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"Al compás del corazón (Late un corazón)" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.A funny story took place at the opening of his tango “Al compás del corazón...
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"Corazón no le hagas caso" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.Armando Pontier’s work as an author is vast and it includes some exceptional numbers, that...
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"El vals soñador" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942 (English translation)."To dream, following the beat that everything is different if you give your soul to the rhythm of the...
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"En tus ojos de cielo" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1944.His subtle, almost ethereal and suggestive touch, deprived of any emphasis or pomposity, led Osmar...
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"Lejos de Buenos Aires" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.He was, for some people, the best orchestra singer in the history of tango.
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"Milonga antigua" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.Carlos Parodi composed beautiful songs, like "milonga antigua".
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"Qué te importa que te llore" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.Osmar Maderna was a pianist strongly inclined to romanticism, viewed as the Chopin of the...
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"Tarareando" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.The Miguel Caló orchestra will be remembered as the best tango performance that goes beyond its...
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"Trasnochando" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.There are not a few Tango lovers who assure that, after Carlos Gardel, there is...
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"Tristezas de la calle Corrientes" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.Miguel Caló carried out and developed a style that connects traditional tango with the innovations...
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"Tú" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1949.Among José María Contursi's outstanding lyrics, we must mention "Tú", with music by José Dames.
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“Jamás retornarás” Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica, piano Osmar Maderna and with Raúl Berón singing, 1942. (Lyrics translated)When she said goodbye, I wanted to cry … Then without her love, I wanted to...
Caló, Miguel
“La orquesta de las estrellas”
Bandoneonist, leader and composer
(28 October 1907 – 24 May 1972)
(28 October 1907 – 24 May 1972)
In the artistic history of maestro Miguel Caló we see two stages well differentiated that reveal his musical evolution and his gifts as great orchestra leader.
Even though his most transcendental success is related to tango in the forties, his work starts in the late twenties and is consolidated during the thirties.
His first stage began with the 1934 orchestra, in which we can appreciate a style familiar to Fresedo´s and a sound that reminds us of Carlos Di Sarli. Although he had put together other outfits before, these were reunited for certain occasions and were of little importance.
The orchestra in 1934 had Miguel Nijensohn on piano, who was to leave an indelible impression on the style of it forever, even after the forties. This instrument will have the responsibility of linking the musical phrases, with a timing and an ideal beat for the dancers. Learn more at todotango.com.
Listen to recordings
With Raúl Berón in vocals
With Alberto Podestá in vocals
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"Yo soy el Tango" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Podestá in vocals, 1941."The first four numbers recorded with Miguel Caló I made them under the name Juan...
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"Dos fracasos" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Podestá in vocals, 1941.The Miguel Caló orchestra will be remembered as the best tango performance, one that goes beyond its...
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"Que falta que me hacés" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Podestá in vocals, 1963.The Orquesta Típica Miguel Caló, throughout his extensive career for forty years, went to the...
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"Bajo un cielo de estrellas" by Miguel Caló su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Podestá in vocals, 1941.The beauty and the originality of the waltzes composed by Héctor Stamponi are evidenced in...
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"El bazar de los juguetes" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Podestá in vocals, 1954.Reinaldo Yiso wrote a great number of tango lyrics with descriptive character, using simple lines.
With Raúl Iriarte in vocals
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"Cada día te extraño más" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1943.In early 1943 Alberto Podestá split with Miguel Caló and joined the Pedro Laurenz Orchestra....
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"Mañana iré temprano" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica, with Raúl Iriarte en vocals, 1943.Enrique Francini was a violinist of remarkable precision, standard vibrato, polished and unmistakable sound with...
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"Trenzas" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1945 (English translation).Braids, sweet silk of your braids, moon in shadow of your skin and of your absence.
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"La vi llegar" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1944.Raúl Iriarte has been one of the tango vocalists most famous and requested in Latin...
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"Margo" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1945.Homero Expósito was the most original, the most important and the most representative of the...
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"Fruta amarga" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1945.As a composer, Hugo Gutierrez produced several masterpieces with lyrics by the most prominent lyricists.
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"Cuando tallan los recuerdos" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1943.Rafael Rossi was a figure of a long and fruitful career within Tango.
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"Bohardilla" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1944."Joyful garret of Paris, old memory and something gray of those student years, of dreamer and vagabond."
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"Rebeldía" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Iriarte in vocals, 1947 (with English translation).No, please leave me! Today my love rebelled.
With Roberto Arrieta in vocals
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"Una tarde cualquiera" by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Arrieta in vocals, 1945.During his tenure with Miguel Caló, Roberto Arrieta recorded 26 numbers as a soloist and...