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Un placer · José Basso · 1949

Music by Vicente Romeo, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1958.
1933: 1 · danced 4 times1936: 1 · danced 18 times1942: 1 · danced 21 times1949: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 1 times
1933’40’501958
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1933: 1, 4; 1936: 1, 18; 1942: 1, 21; 1949: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 1

  1. José Basso recorded it in 1949 and 1958.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Un placer · José Basso · 1949: A duet of two voices nobody would pair, Fiorentino and the buttoned-up Ricardo Ruiz, which blend beautifully; the song is known from D'Arienzo 1936 and Troilo 1942.†

Credit

Music
Vicente Romeo
Lyrics
Juan Andrés Caruso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

1930’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral · RCA Victor · Apr 3
    18 dances
    1936
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jun 12
    21 dances
    1942
  3. José BassoFrancisco Fiorentino, Ricardo Ruiz · Odeon · Aug 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  4. José BassoFloreal Ruiz, Alfredo Belusi · Odeon · Oct 7
    1 dance
    1958
  5. Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz)Earliest we holdCarlos Lafuente · Apr 11
    4 dances
    1933
  6. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1922
  7. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueApr 231931
  8. Enrique MoraNot in our catalogueOct 261951
  9. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogue1953
  10. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogue1954
  11. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueSep 251961
  12. Hugo Díaz, José Colángelo, Omar José MurtaghNot in our catalogue1997
  13. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue2004
  14. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  15. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue
  16. -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue
  17. Jorge DragoneNot in our catalogue
  18. Rafael RossiNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  19. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Linda mariposa tú eres mi alegría y tus colores de rosa te hacen tan hermosa que en el alma mía tu imagen quedó. Por eso a tu reja hoy vengo a cantarte, para decirte, mi diosa, que eres muy hermosa y no puedo olvidarte que antes de dejarte prefiero la muerte que sólo con verte es para mí un placer. Sin tu amor ya no puedo vivr. ¡Oh! ven pronto no me hagas penar. De tus labios yo quiero sentir el placer que se siente al besar. Y por eso en mi canto te ruego que apagues el fuego que hay dentro de mí. Oye amada mía tuyo es mi querer, que tuya es el alma mía toda mi poesía mis alegres días, hermosa mujer. Sale a tu ventana que quiero admirarte. Sale mi rosa temprana, hermosa galana, que yo quiero hablarte y quiero robarte tu querer que es santo porque te amo tanto que no puedo más. Y si el destino de ti me separa nunca podre ser feliz y antes prefiero morir. Porque tu cariño es mi vida entera. Tu has de ser la postrera, la dulce compañera que ayer soñé.

English · machine translation

Beautiful butterfly you are my joy and your rose colors make you so beautiful that in my soul your image remained. That's why I come to your grille today I come to sing to you, to tell you, my goddess, that you are very beautiful and I cannot forget you that before leaving you I prefer death that just seeing you is a pleasure for me. Without your love I can no longer live. Oh, come quickly, don't make me suffer. From your lips I want to feel the pleasure of kissing. And that's why in my song I beg you to extinguish the fire that is within me. Listen my beloved my love is yours, that mine soul is yours all my poetry my joyful days, beautiful woman. Go out to your window I want to admire you. My early rose comes out, beautiful gallant, I want to talk to you and I want to steal from you your love that is holy because I love you so much that I can't do it anymore. And if destiny separates me from you I can never be happy and I'd rather die first. Because your love is my whole life. You have to be the last one, the sweet companion I dreamed of yesterday.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Notes1

A duet of two voices nobody would pair, Fiorentino and the buttoned-up Ricardo Ruiz, which blend beautifully; the song is known from D'Arienzo 1936 and Troilo 1942.

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

Listen

  1. Un placerOrquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · Carlos Lafuente1933

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