There was a show at this instance of the regular Monday milonga, and as a result, more people than usual showed up.
Despite my original intent, no 1960's music made it into my set. I alternated primarily between 1940s, 1950s and 2010s.
The the beginning, I played a slow chill-out stuff to set the mood while the Cuban dance class that preceded the milonga dispersed.
- El violín de becho | El Muro Tango, Juan Villareal
- Vuelvo Al Sur | Tango Spleen Orquesta
- Tanti Anni Prima | Quinteto Ángel
To my surprise, some of the few people present jumped on the dance floor for this, and I made a mental note to try this approch next time.
First hour went like this, starting with 1950s Di Sarli:
- Rodríguez Peña (2ª Versión) | Carlos Di Sarli
- Don Jose Maria | Carlos Di Sarli
- El caburé | Carlos Di Sarli
- El distinguido ciudadano | Carlos Di Sarli
--CORTINA--
- Amarras | Juan D'Arienzo, Héctor Mauré
- Compadrón | Juan D'Arienzo, Héctor Mauré
- Claudinette | Juan D'Arienzo, Héctor Mauré
- Mirame en la cara | Juan D'Arienzo, Héctor Mauré
--CORTINA--
- Très jolie | Muy lindo | Francisco Canaro
- Dolores | Francisco Canaro
- Aclamación | Francisco Canaro
--CORTINA--
- Fondín de Pedro Mendoza | Ricardo Tanturi, Juan Carlos Godoy
- Decís que no te quiero | Ricardo Tanturi, Juan Carlos Godoy
- No la nombres corazón | Ricardo Tanturi, Juan Carlos Godoy
- Salimos a bailar | Ricardo Tanturi, Juan Carlos Godoy
--CORTINA--
- Re fa si | Rodolfo Biagi
- Di di | Didí | Rodolfo Biagi
- El entrerriano | Rodolfo Biagi
- Quejas de bandoneón | Rodolfo Biagi
--CORTINA--
- Milonga compadre | Pedro Láurenz, Juan Carlos Casas
- Chatero de aquel entonces | Pedro Láurenz
- La vida es una milonga | Pedro Láurenz
Two learnings here:
- The 1950s Tanturi tanda worked wonders. Wonderful stuff.
- The Láurenz milongas were too fast at this stage. Also, neither very bright nor punchy. I'll have to re-think this.
First half of the 2nd set before the show
- Tanto | Eduardo Del Piano, Ángel Vargas
- Perdón viejita | Eduardo Del Piano, Ángel Vargas
- La mariposa | Eduardo Del Piano, Ángel Vargas
- Se llamaba Eduardo Arolas | Eduardo Del Piano, Ángel Vargas
--CORTINA--
- Guapeando | Cuarteto Tanguero
- Cordón de oro | Cuarteto Tanguero
- Cachirulo | Cuarteto Tanguero
- Milongueando en el cuarenta | Milongueando en el '40 | Cuarteto Tanguero
--CORTINA--
- Esquinas porteñas | Ángel D'Agostino, Rubén Cané
- Ella | Ángel D'Agostino, Tino García
- Que nadie sepa mi sufrir | Ángel F. Condercuri
--SHOW--
I have just discovered Vargas with Del Piano, and it's amazing. I find the orchestra to be quite close to D'Agostino, however I may very well think that because Vargas pretty much defined D'Agostino.
The mixed vals tanda did not work - Castillo did not mesh at all.
After the show, it was time for some heavy beats, followed by romantic relief and awesome new milongas:
- Pata ancha | Osvaldo Pugliese
- Seguíme si podés | Osvaldo Pugliese
- A Roberto Peppe | Osvaldo Pugliese
- La rayuela | Osvaldo Pugliese
--CORTINA--
- Duerme mi amor | Orquesta Romantica Milonguera, Roberto Minondi
- Quizas, quizas, quizas | Orquesta Romantica Milonguera, Marisol Martinez
- Perfidia | Orquesta Romantica Milonguera, Roberto Minondi
- Besame mucho | Orquesta Romantica Milonguera, Marisol Martinez
--CORTINA--
- Milonga de mis tiempos | Collectif Roulotte Tango
- Reliquias porteñas | Tango Spleen Orquesta
- El Barrio Del Tambor | Orquesta Silbando
For ending the night, I chose Mr Di Sarli again:
- Nido gaucho (2nd version) | Carlos Di Sarli, Mario Pomar
- Flor de Amigo | Carlos Di Sarli, Mario Pomar
- Castañuelas | Carlos Di Sarli, Mario Pomar
- Corazón | Carlos Di Sarli, Mario Pomar
I tried alternating vocal and instrumental tandas, and found the result pleasing. While I am not convinced it's the right approach for any occasion, I found that the instrumentals provided a chance to get some rest from often very charged vocal performances.