Francisco Canaro - Slow / Early Milongas

Orchestra: Francisco Canaro


Singers: Ernesto Famá, Roberto Maida, Instrumental

Period: 1933–1937

Compared to other orchestras, Francisco Canaro has the biggest collection of good quality, popular, enjoyable, playful and easy to dance milongas. I don't think anybody will disagree with this statement. You have a very high chance to hear at least one tanda of them in every milonga you go to. I personally love them and I never get bored with them.

There are so many great and famous songs I want to share, that I have decided to split Canaro's milongas into 2 posts. Once again chronology and evolution of style of orchestras will help us. Earlier milongas are much slower than the later ones. Yet they have great energy and bring a lot of fun to the dance floor.

DJ:

A tanda of older milongas of Canaro is a great choice for any circumstances. They are appreciated by both beginners (slow, regular rhythm = easy to dance) and advanced dancers (if you know every single beat of a song you can make great things with the dance). Those songs can be played at any time in the milonga: early (when you don't want to take the energy too high wondering what to do next), in the middle (e.g. after some higher energy, fast tanda of tango) or late (when your dancers are already tired, those milongas will bring them back to the floor).


Song examples:


Milonga Sentimental, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Ernesto Famá, 1933
Bailan Mario Consiglieri - Anabella Diaz Hojman
Bailan Dani 'El Flaco' Garcia - Silvina Valz


Yo me llamo "Juan te quiero", Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Ernesto Famá, 1934
Bailan Claudio Forte - Barbara Carpino

Negrito, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Carlos Galan, 1934, Bailan Maximiliano Gluzman - Mirta Tiseyra
Bailan Horacio Rodríguez - Lili Jammes

Larga Las Penas, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Roberto Maida, 1935, Bailan Rodrigo Fonti - Mila vigdorova
Bailan Fausto Carpino - Veronica Toumanova

Milonga Criolla, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Roberto Maida, 1936
Bailan Sebastian Arce - Mariana Montes
Bailan Chicho Frumboli - Juana Sepulveda

Silueta porteña, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Canta Roberto Maida, 1936
Bailan Diego El Pájaro Riemer - Maria Belen Giachello
Bailan Ozgur Demir - Marina Marques

Milonga de Antańo, Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Instrumental, 1937, Bailan Gonzalo Orihuela - Solange Chapperon