Osvaldo Fresedo - 1940 complete - 10 tracks (remastered)

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Our greatest pleasure is to find the correct speed and best possible sound of these recordings. We want results as close as can be to the music they actually played - with as little as possible damage by the beautiful and charming - but sometimes bad old recording technic.
in these early days of recording technology even "78rpm" sadly was no standard at all - as everyone thinks of course. They simply did not keep this speed or any other standard while recording! No chance for correct playback with nearly all of the 1920's records. Later in the 30s and 40s they got more precise - well, sometimes...
Today we can asume with a reason that the playback results on acoustic grammophones were simply THAT bad, that the technicians and also the musicians probably didn't care much about "correctness" at all. We all know that Argentina is famous for technical precision today. Also time on the discs was limited - so some good reasons to speed up. Research leeds us to the knowing of the correct keys and instrument tuning circumstances of the music PLAYING in these days, so happily we can finally reconstruct how they played it.

All tracks on this album are recorded in a period when Fresedo's musicians had tuned their instruments to a' = 440hz.

The 10 tracks on this album are everything Fresedo recorded in 1940. He was working with the two singers Ricardo Ruiz and Carlos Mayel in this year. Interesting he did not record one single instrumental tune in 1940. From the pictures of that period we can tell that Charles Wimer is still part of the orquesta - but in 1940 obviously not playing guitar but violin. So the set of the orquesta apart from piano, harp and violoncello - drums and doublebass there had been three bandoneons and five violins! We hear very clearly how Fresedo makes the violins regulary support the beat with a strong staccato - that I can only name as "Demare-ish" - although Fresedo only uses this effect not as permanent.

1940 was a year of few recordings for maestro Fresedo. Nonetheless, its here when we can listen to Carlos Mayel. Wimer's guitar is not present anymore, and it seems he picked up the violin as we can see in the right photo. Fresedo's orchestra was fairly stable this year. There's the addition of a viola played by Demetrio Risetti and later Do Reis, and De Luca took over the drum-set and vibraphone. I'd like to point out the beauty of "Alas" with its three modulations. For the first time in correct speed and keys. A small album that we hope you'll enjoy.

Fresedo's orchestra in this year was the following:
Director: Osvaldo Fresedo
Bandoneons: Luis Petrucelli, Pascual Storti, Ulderico Panella
Violins: Víctor Felice, José Lorito, Pedro Desrets & Mario Perini
Viola: Demetrio Riseti, later Do Reis
Cello: Francisco Gianneo
Vibraphone and Drum-set: De Luca
Harp: Nélida Gianneo
Piano: Lalo Scalise
Double-bass: Hugo Ricardo Baralis, later Tito Colom (Who would later call himself Ray Nolan when he switched to Jazz)

01. 15-04-1940 "Careta, careta" Canta: Carlos Mayel Music: Osvaldo Fresedo Lyrics: Emilio Fresedo Matrix Nº: 39265-1 Disc Nº: 38964-A Key: C Major / C minor Paralel modulation
02. 10-05-1940 "Si el corazón supiera" Canta: Carlos Mayel Music: Cayetano Puglisi Lyrics: Héctor Marcó Matrix Nº: 39094-1 Disc Nº: 38989-A Key: C-sharp Major / F-sharp minor
03. 15-04-1940 "Rosarina linda" Canta: Ricardo Ruíz Music: Osvaldo Fresedo Lyrics: Emilio Fresedo Matrix Nº: 39247-1 Disc Nº: 38974-B Key: Eb Major / F Major
04. 10-05-1940 "Vida querida" Canta: Ricardo Ruíz Music: Eduardo Scalise Lyrics: Juan Carlos Thorry Matrix Nº: 39293-1 Disc Nº: 38989-B Key: C Major / C minor
05. 13-09-1940 "Nidito azul" Canta: Carlos Mayel Music & Lyrics: Pascual Biafore Matrix Nº: 39485-1 Disc Nº: 39108-A Key: E Flat Major / E Major
06. 13-09-1940 "Alas" Canta: Ricardo Ruíz Music: Vicente Demarco Lyrics: Alfredo Faustino Roldán Matrix Nº: 39488-1 Disc Nº: 39082-B Key: D Major / F Major / C Major
07. 20-04-1940 "Esta noche" Canta: Carlos Mayel Music: Carlos Marcucci Lyrics: Lito Bayardo Matrix Nº: 39266-1 Disc Nº: 38974-A Key: B minor / D Major
08. 13-09-1940 "Es costumbre o es cariño" Canta: Carlos Mayel Music: Luis Petrucelli Lyrics: Enrique Cadícamo Matrix Nº: 39487-1 Disc Nº: 39108-B Key: Eb Major / C minor
09. 13-09-1940 "Un amor" Canta: Ricardo Ruíz Music: Mario Maurano Lyrics: Alfredo Malerba & Luis Rubistein Matrix Nº: 39488-1 Disc Nº: 39082-A Key: C minor / C Major
10. 20-04-1940 "Plegaria" Music & Lyrics: Eduardo Bianco Matrix Nº: 39265-1 Disc Nº: 38964-A Key: B minor / B Major