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The Best Tango Album in the World, Ever!
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The Best Tango Album in the World, Ever!
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The Best Tango Album in the World, Ever!
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The title of this television-advertised compilation may be arrogant, but then the
is not a dance for the shy and retiring. Whether or not it is, as it claims,
, the two-disc set, containing 30 tracks and running a little less than an hour and a half, does feature some major performers of the music, notably
, renowned as the father of the
, heard performing
and the concluding vocal version of
and
, who used the
as a vehicle for composing
music, heard performing
Other notable performers include
, heard on four tracks,
,
, and
. (If the casual listener to whom this collection is intended recognizes the third track,
that's because it has turned up in the film
, as the music to which
's blind character dances, as well as in the opening scene of the
film
.) This is not a scholarly collection, being devoid of annotations beyond the requisite song titles, artists, and songwriting credits. But it plays well, and beginning students of the
can put it on for their practice sessions. ~ William Ruhlmann