VA - 100 Best Tangos [6CD Box Set] (2011)

The first CD in this 6-disc set, Classic Tango, is a collection of authentic performances by the original tango orchestras of José Basso, Anibal Troilo, Francisco Canaro and others of the most popular tangos including `La cumparsita,' `Adiós muchachos' and `Mi Buenos Aires querido.'

The second CD, The Piazzolla Tango, presents a group of tangos written in the original dance style by Astor Piazzolla and performed by Piazzolla himself, as well as other famous exponents of the tango such as Raúl Garello, Carlos García and Leopoldo Federico.

In Piazzolla -- The Classic Way, we hear some of Piazzolla's original tangos specially arranged for performance by classical musicians, as well as some of Piazzolla's later tango-inspired classical works, played by the Artemis Quartet, the Eroica Trio, the Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, the Ahn Trio, Emmanuel Pahud with Manuel Barrueco, and the 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

The next CD, Tango Sensations, is a recording of a live concert of classical works by Piazzolla, Arolas, Cobián and other composers in which the Alban Berg Quartet is joined by the bandonéon player Per Arne Glorvigen and Alois Posch on the double bass.

The famous composer and performer of Argentinian tangos Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) was born in Toulouse as Charles-Romulad Gardes before his unmarried mother took him as a baby to Buenos Aires where he became Carlos Gardel. The fifth CD is a collection of his best-known works performed by the Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse in arrangements by Raúl Garello, who also plays the bandonéon with the orchestra.

Lastly, Tango del Diabolo is a collection of tango-inspired works by Piazzolla and pieces by other modern composers extending the Latin-American rhythmic influence even further, performed by the exciting young quintet Soledad.