This is a set I heard on Tuesday which DJ Victor Hernandez-Urbina has allowed me to share. He has been DJing since earlier this year. In Scotland I dance in various milongas within 90 minutes of my home town and this is the best set I've heard locally for a long time, together with one by DJ Iain Dickinson at the last Milonga in the Crypt in Glasgow. Iain too started DJing only within the last year.
I arrived at the end of the OTV and am only sorry the set did not start as it continued after the first two tandas. I danced most of Victor's set from the Fresedo onwards. In fact I had initially planned to go on to the book group that was starting to replace, for me, going to the Scottish milongas because it has been so difficult to find good music for dancing. But Victor's tandas and men and women I wanted to dance that music with kept me at the Counting House. I left at the Hugo Diaz which is popular but I can't remember the last time I wanted to dance it.
I really appreciated hearing a wholly good tanda by D'Agostino, an orchestra that l seem to particularly mind hearing messed up perhaps because it is such very relaxing music. I skipped the first candombe Felicita, mostly because I didn't know it but might dance it next time. I would have liked some De Angelis tango for balance but his De Angelis vals were lovely.
I struggled with the Troilo mix. The tanda has two wholly different singers Fiorentino and Marino with the, again, very different instrumental Milongueando en el 40. I made a mistake inviting my partner to Uno, which isn't really my thing and found Por las calles de la vida difficult because it does not make me want to dance. I apologised to her for choosing the music to dance to badly. From the DJ box, which is behind the speakers, Victor watched the floor and brought down the volume in the Troilo when it became painfully loud.
I didn't know the Pugliese tracks Adios Nonino (composed by Piazzolla) and Ojos Negros well enough to dance them happily, even as the girl and wished I hadn't danced them on this occasion. I find them anyway more like music for performance.
Most of all, I would have liked more strong, rhythmic tangos - particularly D'Arienzo, Biagi, rhythmic Tanturi and other Troilo for balance against the lovely, softer tandas. In Di Sarli, personally I prefer it with more rhythm than drama or alternatively a few of the sweet and lovely early tracks from the sexteto but the kind of Di Sarli that Victor played is also popular.
I also find "firm" tangos within Lomuto, other Laurenz, Rodriguez and Canaro - though for me they have a different strength to the other group. That firmness is even there in some of the sweet, strong OTV tracks which analogy with coffee reminds me of their track Mi taza de café though that tango is more soft than strong for me. In fact Victor's Canaro tanda did have some of that gentler firmness though Canaro in the 40s is not personally my favourite.
I really look forward to hearing Victor's DJ again.
Name
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Artist
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Genre
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-- Dance Of The Knights
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Jedna, jedyna
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Mieczyslaw Fogg
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Tango
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Ta ostatnia niedziela
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Mieczyslaw Fogg
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Tango
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Milosz pali jak slonce
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Stefan Witas
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Tango
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Za rok
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Stefan Witas
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Tango
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-- St. James Infirmary
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Quasimodo
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Jose Lucchesi
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Tango
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Tango Marina
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Jose Lucchesi
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Tango
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Pebeta De Arrabal
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Jose Lucchesi
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Tango
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Champagne Bubbles
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Jose Lucchesi
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Tango
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-- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
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Valsecito criollo
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D'Arienzo, Juan
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Vals
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Vision celeste
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D'Arienzo, Juan
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Vals
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En tu corazón
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D'Arienzo, Juan
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Vals
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Valsecito De Antes
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D'Arienzo, Juan
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Vals
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-- Il Trovatore
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Pancho's bar (1928)
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Orquesta Típica Víctor
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Tango
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Cardos
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Orquesta Típica Víctor
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Tango
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Niño bien
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Orquesta Típica Víctor
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Tango
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Che, papusa, oí
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Orquesta Típica Víctor
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Tango
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-- Z
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Isla de Capri
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Fresedo-Ray
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Tango
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Siempre Es Carnaval
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Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray
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Tango
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Cordobesita
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Fresedo-Ray
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Tango
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Tigre Viejo
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Osvaldo Fresedo
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Tango
|
-- Dance Of The Knights
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Se dice de mí
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Quinteto Pirincho
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Milonga
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La cara de la luna
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Quinteto Pirincho
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Milonga
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Arrabalera
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Quinteto Pirincho
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Milonga
|
-- St. James Infirmary
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Din... Don...!
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Lucio Demare
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Tango
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Solamente Ella
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Lucio Demare
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Tango
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Igual que un bandoneón
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Lucio Demare
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Tango
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Mañana zarpa un barco
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Lucio Demare
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Tango
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-- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
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Tarareando
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Miguel Caló
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Tango
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Lejos de Buenos Aires
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Miguel Caló
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Tango
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En Tus Ojos de Cielo
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Miguel Caló
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Tango
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Qué te importa que te llore
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Miguel Caló
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Tango
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-- Il Trovatore
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Amor Y Vals
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Rodolfo Biagi con Aberto Lago
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Vals
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Paloma
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Rodolfo Biagi Con Alberto Amor
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Vals
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Dejame Amarte Aunque Sea Un Dia
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Rodolfo Biagi canta Andrés Falgás
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Vals
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Lagrimas Y Sonrisas
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Rodolfo Biagi
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Vals
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-- Z
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Shusheta / El aristócrata
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A. D'Agostino - A. Vargas
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Tango
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Caricias
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A. D'Agostino - A. Vargas
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Tango
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Sólo compasión
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A. D'Agostino - A. Vargas
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Tango
|
Café Domínguez
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A. D'Agostino - A. Vargas
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Tango
|
-- Dance Of The Knights
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Sinsabor
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Edgardo Donato Y Sus Muchachos
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Tango
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El Distinguido Ciudadano
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Edgardo Donato Y Sus Muchachos
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Tango
|
Te Busco
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Edgardo Donato Y Sus Muchachos
|
Tango
|
La melodía del corazón
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Edgardo Donato Y Sus Muchachos
|
Tango
|
-- St. James Infirmary
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Felicita
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Jose Garcia Y Sus Zorros Grises
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Milonga
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Carnavalito
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Lucio Demare & Raul Beron
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Milonga
|
Azabache
|
Miguel Caló
|
Milonga
|
-- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
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Uno
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Aníbal Troilo
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Tango
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Percal
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Aníbal Troilo
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Tango
|
Por Las Calles De La Vida
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Aníbal Troilo
|
Tango
|
Milongueando en el 40
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Aníbal Troilo
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Tango
|
-- Il Trovatore
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Verdemar (2nd Version)
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Carlos Di Sarli
|
Tango
|
Nido Gaucho (2a Version)
|
Carlos Di Sarli
|
Tango
|
Fumando Espero
|
Carlos Di Sarli
|
Tango
|
Nueve Puntos (2nd Version)
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Carlos Di Sarli
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Tango
|
-- Z
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Flores Del Alma
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Alfredo De Angelis Con Carlos Dante & Julio Martel
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Vals
|
No Vuelvas Maria
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Alfredo De Angelis Con Carlos Dante & Julio Martel
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Vals
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Pobre Flor (Primera Ilusion)
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Alfredo De Angelis Con Carlos Dante & Julio Martel
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Vals
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Soñar y nada más
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Alfredo De Angelis Con Carlos Dante & Julio Martel
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Vals
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-- Dance Of The Knights
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Tango Brujo
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Canaro, Francisco
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Tango
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Mas Solo Que Nunca
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Canaro, Francisco
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Tango
|
Esta Noche de Luna
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Canaro, Francisco
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Tango
|
Cristal
|
Canaro, Francisco
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Tango
|
-- St. James Infirmary
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Todo
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Pedro Laurenz Canta Alberto Podestá
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Tango
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Que Nunca Me Falte
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Pedro Laurenz Canta Alberto Podestá
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Tango
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Recién
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Pedro Laurenz Canta Alberto Podestá
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Tango
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Garúa
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Pedro Laurenz Canta Alberto Podestá
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Tango
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-- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
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No hay tierra como la mía
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Francisco Lomuto
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Milonga
|
Parque Patricios
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Francisco Lomuto
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Milonga
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Serenata
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Francisco Lomuto
|
Milonga
|
-- Il Trovatore
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La Yumba
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Pugliese, Osvaldo
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Tango
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Chiche
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Osvaldo Pugliese
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Tango
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Adios Nonino
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Pugliese, Osvaldo
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Tango
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Ojos Negros
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Pugliese, Osvaldo
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Tango
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-- Z
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Malena
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Hugo Diaz
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Tango
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Por una cabeza
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Hugo Diaz
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Tango
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Milonga para una armonica
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Hugo Diaz
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Tango
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-- Dance Of The Knights
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Cristal
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Bajofondo Tango Club
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Electrotango
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