Tango Tinto: Camino Esquivo
The quartet Tango Tinto describes themselves as a traditional quartet specializing in Argentinian Tango. Their
musicians are Gerardo Agnese (bandoneón), Bárbara Varassi Pega (piano), Virgilio Monti (double-bass),
Vincenzo Albini (violin), and as Rubén Peloni (vocals). Their repertoire usually includes traditional composers, such as Pugliese, Troilo, Arolas, Plaza, D’Arienzo, Canaro, De Caro, Piazzolla, et al to please the dancers
at milongas and festivals. But, they increasingly add their own songs.
For their third album, Camino Esquivo, seven tracks were written by
themselves. Four were written by
bandoneonista Agnese, two by pianist Varassi Pega and one by their
singer Peloni. The other songs are El
Último Organito by Acho Manzi, La
Casita de mis Viejos by Juan Carlos
Cobián, Chiqué by Ricardo Brignolo,
Ensueños by Luis Brighenti, and Inspiración by P. Paulos. They even arranged these old tangos to be a bit
nuevo, making them fit to their musical preferences.
While music like this can easily be
somewhat boring, particularly when
musicians intend to impress their audience with their skills, Tango Tinto
do not make this mistake. They
have the necessary verve and passion. They change tempo and atmosphere even within a song to attract
their followers. Their singer Rubén
Peloni with his warm timbre, balancing the vibes the ensemble creates
with pure emotions.
Gerardo Agnese´s song Voy a Volver is one of the wonderful moments of this album: The piano opens with
discrete melodic and harmonic progressions, Peloni sings the beautiful melody with relaxed passion, while
violin and bandoneon r espond with elegant melodic phrases, and the double-bass gives clear structure. For
me, one of the album´s highlights. Further, Rubén Peloni´s El rioba de la ex comes along as a lively milongacandombe and has the necessary elements to convince the dancers. Other songs need their time to unfold,
such as the bittersweet Sin Tu Manos by Tango Tinto´s bandoneonista, Gerardo Agnese. Astor Piazzolla
surely would have been pleased about this reference.
Overall Scoring (1-5 stars): ****
Dancer´s pleasure << Listener´s pleasure
Duration: 76 min.
Artist´s website: http://www.tangotinto.com/
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