It Takes Two to Tango - CD

It Takes Two To Tango offers an acoustic journey through the unique world of tango and introduces the most famous Argentinean tango composers and their key works. It Takes Two To Tango is a series of songs having been written since the end of the 19th century. Among the great masters are Agustín Bardi, Roberto Firpo, Ángel Villoldo, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez and of course Carlos Gardel. Gardel is considered one of the most important personalities of tango in the 1st half of the 20th century. Both as a singer and composer he has shaped and influenced the development of the tango. "Volver", the probably most known tango in the world, is interpreted on this album by the two tango musicians Aníbal Arias and Osvaldo Montes, who are since the end of the Second World War the dominating forces in the Argentinean tango scene. The music of these two musicians ignites a deep desire for the past, their music expresses nóstos (return, home coming) and álgos (pain) as well as nostalgia.