Tangos (Buenos Aires 8 album)
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Tangos is a studio album
by the Argentinian
vocal octet Buenos Aires 8
. Recorded in 1973 and released by Music Hall Records in the same year, the album contains elaborate vocal arrangements for nine classic tangos
and a milonga
("Taquito Militar", the first track in side two).
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
vocal octet Buenos Aires 8
Buenos Aires 8
Buenos Aires 8 was an Argentinian vocal ensemble which specialised in recording Tango classics such as music by Ástor Piazzolla. Its members were:* Chichita Fanelli* Magdalena León...
. Recorded in 1973 and released by Music Hall Records in the same year, the album contains elaborate vocal arrangements for nine classic tangos
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
and a milonga
Milonga
Milonga can refer to an Argentine, Uruguayan, and Southern Brazilian form of music which preceded the tango and the dance form which accompanies it, or to the term for places or events where the tango or Milonga are danced...
("Taquito Militar", the first track in side two).