Here are some of Gardel's Tangos in MP3

From about 1912-1935, Gardel composed 183 tangos and recorded 772 themes, more than 500 of them were tangos. Some of the more popular songs were recorded two or three times. Due to artistic or technical imperfections, some of these recordings were never published. For the above reasons, there are more than 1000 distinct recordings currently available to collectors. I am aware of about 1014 versions.

In his repertoire, Gardel interpreted 26 music styles. Most of them were tangos but also included: milonga, chacarera, zamba, pasodoble, ranchera, serenata, fado, shimmy, passillo, fox-trot waltz, etc.

Mi Noche Triste
La versión que se escucha, cantada por Carlos Gardel,  está editada por Altaya, 
en la Colección Todo Gardel - Cd No. 3 - 1917/1918/1919 - Track 5 Matriz 89 - N° de Catálogo. Original: 18010 - Grabado en 1917

Mi Noche Triste
La versión que se escucha, cantada por Carlos Gardel,  está editada por Altaya, 
en la Colección Todo Gardel - Cd No. 39 - 1930 - Track 8
Matriz E 5449 - N° de Catálogo Original: 18812 - Grabado el 24 de Abril de 1930

Claveles Mendocinos
Despues de su disolucion en sept. 1925, Gardel y Razzano se reunieron una vez mas en 1929 para grabar una de las dos ultimas canciones.

Por una cabeza
Grabado por Gardel el 19 de marzo de 1935. Tambien la canta en su pelicula "Tango Bar" (1935). Matriz BVE 89227-1

La Cumparsita: Leen las letras y escuchan la musica.

Palabras de Gardel y Le Pera (1935)
Gardel speaks from the studios of RCA Victor on March 20, 1935 where he is recording the songs for his movie "El día que me quieras", his recent contract with RCA, movies he recently made (El día que me quieras and Tango Bar) and his upcoming tour to Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Cuba and Mexico. (During his tour, Gardel died in a plane crash at Medellin airport on June 24, 1935). Included in the above recording is the tango "Volver" from his movie "El dia que me quieras".

This Is The Tango, Part 1, The Song Writers (Real Audio, 54min). CBC Radio 1997 program highlighting Gardel's career with a sample of his tangos. ("Esto es el Tango", primera parte (Real Audio 54min). Un programa de la Radio CBC del Canadá de 1997 donde se hace un homenaje a Gardel acompañado por sus canciones. Lo puede escuchar oprimiendo aqui).

You will enjoy this rare 1928 guitar rendition of "La Cumparsita" by José Ricardo, Guillermo Barbieri and José María Aguilar (no Gardel).

Here is "9 de julio" also by  by José Ricardo, Guillermo Barbieri and José María Aguilar (no Gardel). 

ADIÓS AL AMIGO QUE SE FUE
por Tito Guizar. Canción dedicada a su amigo, Carlos Gardel (1935).

Otros Sitios/Other Sites:

Gardel songs from website: Club Tango Tour

Título/Letra
Autor Música
Autor Letra
Audio
Mi noche triste Samuel Castriota Pascual Contursi
Flor de Fango A. Gentile Pascual Contursi
De Vuelta al Bulín J. Martínez Pascual Contursi
Milonguita S. Linning E. Delfino
El Tango de la Muerte H. Mackintons Alberto Aurellano Novion
La Mariposa Pedro Maffia Celedonio Esteban Flores
Si supieras (La Cumparsita) Gerardo Matos Rodriguez Pascual Contursi
E. P. Maroni
Leguisamo sólo M. Papávero M. Papávero
Caminito Juan de Dios Filiberto G. Coria Peñaloza
La Gloria del Aguila Martín Monserrat Guillemat Enrique Nieto De Molina

Radioceros - Musiques du Monde: Carlos Gardel

Sound track from the "lost" film "La casa es seria" 
(Paramount - Joinville, France - Oct. 1932) (22min)
In this short movie, Gardel interprets: "Recuerdo malevo" and "Quiéreme". 
Cast: Carlos Gardel, Imperio Argentina, Lolita Benavente and Josita Hernán.

La casa es seria
1. Film introduction, Imperio Argentina sings her version of "Quiéreme", 3:34min
2. Audio clip from the movie with Gardel and cast, 9:28min
3. Recuerdo Malevo, (Gardel/Le Pera) - Canción, 2:36min
(Orchestra of Juan Cruz Mateo and the guitars of Vivas, Riverol, Barbieri and Pettorossi)
4. Quiéreme, (Gardel/Le Pera/Marcel Lattés) - Tango, 1:33min (Oct. 30, 1932). (Orchestra of Don Aspiazú and the guitar of Horacio Pettorossi. Quiéreme was never recorded on disk)
5. Y esto es una casa seria. Conversation with Imperio Argentina, end of the film, 4:19min
Note: Roberto Di Chiara owns the only copy of "La casa es seria" but the film suffers from film perforation shrinkage and nobody is willing to put up the 10K to rescue it. What a pity!
Berthe Gárdes: “Yo siempre lo espero"
Criollitas y Zorzales es un mediometraje casi desconocido de 1936. Fue filmado un año después de la muerte de Gardel y contiene un testimonio de Berthe Gardes, su madre.

“Para mí, mi hijo no ha muerto, siempre lo espero, como siempre. Me parece que le voy a llevar su matecito a la cama, como siempre, para despertarlo." Y Berthe recordaba un momento de la vida con su hijo: "No había dormido en toda la noche y me decía: mamá, me acabo de dormir. Yo le respondía: Carlitos, tenés otro ratito. Mirá, mamita, otra media horita -me decía- si no te importa llamarme otra vez."

You probably believe that Gardel was the first ever to sing a Tango!
Five years before Gardel sings "Mi noche triste", Arturo A. Mathon (1887-1933), in 1912 sings the Tango:
La chirimoya argentina

Apparently, the first sung tango, "Dejá de jugar che, che", was in 1903 by Alfredo Munilla acompanying himself on a guitar. It's a one sided record by the Zonofono company. The tango's original name was "Dejá de joder che" and its author is Angel Gregorio Villoldo (16-2-1861 / 14-10-1919). The record is owned by the collector Héctor Lucci in Buenos Aires.

I enjoyed this tango performed on the organ by Julio Perceval. Courtesy: Jorge Finkielman, Argentina.

ALMA DE BOHEMIO
Written by Roberto Firpo
Performer: Julio Perceval playing the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ at the Gran Cine Florida.
Recording label: Disco Nacional-Odeon
"Fabricado exclusivamente para Max Glücksmann por la Argentine Talking Machine Works Buenos Aires"
Record number: 1153, Master disc: 5858
Date of recording: Saturday, July 5, 1930
© Max Glücksmann
Renewed by EMI Records, Ltd.
This recording, as well as the whole series 20 themes, was destroyed by EMI.

Radio Tango live:

Listen to some Tangos from other sites

Real Audio

La Cumparsita, midi file by Ney Borba, Aug. 12, 2002
Another version of la Cumparsita by Ney, Sept. 24, 2002

Carlos Gardel - Tierrita (Tango) - Master 1569-1 / Disc 18083 - Dec. 14, 1923


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Carlos Gardel: "La cumparsita" (MIDI)
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Lyrics: Pascual Contursi, Enrique Maroni
Music: Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Artist: Ney Borba