Modern Tango World N° 10 (Athens, Greece) | Page 41

Duo Por La Vida Tango: Esa noche de pasión
To publish an album as a duo, particularly a singer accompanied only by a piano, means that
you are really convinced about what you are doing. Diego Hernan Gonzalez (piano) and Emil-
iano Kandico (vocals) have recorded thirteen well known songs, including live performances
of Astor Piazzolla’s Balada para
un loco and Balada para mi muerte,
Aníbal Troilo’s Che Bandoneón and
La última curda, Héctor Stamponi’s
El último café and Flor de lino and
others. Emiliano Kandico is a very
passionate singer who interacts with
the audience´s reactions. He inter-
prets the poetry of the tango lyr-
ics with great emotion and dramatic
verve. In most cases, this works fine.
But in a few dramatic phrases, his
vocal control slips away diminishing
at least my pleasure. In some songs,
the singer’s location in a tonal room
is too much in the background com-
pared to the other songs. This is due
to the fact that they were recorded
during three different live sessions.
Despite these minor technical draw-
backs, the duo presents good songs
which work very fine in these highly
reduced version. The songs, naked
to the bones, are reanimated by the
duo. Together with the emotionally
involved audience, they are brought forwad to the present day, where they still touch our
hearts anew. Frente al mar written by Rodolfo Taboada and Mariano Mores and Chiquilin de
Bachin written by Horacio Ferrer and Astor Piazzolla are good examples.
Pianist Diego Hernan Gonzalez did an excellent job and stood selflessly back to provide Emil-
iano Kandico all the space he needed to unfold the songs, ranging from thoughtful sadness to
cautious rebellion against adversities in life. I am sure this duo will find its audience among the
dancers and tango aficionados.
Overall Scoring: ***
Dancer´s pleasure = Listener´s pleasure
Duration: 54 min.
Artist´s website: http://duoporlavidatango.wixsite.com/duoporlavida
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