogspot.com
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