Another moving Di Sarli tanda from the 1940s, although in a more subtle, intimate way than the one previously featured on this blog. ‘Cuando el amor muere’ is the only recording that Carlos Acuña made with Di Sarli’s orchestra, and is as such rarely played at milongas by DJs who adhere strictly–and, one may say, blindly–to traditional rules of tanda composition. I find this unfortunate and unwarranted, especially in a tango of such haunting beauty, given the similarities in both mood and sound to other Di Sarli/Rufino recordings with which it can be combined, as I do in this tanda.

Dedicated to A.R.

• Cosas olvidadas (with Roberto Rufino, 1940)
• Griseta (with Roberto Rufino, 1941)
• Cuando el amor muere (with Carlos Acuña, 1941)
• Volver a soñar (with Roberto Rufino, 1941)