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The Very Best of Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel

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Album Review

The '60 tracks on these two CDs from Spain's Disconforme label comprise the most authoritative and representative collection of Carlos Gardel's middle-to-late period music ever released. Labels from Columbia to Nacional to Odeon are represented. Here, folk songs, film music, corridos, arrabals, solo pop hits, theater performances, and recordings of tango all sit side by side. Somewhat frustrating is the lack of discographical information, but, given the fine sound quality of the 24-bit digital transfer, this can be overlooked easily. There is a substantial biography in the liner notes adding both to the legend, and to the factual portrait of the artist

Biography

Born: December 11, 1890 in Toulouse, France

Genre: Latino

Years Active: '10s, '20s, '30s

Carlos Gardel was tango's first superstar and still one of its most enduring performers. Revered as an icon in Argentina ever since his tragic death in 1935, Gardel — nicknamed "El Zorzal Criollo" ("The Creole Thrush") — was the first singer to adopt the tango as a form of popular song. Previously, it had been entirely instrumental dance music, looked down upon by the cultural elite for its common origins and earthy sensuality. Gardel didn't change those qualities, but his advocacy certainly...
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  • $9.99
  • Genres: World, Music, Latino
  • Released: Jul 17, 2001

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