Tangos, Valses Y Milongas [Import]

Enrique Rodriguez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B0000TANDU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Diarios, Revistas, Señor

2. Danza Maligna

3. Llora Corazon Vals

4. Los Años No Curan Penas

5. Nyanzas y Malevos

6. No le Creas

7. ¡Uno Que Ha Diso Marino! Vals

8. Chunga Que Si, Chunga Que No

9. Anselmo Laguna

10. La Carta Perdida

11. Mariqueta No Mires Al Puerto Vals

12. Ficha Personal

13. Flor de Lis

14. Rezongando...Rezongando

15. Caballero de la Luna Vals

16. Cuando Te Hablen del Domingo [Milongo]

17. Dicen Que Asi Soy Yo

18. Yo Soy Siempre el Mismo

19. En un Pueblito de España Vals

20. Horas

Editorial Reviews

Enrique Rodriguez sings the songs of Armando Moreno.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Actually, Armando Moreno sings with Enrique Rodriguez' orquestra, June 14, 2008

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Christopher Everett (Minneapolis MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tangos, Valses Y Milongas (Audio CD)

For most of his career Enrique Rodriguez was famous for leading what could be considered the ultimate Argentine dance band, proficient not only with Buenos Aires' holy trinity of tango, milonga and vals, but just about every other dance rhythm under the sun, including foxtrot, polka and paso doble. However, this accomplished orquestra characteristica's best work (IHMO) was by far is in the tango rhythm, where they set up a light and very accessible 2X4 sound, excellent for dancing rhythmically in close embrace style.

Unfortunately his genius did not run to vals and milonga, and IMO the milongas on this CD are utterly horrendous. And, Rodriguez valses get old fast: although danceable to many of them are novelty songs not to be taken seriously, and all of them lack the romance we expect of the genre. However, all is forgiven, since the first 2 tracks are absolute gems, considered widely to be classics of Argentine tango, so as a tango DJ and intermediate to advanced dancer I am forced give this CD 4 stars, especially considering the wasteland of CDs out there with nothing I would want to dance to on them.

If you are a beginning Argentine tango dancer, this is not an album to get early in your career. Instead get "Tangos con Armando Moreno" on the same label, which has about 10 classic tracks (more or less depending on who's counting).