Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys

Voces de Bronce

The first time I heard Carlos Gardel was in my maternal grandmother’s voice. She enjoyed singing, and used her beautiful, light soprano voice mostly to entertain herself while doing chores. From her I learned “Soledad”, one of Gardel’s most famous tangos which we kept calling “our song” throughout her life.

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The first time I heard Carlos Gardel was in my maternal grandmother’s voice. She enjoyed singing, and used her beautiful, light soprano voice mostly to entertain herself while doing chores. From her I learned “Soledad”, one of Gardel’s most famous tangos which we kept calling “our song” throughout her life. On my father’s side, my grandparents were recognized tango dancers, a regular presence in the local and regional milongas and dance competitions. They heard every tango orchestra and singer worth their salt from the late 40’s to the 60’s, and, later in their lives, they would become members of different tango appreciation societies as the genre became less socially relevant.

Gardel was an unavoidable figure in my life, and the love of tango, one of the most valued parts of my family inheritance. I even became, at 8 years of age, the youngest audience member when the Mercedes Gardel Society hosted a projection of Gardel’s movie “Mi Buenos Aires Querido” in the local library. Yet my personal connection with Gardel and his tango has always been somewhat indirect: a profound but distant fascination but never an active engagement. The subjects of its lyrics, the music’s general spirit, and the sensibility which informs it has always seemed foreign to me. A sensation which the arbitrary distinction between the tango cosmopolitanism and the folklore’s rustic characterization – too prevalent even today in Argentina — would only deepen.

I felt as though I needed to choose between one or the other. I therefore decided on the music closest to my experience, which admittedly had little to do with amorous conquests or the existential anguish of the valiant Buenos Aires’ men. Eventually I moved to Europe and kept my musical heritage for myself while exploring those of the Iberian Middle Ages, as well as the Renaissance and Early Baroque periods of the Ibero-American empires. Through them I developed my own musical method to bring together historical sources into convincing musical performances.

My interests soon moved from just amassing musical pieces to researching the networks, institutions and communities that made their transmission and survival across the centuries possible. Most importantly, I was fascinated by the role played by subjective matters of taste in the transmission of certain repertoires between different communities, leading some composers to become legends, others to be forgotten. Soon I began to look back at my country’s own historical repertoire with the same curiosity, bringing me back to Gardel’s unavoidable figure. I was less interested in his tango legend but in the actual living historical figure and the undeniable role played by the communities and repertoires of the “canto criollo” which defined him as an artist.

Tracklist click to play/pause

  1. Amargura ('El Floridense') Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:30
  2. En vano, en vano...! Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:21
  3. Estilo criollo, Op.8 No.4 Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:07
  4. Gorjeos ('La Mariposa') Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:52
  5. Entre colores Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:22
  6. Canción agreste ('El Milongón') Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:56
  7. El pañuelo de seda Jonatan Alvarado, Sophia Patsi & Jessica Denys 3:40
  8. El alma del payador Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:44
  9. El sueño Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:07
  10. La vida del carretero Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:12
  11. La cordobesa Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:22
  12. Aires criollos No.2: I. La porteñita (Zamba) Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 1:05
  13. Aires criollos No.2: II. Recuerdos (Estilo clásico) Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:01
  14. Vidalita ('Flor Marchita') Jonatan Alvarado, Sophia Patsi & Jessica Denys 4:10
  15. Claveles mendocinos Jonatan Alvarado, Juan Vizán & Jessica Denys 3:06
  16. Chinita linda Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:04
  17. El Pericón Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:18
  18. El gato Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:44
  19. El triunfo Jonatan Alvarado, Juan Vizán & Jessica Denys 2:28
  20. Un bailongo (Milonga) Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:20
  21. Joaquina (Tango) Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 2:34
  22. Mi noche triste (Tango-canción) Jonatan Alvarado & Jessica Denys 3:18

More information

Label

TRPTK

Genre(s)

World Music

Artist(s)

Jessica Denys
Jonatan Alvarado
Juan Vizán
Sophia Patsi

Composer(s)

Aguilar, José María
Alais, Juan
Begamino, Juan
Cepeda, Andrés
Compoamor, Manuel
Corsini, Ignacio
De Nava, Arturo
Gardel, Carlos
Greco, Ángel
Martino, Francisco
Munilla, Diego
Pardo, Mario
Pelaia, Alfredo
Podestá, Antonio
Razzano, José
Ricardo, José
Ríos, Ambrosio
Saldías, José Antonio
Tapia, Cristino

Recording location(s)

Galaxy Studios, Mol (BE)

Recording date(s)

June 2022

Cat. No.

TTK 0099

Release date

April 21st, 2023

Additional links

Download Booklet(PDF)

Tech specs

Microphones

Josephson C617 w/ Gefell MK221 capsules (main)
DPA d:dicate 4006A (height)
Ehrlund EHR-M (voice, guitars)
Singular Audio f-48 (voice)

Microphone preamps

Crookwood MultiPre

AD/DA conversion

Merging Technologies Hapi
Merging Technologies Anubis
Grimm Audio CC2

Recording resolution

DSD 11.2MHz 1bit

Mastering resolution

PCM 352.8kHz 64bit

Monitoring (recording)

KEF LS50
Audeze LCD-X

Monitoring (mastering)

KEF Blade Two
KEF LS50 Meta
Hegel H30
Hegel C55

Cabling

Furutech custom microphone cables
Furutech custom interlinks
Furutech custom power cables
Furutech custom loudspeaker cables
Grimm Audio TPR8 breakout cables
Purecable Prime DIG75 word clock cable

"The impression this recital made on me is that of great authenticity, although it is rather difficult to interpret. In my experience, however, it is exactly what it is: an impression, enhanced by this warm but also bright tenor and his extremely colorful guitar playing, together with the no less colorful Belgian guitarist Jessica Denis and the eloquent vocal contributions of Sophia Patsi and Juan Vizán. [...] And again, the brilliant recording strikes again, as if TRPTK has the patent on that."

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