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Di
Sarli’s style, since his beginning in 1926, is essencially
related to Osvaldo Fresedo’s primitive orchestral modality.
The versions of Di Sarli’s orchestras didn’t show great
harmonic worries, and they were adjusted to an established
scheme, of which sonic interest is achieved by very precise and
still very subtle shadows, alternating in contrasts the
“staccato” with the chained sounds, and the “crescendo”
with the “pianissimo” sounds. The use of unison strings,
without bandoneons being the leading voice; the work of Di Sarli
himself, thanks to his inimitable piano conduction; and the
countersinging of the first violin Roberto Guisado, give the
group their characteristic personality. However, in the
orchestra’s great instrumental structure, it was Di Sarli who,
undoubtedly, gave the group the greatest instrumental
contribution, since he marked, with his fabulous left hand, a
tango rhythm of simple texture and complex emotionality. Carlos
Di Sarli’s orchestra played a classic model of tango,
revitalised by musical conceptions of interesting content. This
group always had the passion of legions of admirers, who still
don’t admit another instrumental modality from that of Di
Sarli. Some of the singers the orchestra had
were Roberto Rufino, Santiago Devin, Ernesto Famá, Fernando Díaz,
Antonio Rodríguez Lesende, Roberto Arrieta, Agustín Volpe,
Carlos Acuña, Alberto Podestá, Osvaldo Cabrera, Jorge Durán,
Raúl Posadas, Osvaldo Cordó, Oscar Serpa, Mario Pomar, Rodolfo
Galé, Roberto Florio and Horacio Casares.
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