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Contratiempo

Music by Astor Piazzolla. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1952–1952.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Orquesta Francini-Pontier, 1952

  1. Aníbal Troilo1952
  2. Osvaldo Fresedo1952
  3. José Basso1952
  4. Orquesta Francini-Pontier1952

Versions of Contratiempo recorded 1952

Contratiempo was composed by Astor Piazzolla.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

9 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Astor Piazzolla
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1952 to 1952.
1950
Recordings of Contratiempo by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedContratiempoAníbal TroilotangoTK
    9 dances
    1952
  2. Osvaldo FresedoContratiempoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1952
  3. José BassoContratiempoJosé BassoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1952
  4. Orquesta Francini-PontierEarliest we holdContratiempoOrquesta Francini-Pontiertango
    No match yet
    1952
  5. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueApr 211952
  6. Jorge FernándezNot in our catalogueOct 241952
All recordings of Contratiempo

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

ContratiempoAníbal TroilotangoTK
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 9 Performances

Diego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2025 · World Champion · Tango Escenario 20101:15

Danced to it

Music from 1952 · danced on film 2019–2022

20192022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2019: 1, 2022: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFacundo Piñero & Vanesa Villalba2019
  2. The 2020sDiego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraPorteño y Bailarín · 2022

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

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.

1 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Aldana Silveyra and Diego Ortega

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ContratiempoAníbal Troilo, 1952
    2. 2InolvidableJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    3. 3La luz de un fósforoAníbal Troilo, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T9007740310

TodoTango · tema/4178

Composer1

Composed by Astor Piazzolla

Listen

  1. ContratiempoOrquesta Francini-Pontiertango
  2. ContratiempoJosé BassoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  3. ContratiempoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
  4. ContratiempoAníbal TroilotangoTK

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