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Malena · Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Lio · 2001

Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Liosinger unknowntangoMelopea
Music by Lucio Demare, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 15 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2001.

Pinned at 2001 · Electronic and festival era 2000– · Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Lio recordings indexed 1967–2001

The work

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Music
Lucio Demare
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 15 recordings of this song by 11 orchestras, 1942 to 2001.

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1940’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Malena · Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Lio · 2001 by year, taller the more they are danced · 15 of 15 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 31 more we know of

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMalenaAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    22 dances
    1942
  2. Aníbal TroiloMalenaAníbal TroiloRaúl BeróntangoTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseMalenaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    23 dances
    1974
  4. Miguel CalóMalenaMiguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi, Roberto LuquetangoOdeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  5. Miguel CalóMalenaMiguel CalóRoberto LuquetangoOdeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  6. Lucio DemareMost dancedMalenaLucio DemareJuan Carlos MirandatangoOdeon
    48 dances
    1942
  7. Lucio DemareMalenaLucio DemareHéctor AlvaradotangoColumbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  8. Lucio DemareMalenaLucio Demaresinger unknowntangoDisc Jockey
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  9. Francisco CanaroMalenaFrancisco CanaroJuan Carlos RolontangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1955
  10. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)MalenaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknowntango
    9 dances
    1998
  11. Roberto GoyenecheMalenaRoberto Goyenechesinger unknowntango
    16 dances
    1968
  12. Hugo DiazMalenaHugo Diazsinger unknowntango
    12 dances
    1972
  13. Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De LioMalenaHoracio Salgan y Ubaldo De Liosinger unknowntangoMelopea
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  14. Puglia-PedrozaMalenaPuglia-PedrozaFrancisco Fiorentinotango
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  15. Quintin VerduMalenaQuintin VerduLucio Lambertotango
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  16. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani1942
  17. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1961
  18. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueJul 301968
  19. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
  20. Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995

Lyrics

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Malena canta el tango como ninguna y en cada verso pone su corazón. A yuyo del suburbio su voz perfuma, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tal vez allá en la infancia su voz de alondra tomó ese tono oscuro de callejón, o acaso aquel romance que sólo nombra cuando se pone triste con el alcohol. Malena canta el tango con voz de sombra, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tu canción tiene el frío del último encuentro. Tu canción se hace amarga en la sal del recuerdo. Yo no sé si tu voz es la flor de una pena, sólo sé que al rumor de tus tangos, Malena, te siento más buena, más buena que yo. Tus ojos son oscuros como el olvido, tus labios apretados como el rencor, tus manos dos palomas que sienten frío, tus venas tienen sangre de bandoneón. Tus tangos son criaturas abandonadas que cruzan sobre el barro del callejón, cuando todas las puertas están cerradas y ladran los fantasmas de la canción. Malena canta el tango con voz quebrada, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón.

English · machine translation

Malena sings tango like no other and in each verse she puts her heart. Her voice is perfumed with the scent of the suburbs, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Maybe back in her childhood her lark's voice took that dark tone of the alley, or perhaps that romance that she only mentions when she gets sad with alcohol. Malena sings the tango with a shadowy voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Your song has the cold of the last encounter. Your song becomes bitter in the salt of memory. I do not know if your voice is the flower of a sorrow, I only know that to the murmur of your tangos, Malena, I feel you better, better than me. Your eyes are dark as oblivion, your lips tight as rancor, your hands two doves that feel cold, your veins have bandoneon blood. Your tangos are abandoned creatures that cross over the mud of the alley, when all the doors are closed and the ghosts of the song bark. Malena sings the tango with a broken voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon.

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  1. MalenaAníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino

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