Song
Volver · Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla · 1970
Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollainstrumentaltangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version10Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1935
Recorded 1970 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla recordings indexed 1970
Volver · Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla · 1970 is a tango.† Volver · Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla · 1970 lasts 04:01.† Volver · Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla · 1970: One of two bandoneón duos from 1970 (the other is El motivo), the only anything close to a solo by Troilo; Piazzolla plays in a more Troilian style out of respect.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
10 orchestras recorded it
38 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Carlos Gardel
- Words
- Alfredo Le Pera
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.
Español
Yo adivino el parpadeo de las luces que a lo lejos, van marcando mi retorno. Son las mismas que alumbraron, con sus pálidos reflejos, hondas horas de dolor. Y aunque no quise el regreso, siempre se vuelve al primer amor. La quieta calle donde el eco dijo: 'Tuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer', bajo el burlón mirar de las estrellas que con indiferencia hoy me ven volver. Volver, con la frente marchita, las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien. Sentir, que es un soplo la vida, que veinte años no es nada, que febril la mirada errante en las sombras te busca y te nombra. Vivir, con el alma aferrada a un dulce recuerdo, que lloro otra vez. Tengo miedo del encuentro con el pasado que vuelve a enfrentarse con mi vida. Tengo miedo de las noches que, pobladas de recuerdos, encadenen mi soñar. Pero el viajero que huye, tarde o temprano detiene su andar. Y aunque el olvido que todo destruye, haya matado mi vieja ilusión, guarda escondida una esperanza humilde, que es toda la fortuna de mi corazón.
English · machine translation
I guess the flickering of the lights that in the distance are marking my return. They are the same ones that illuminated with their pale reflections, deep hours of pain. And although I did not want to return, one always returns to one's first love. The quiet street where the echo said: 'Yours is his life, yours is his want', under the mocking look of the stars that with indifference today see me return. To return, with withered forehead, the snows of time silvered my temple. To feel, that life is a breath, that twenty years is nothing, how feverish the gaze wandering in the shadows seeks you and names you. To live, with the soul clinging to a sweet memory, that I cry again. I am afraid of the encounter with the past that returns to confront my life. I am afraid of the nights that, full of memories, chain my dreaming. But the traveler who flees sooner or later stops his walk. And even if the oblivion that destroys everything has killed my old illusion, it keeps hidden a humble hope, which is all the fortune of my heart.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 32 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Hugo Diaz, 1975, with 71% of the 38 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
40 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Hugo DiazMost dancedVolverHugo Diaztango27 dances · 71%1975
- Miguel CalóVolverMiguel CalóMarga FontanatangoOdeon Colombia7 dances · 18%1965
- Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdVolverOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor2 dances · 5%1935
- Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollaVolverAníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor1 dance · 3%1970
- Osvaldo PuglieseVolverOsvaldo PuglieseAdrián GuidatangoOdeon1 dance · 3%1981
- Florindo SassoneVolverFlorindo SassoneJorge CasaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1947
- José BassoVolverJosé BassoAlfredo Del RiotangoOdeonNo match yet1961
- Francisco CanaroVolverFrancisco CanaroArgentino LedesmatangoOdeonNo match yet1969
- Orquesta Forever TangoVolverOrquesta Forever TangoCarlos MoreltangoNo match yet1998
- Orquesta Típica ImperialVolverOrquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los AngelestangoNo match yet2006
- Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
- Terig TucciNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 191935
- Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueJan 291936
- Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1963
- Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
- Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1976
- Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
- Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998
- QuinTangoNot in our catalogue2003
- Horacio DevalNot in our catalogue
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla
VolverAníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollainstrumentaltangoRCA VictorCouples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance
Recorded the same day
What else Aníbal Troilo y Astor Piazzolla recorded on Aug 13, 1970.
Danced to it
Music from 1970 · danced on film 2024
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- Juan Cantone1 video
- Virginia Cutillo1 video
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In other catalogues8
tango.info · 00828765920223-1-20
tango.info · 00828766270426-1-14
tango.info · 02480002028055-1-13
tango.info · 00828765441926-1-13
tango.info · 02480002330981-2-1
tango.info · 02480002331551-1-5
tango.info · 00743216974320-1-13
tango.info · 09789507826603-1-19
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 04:01
Notes1
One of two bandoneón duos from 1970 (the other is El motivo), the only anything close to a solo by Troilo; Piazzolla plays in a more Troilian style out of respect.
Vocal1
Vocal instrumental
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