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El viejo vals · José Basso · 1986

Music by Charlo, lyrics by José González Castillo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1986.
1931: 1 · danced 13 times1951: 1 · danced 152 times1986: 1 · danced 0 times
1931’40’50’60’70’801986
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1931: 1, 13; 1951: 1, 152; 1986: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Rotundo’s 1951 version holds 92% of its dancing (152 of 165).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Credit

Music
Charlo
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Apr 29
    13 dances
    1931
  2. José BassoEduardo Borda, Quique Ojeda
    Not danced on film yet
    1986
  3. Francisco RotundoMost dancedFloreal Ruiz, Enrique Campos · Odeon · Dec 10
    152 dances
    1951
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo1938
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo · Jan 191955
  6. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  7. Dúo Fuertes-VarnerínNot in our catalogueAgustín Fuertes, Ariel Varnerín

Lyrics

Español

Al lánguido compás de un vals de Chopin, mi amor te confesé sin ver que más llamaba tu interés aquel vals. Por eso hoy mi canción a su mismo compás, te llora como un bien que ya jamás traerá a mi corazón su vaivén. Fue como un loco volar de falena con giros y vueltas en torno al fanal que nos deslumbra y nos llena de un dulce mareo sutil y fatal... Juntos mi pecho y tu seno... los dos corazones, latiendo a la par, fijo, impasible y sereno ¡tu frío mirar!... ¡Quién me diría que toda la gloria, de aquella gentil posesión, era la efímera coda que al valse ponía mi loca ilusión!... Dócil tu mano en mi mano... ¡Mi brazo oprimiendo tu talle liviano y en tanto mi acento muriendo en el lento girar del valsar!... Falena de salón. mi corazón también sus alas de ilusión quemó tenaz girando en aquel vals de Chopin... Borracho de pasión y ciego de querer, se lanza a tu atracción sin ver que más que un alma en ti, mujer, hay un vals.

English · machine translation

To the languid beat of a Chopin waltz, my love I confessed to you without seeing what else that waltz called your interest. That's why today my song to the same beat, weeps for you like a good that will never again will bring to my heart its swaying. It was like a mad flight of the skirt with twists and turns around the beacon that dazzles and fills us of a sweet, subtle and fatal dizziness... Together my breast and your breast... the two hearts, beating at the same time.., fixed, impassive and serene your cold gaze!... Who would tell me that all the glory of that gentle possession was the ephemeral coda that my crazy illusion put to the waltz!... Your hand docile in my hand... My arm pressing against your light waist and while my accent dying in the slow the waltz's slow spinning!... Falena de salón. my heart too its wings of illusion burned tenaciously spinning in that Chopin's waltz... Drunk with passion and blind with love he throws himself into your attraction without seeing that more than a soul in you, woman, there is a waltz.

What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. El viejo valsFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1931

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