The Ultimate Tango

Matos Rodriguez (Composer), Jacob Gade (Composer), Angel Villoldo (Composer), Juan De Dios Filiberto (Composer), Leroy Anderson (Composer), Consuelo Velazquez (Composer), Carlos Gardel (Composer), Astor Piazzolla (Composer), Lalo Schifrin (Composer), Juan Carlos Cobian (Composer), Russian Traditional (Composer), Nilo Menendez (Composer), Edgardo Donato (Composer), Alan Sanders (Composer), Osvaldo Pugliese (Composer), Osvaldo and Emilio Fresedo (Composer), Lalo Schifrin (Conductor), Roberto Pansera (Conductor), Mantovani Orchestra (Conductor), Stanley Black & His Orchestra (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Lalo Schifrin, Roberto Pansera, Mantovani Orchestra, Stanley Black & His Orchestra
• Composer: Matos Rodriguez, Jacob Gade, Angel Villoldo, Juan De Dios Filiberto, Leroy Anderson, et al.
• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00004XSPN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,952 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tango's for gringos, April 19, 2003

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Ralph Paulsen (Los Angeles, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Tango (Audio CD)

If you like Argentine style tango you won't like this cd, but if you are like me and like tango played romanticly, and with lush stringed arraingements, instead of the harsh icy sound of the argentine way, then you will love this recording, I only wish that the original albums from which this cd was compiled were available in their entirety.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big disappointment for Tango fans, April 23, 2001

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Gregory Olsen "renaissance man" (San Ramon, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Tango (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD with great expectations which were completely dashed. I have always wished that Placido Domingo would record a CD of Argentine tango, since he has the voice and sense of drama to do justice to the art of tango. So when I saw this CD, I thought, "Wow!"

However, this CD is a crime commited against tango. The arrangements are not traditional Argentine tango, but the most saccharine gringo tango. I wish that Domingo had recorded with a real tango orchestra like Color Tango or the orchestra from Forever Tango.

Furthermore, this CD recycles music from the soundtrack to the Carlos Saura movie Tango. You might as well get that CD instead of this one for the few tracks worth listening to.