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Isla de Capri

Music by Will Grosz. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2021.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1935

  1. Osvaldo FresedoRoberto Ray1935
  2. Alfredo De AngelisRoberto Mancini1964
  3. Florindo Sassone1974
  4. Orquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martínez2021

Versions of Isla de Capri recorded 1935–2021

Isla de Capri was composed by Will Grosz.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

47 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Will Grosz
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Fresedo’s 1935 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1935 to 2021.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Isla de Capri by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 4 orchestras; the earliest here is Osvaldo Fresedo in 1935.

  1. 1935Osvaldo FresedoRecording
  2. 1964Alfredo De AngelisRecording
  3. 1974Florindo SassoneRecording
  4. 2021Orquesta Típica AndariegaRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Fresedo, 1935, with 98% of the 47 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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.

  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedIsla de CapriOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 118 BPM · F major
    46 dances · 98%
    1935
  2. Alfredo De AngelisIsla de CapriAlfredo De AngelisRoberto MancinitangoOdeon
    1 dance · 2%
    1964
  3. Florindo SassoneIsla de CapriFlorindo SassonetangoCarmusic
    No match yet
    1974
  4. Orquesta Típica AndariegaIsla de CapriOrquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martíneztango
    No match yet
    2021
  5. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez1935
  6. Tino RossiNot in our catalogue
  7. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
  8. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez
All recordings of Isla de Capri

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Isla de CapriOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 49 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2006Istanbul-Express · 2017 · 3:43

Danced to it

Music from 1935–2021 · danced on film 2008–2023

20082023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2009: 2, 2010: 4, 2011: 7, 2012: 4, 2014: 2, 2015: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2023: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPablo Rodriguez & Noelia Hurtado2008
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezIstanbul-Express · 2017
  3. The 2020sFernando Gracia & Sol Cerquides2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. La CatedralAlmagro
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. Cecilia Piccinni and Daniel Tuero

    2010 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1El acomodoEdgardo Donato, 1952
    2. 2ObliviónEsteban Morgado, 2007
    3. 3CaminitoFrancisco Canaro, 1927
    4. 4Isla de CapriOsvaldo Fresedo, 1935
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Mila Vigdorova and Rodrigo Fonti

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Milonga de antañoFrancisco Canaro, 1937
    2. 2Dejame amarte aunque sea un diaRodolfo Biagi, 1939
    3. 3Isla de CapriOsvaldo Fresedo, 1935
    4. 4El huracánJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Marina Marques and Ozgur Demir

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La capilla blancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1953
    2. 2Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3NadaRodolfo Biagi, 1944
    4. 4Isla de CapriOsvaldo Fresedo, 1935
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T9007962847

TodoTango · tema/3290

Composer1

Composed by Will Grosz

Listen

  1. Isla de CapriOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
  2. Isla de CapriAlfredo De AngelisRoberto MancinitangoOdeon
  3. Isla de CapriFlorindo SassonetangoCarmusic
  4. Isla de CapriOrquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martíneztango

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