Modern Tango World #4 (Bucharest, Romania)

Orquesta Tipica Mistériosa: Tu lado acustico
The Orquesta Tipica Mistériosa Buenos Aires with their pianist-arranger-director Javier
Arias intended to bring the strain of classical tango played by the 1940s orchestras c;oser
to today´s tango enthusiastics
and dancers. The nine-person
tango orchestra contains a piano,
a bass, three bandoneons,
three violins, and one singer.,
Guest musicians have enriched
the full sound to nine violins
and five bandoneons for this
recording. They follow the traditional
tango style, but with
fresh and encouraging arrangements.
Their obviousl aim has
been to please the dancers, as
well as listeners. For me their
sound is somewhere between
Carlos di Sarli and Aníbal
Troilo, and that is pretty good.
With Eliana Sosa added, they
have another good argument
on their side, an enthusiastic
and passionate singer who
definitely attracts the audience
also during their shows.
This is their third album within
eight years as Orquesta Tipica
Misteriosa Buenos Aires, apart from Javier Arias´s 2006 album with the Orquesta
Tipica Fervor de Buenos Aires. On this album, we hear seven beautiful tangos, four dynamic
milongas of which two are candombe milongas, and one vals. Most were written
by old composers such as Juan d’Arienzo, Ricardo Luis Brignolo, Antonio Buglione, Félix
Lipesker, Fernando Montoni, Luis Rubistein, and Rodolfo Sciammarella. Four songs were
written by contemporary composers, one by the Argentine rock musician, Luis Alberto
Spinetta. Another was written by their friend Pablo Sensoterra, the guitarist-composer of
the Cuarteto La Púa. Two of the songs are by the director Javier Arias. The idea was to
arrange some songs of this generation to be like in the Golden Age when Troilo played an
arrangement of Piazzolla, or Pugliese made an arrangement of a Gobbi tune, as the violinist
Damián González Gantes argued.
For me, the album´s “acoustic side” is both, melodically romantic and rhythmically dynamic,
definitely worth the listen. Dancers will surely have their fun with the music of
this ensemble, rich on elegant melodies and a fine pacing paso. If you like the energetic
sound of an acoustic orquesta tipica, you are definitely at the right place. I see this ensemble
and its current album as one of the essentials.
Overall Scoring (1-5 stars): *****
Dancer´s pleasure = Listener´s pleasure
Duration: 32 min.
Website: http://www.misteriosabuenosaires.com/
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