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When each orchestra recorded

The years each orchestra went into the studio. A darker year holds more recordings.

Of these, Francisco Canaro has the longest span: 1915 to 1973.

  1. Juan Maglio1912–1933
  2. Francisco Canaro1915–1973
  3. Roberto Firpo1917–1944
  4. Julio De Caro1924–1953
  5. Francisco Lomuto1925–1950
  6. Típica Victor1925–1944
  7. Osvaldo Fresedo1926–1980
  8. Rodolfo Biagi1927–1966
  9. Juan D'Arienzo1928–1975
  10. Carlos Di Sarli1928–1960
  11. Edgardo Donato1930–1961
  12. Miguel Caló1933–1972
  13. Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo1936–1953
  14. Ricardo Tanturi1937–1965
  15. Enrique Rodríguez1937–1962
  16. Pedro Laurenz1937–1968
  17. Aníbal Troilo1938–1971
  18. Lucio Demare1938–1957
  19. Ángel D'Agostino1940–1963
  20. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1940–1964
  21. Osvaldo Pugliese1943–1986
  22. Alfredo De Angelis1943–1985
  23. Domingo Federico1944–1969
  24. Astor Piazzolla1945–1989
  25. Orquesta Francini-Pontier1946–1973
  26. Florindo Sassone1947–1979
  27. Alfredo Gobbi1947–1958
  28. José Basso1948–1986
  29. Francisco Rotundo1948–1957
  30. Héctor Varela1950–1975
  31. Horacio Salgan1950–1969
  32. Mariano Mores1951–1986
  33. Donato Racciatti1951–1986
  34. Armando Pontier1955–1979
  35. Miguel Villasboas1959–2001
  36. Los Solistas De D'Arienzo1972–1988
  37. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1994–2014
  38. Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro2001–2017
  39. Orquesta Típica Imperial2003–2011
  40. Orquesta Romantica Milonguera2016–2021
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Source: the forty orchestras with the most recordings in TangoCloud’s catalogue, 10,528 of the 12,742 dated recordings we hold. A gap can mean records we don’t hold, not silence. TangoCloud