Edgardo Donato
27 discos en 12 episodios (18 suenan aquí), más 3 capítulos que los mencionan, en el orden en que ocurrió la música.
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1930
Adelina
Luis Díaz
From Donato's second recording session ever as a solo leader, after the split; chosen to show the bouncy house piano style of the year.
Mi Sueño Dorado
An instrumental Donato solo recording showcasing the same bouncy piano feel, played by his brother Osvaldo.
1931
Volvé
Mercedes Carné
A heavy lyric in which a woman loves a man who is awful to her; Lavocah calls it the tango version of Billie Holiday's 'My Man'.
Los piratas
Teófilo Ibáñez
Features a cello played by Donato's brother Ascanio; the Donato band was a family band.
CapítuloThe family band
Three Donato brothers in one orchestra.
Mar de fondo
An instrumental whose whole band stops for a piano interlude; Lavocah calls it bonkers and a challenge to Canaro's more complex sinfónica recordings.
Solo en el episodio
Second instrumental (title unclear)
Played with Mar de fondo; Lavocah says these two are better than most of what Canaro did that year.
Solo en el episodio
1932
Pobre Yo
Teófilo Ibáñez
An older, much slower and heavier Brunswick-era recording, played to contrast with the new energy of El Huracan.
El Huracan
Donato's first Victor recording after Brunswick folded, marking a real leap in speed and energy though, Lavocah insists, not D'Arienzo's heavy beat.
Solo en el episodio
El huracán
Donato's first Victor recording, from late 1932: the new, deliberately cheerful sound after a year of miserable music.
Solo en el episodio
1933
Veneración
A rocking Donato waltz with a piano melody answered by a cello counter-melody, played by one of his brothers.
Penas
A less well-known Donato waltz; first of three waltzes.
Pobre soñador
First of three Donato numbers, a fast tango relying on violin pizzicato, played as a bridge to what D'Arienzo would do.
Un disco aún sin identificar
Closing Donato number whose lyric begins 'What a plate, che!', which Lavocah says listeners will like even more.
Solo en el episodio
1934
Esto es el colmo
Antonio Maida
A violin- and cello-driven, high-energy Donato side; the cello, played by one of Donato's brothers, is still clearly audible here before it gets buried in his later, more famous sound.
Corales viejos
Antonio Maida
A feel-good Donato milonga still well known from milongas today.
Solo en el episodio
1935
La caída de la estantería
An energetic instrumental with mock sound effects of a collapsing shelf; Dag floats Donato as an early bridge to D'Arienzo's style.
La cumparsita
The show's traditional closing number, this week in Donato's version.
Solo en el episodio
1936
Un disco aún sin identificar
Horacio Lagos
A tango chosen to show Donato's lighter, more playful sound next to D'Arienzo's harder edge.
Solo en el episodio
La Trapera
Félix Gutiérrez
One of Stenvoll's favourite waltzes of all time, chosen for its joyful but bittersweet lyric and its audible piano accordion.
Solo en el episodio
1938
CapítuloWhy Donato sounds happy
One instrument made Donato's orchestra sound happy.
Con tus besos
Horacio Lagos
A Donato vals; the accordion in the band gives a lighter sound. Start time approximate.
Sacale punta
Horacio Lagos and Randona
A milonga sung by Lagos and Randona, the falsetto stage name of a band violinist. Start time approximate.
1939
Sombra gaucha
Horacio Lagos
With Lita Morales; Donato's violin counter-melody, played for his best dance year.
Carnaval de mi barrio
Lita Morales
With Horacio Lagos and Romo Gavioli joining the chorus.
De punta a punta
Horacio Lagos
A medium-speed Donato milonga, probably the only recording of it, with a bubbly piano.
1940
Sinfonía de Arrabal
Lita Morales, Horacio Lagos, Romeo Gavioli
Chosen because all three of Donato's vocalists sing on it, unusual for a recorded tango orchestra.
La Melodía del Corazón
Romeo Gavioli
A tango built on Chopin's Tristesse Etude (Op. 10 No. 3), a melody that had already become a popular Paris tango before reaching Buenos Aires.
1942
Mishiadura
One of Donato's saddest tangos, recorded right as his orchestra was collapsing.
1943
CapítuloThe man who drove his car into the sea
Romeo Gavioli sang candombes with Donato, then a love triangle.
Tango By Year es de Dag Stenvoll y Michael Lavocah, publicado aquí con su permiso. El audio suena desde SoundCloud.