Orquesta Típica Aníbal Troilo

n 1937 Aníbal Troilo made his debut with his orchestra —a few days after his twenty-third birthday— on July 1 at the Cabaret Marabú on 359 Maipú Street. Personnel: Troilo, Juan Miguel Rodríguez (Toto) and Roberto Gianitelli (bandoneons); Reynaldo Nichele, José Stilman and Pedro Sapochnik (violins); Orlando Goñi (piano); Juan Fasio (double bass). Francisco Fiorentino (vocalist). Throughout that year Nichele was replaced by Hugo Baralis.



1938/1939. Troilo, Juan Miguel Rodríguez (Toto) and Eduardo Marino (bandoneons); Hugo Baralis, David Díaz, Pedro Sapochnik and Reynaldo Nichele —that came back— (violins); Orlando Goñi (piano), Kicho Díaz (double bass). Francisco Fiorentino (vocalist). His debut on record was for the Odeon company with 2 numbers: “Comme il faut” and “Tinta verde” (7/3/38). Appearances at the Café Germinal, Radio Splendid and Radio Belgrano (1938). In 1939 he joined the Radio El Mundo staff for a 10-year tenure.

1940/1942. Troilo, Juan Miguel Rodríguez (Toto), Eduardo Marino, Marcos Troilo and Astor Piazzolla (bandoneons); Hugo Baralis, David Díaz, Pedro Sapochnik and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Orlando Goñi (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Vocalists: Francisco Fiorentino and Amadeo Mandarino —until the mid- 1941—, Fiorentino was on leave for four months and was replaced by Alfredo Lucero Palacios. In March 1941 he began his recordings for RCA-Victor with 4 numbers: “Toda mi vida”, “Yo soy el tango”, “Mano brava” and “Cachirulo”; and in August, the program Ronda de Ases on Radio El Mundo. In 1942 he appeared at the Tibidabo on Corrientes Avenue.

1943/1944. Troilo, Juan Miguel Rodríguez (Toto), Eduardo Marino, Marcos Troilo and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Pedro Sapochnik and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Alfredo Citro (cello); José Basso (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Vocalists: Francisco Fiorentino and Alberto Marino. In the mid- 1944 Floreal Ruiz substituted for Fiorentino; that same year Argentino Galván is included as arranger.

1945/1946. Troilo, Juan Miguel Rodríguez (Toto), Eduardo Marino, Marcos Troilo and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Alfredo Citro (cello); José Basso (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Alberto Marino and Floreal Ruiz.



1947/1948. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Marcos Troilo and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Simón Zlotnik (viola); Alfredo Citro (cello); Carlos Figari (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Floreal Ruiz and Edmundo Rivero.

1949/1950. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Simón Zlotnik (viola); Alfredo Citro (cello); Carlos Figari (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Vocalists: in 1949, Edmundo Rivero and Aldo Calderón. In 1950, Jorge Casal. In November 1950 he began his recordings for the TK label with 2 numbers: “Para lucirse” and “Che bandoneón”.



1951/1953. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Alfredo Citro (cello); Carlos Figari (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Jorge Casal and Raúl Berón.

On April 24, 1953 El patio de la morocha, a sainete in the traditional style was premiered. For that show Troilo introduced a big orchestra. Aníbal Troilo, Alberto García, Eduardo Marino, Domingo Mattio and Fernando Tell (bandoneons); Carlos Figari (piano); Kicho Díaz and Rafael Ferro (double bass); David Díaz, Reynaldo Nichele, Juan Alzina, Nicolás Albero, Luis Guerriero, Carmelo Cavallaro, Armando Ziella, Nito Farace (violins); Cayetano Giana, Víctor Casagrande and Raúl Terrés (violas); Alfredo Citro and Adriano Fanelli (cellos); Valentina Filipini (harp); Domingo Rulio (flute); Atilio Guerra (clarinet);Pedro C. Herz (oboe); Umberto Lunghi (fagot); Francisco Alonso and Salvador Chinicci (trumpets); Francisco Donatucci (horn); Roque Di Falco (trombone); Manuel Dopazo (percussion).

1954. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Reynaldo Nichele (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Alfredo Citro (cello); Osvaldo Manzi (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Casal and Berón.



1955/1956. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, Nicolás Albero and Carmelo Cavallaro (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Carlos Osvaldo Manzi (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Vocalists: in 1955, Berón and Carlos Olmedo. In 1956, Ángel Cárdenas, Pablo Lozano and Roberto Goyeneche. Edmundo Rivero, only for recordings.

1957. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carmelo Cavallaro (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Ángel Cárdenas and Roberto Goyeneche.

1958. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Fernando Tell and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carlos Piccione (violins); Francisco Sanmartino (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Kicho Díaz (double bass). Singers: Cárdenas and Goyeneche.

1959. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Ernesto Baffa and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carlos Piccione (violins); Francisco Sanmartino (viola); José Bragato (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Alcides Rossi (double bass). Vocalists: Cárdenas and Goyeneche.

1960. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Ernesto Baffa and Alberto García (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carlos Piccione (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Alcides Rossi (double bass). Singers: Cárdenas and Goyeneche.

1961. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Ernesto Baffa and Raúl Garello (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carlos Piccione (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Alcides Rossi (contrabajo). Singer: Roberto Goyeneche.

1962. Troilo, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Ernesto Baffa and Raúl Garello (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti and Carlos Piccione (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri, for 45 days he was replaced by Atilio Stampone (piano); Rafael del Bagno (double bass). Singers: Goyeneche and Elba Berón.

1963. For the recording of the LP Troilo for export - volumen 1 some players were added. The leader, Domingo Mattio, Eduardo Marino, Ernesto Baffa and Raúl Garello (bandoneons); Juan Alzina, David Díaz, José Votti, Carlos Piccione, Alberto Del Bagno, Fernando Suárez Paz, Antonio Blanco and Aquiles Aguilar (violins); Cayetano Giana and Abel San Martín (violas); Adriano Fanelli (cello); Osvaldo Berlingieri (piano); Rafael del Bagno (double bass).

As from this year Troilo’s attitude is different, he picks up where to appear and the players are summoned for every occasion. Skipping almost ten years some changes are evidenced: José Colángelo substituted for Osvaldo Berlingieri in October 1968. By the same time, temporarily, Ernesto Baffa quit and was replaced by Fernando Tell. In 1972 Raúl Garello took a six-month leave and only four bandoneons played. Singers: in 1963, Roberto Goyeneche and Roberto Rufino, from 1964 to 1966, Nelly Vázquez and Tito Reyes. From 1967 onwards, Tito Reyes and, only for recordings, Roberto Goyeneche.

1973/1974. Appearance on TV channel 7. The leader, Domingo Mattio, Abelardo Alfonsín, Eduardo Marino, Raúl Garello and Fernando Tell (bandoneons); David Díaz, Juan Alzina, Claudio González, Nito Farace and Alberto del Bagno (violins); Cayetano Giana (viola); Miguel Ariz (cello); José Colángelo (piano); Rafael del Bagno (double bass). Singers: Tito Reyes and, in 1974/1975, Tito Reyes was replaced by Roberto Achával, the last Troilo’s singer.

1975. From April 3 to May 18, when the leader died, the show Simplemente Pichuco, written by Horacio Ferrer, was staged at the Teatro Odeón. The leader, Domingo Mattio, Abelardo Alfonsín, Eduardo Marino, Raúl Garello and Fernando Tell (bandoneons); David Díaz, Hugo Baralis, Nito Farace, Claudio González, Alberto del Bagno, Emilio González, Aquiles Aguilar and Francisco Oréfice (violins); Simón Slotnik (viola); Miguel Ariz (cello); José Colángelo (piano); Aníbal Arias (guitar) Rafael del Bagno (double bass). Singers: Alba Solís and Edmundo Rivero.

Cuarteto Troilo-Grela
1955/1956. Aníbal Troilo (bandoneon), Roberto Grela (guitar), Edmundo Zaldívar (guitarrón) and Kicho Díaz (double bass). 12 numbers were recorded.



1960. Aníbal Troilo (bandoneon), Roberto Grela (guitar), Ernesto Báez (guitarrón) and Eugenio Pro (double bass).

1962/1963. Aníbal Troilo (bandoneon), Roberto Grela and Roberto Láinez (guitars), Ernesto Báez (guitarrón) and Eugenio Pro (double bass). They cut 10 tracks.

Cuarteto Troilo
1968. Aníbal Troilo (bandoneon), Ubaldo De Lío (guitar), Osvaldo Berlingieri —later José Colángelo— (piano), Rafael del Bagno (double bass). They recorded 12 pieces.

1969. Teatro Dante (Neighborhood of La Boca), at the show Troilo 69. Aníbal Troilo (bandoneon), Ubaldo De Lío —later replaced by Aníbal Arias— (guitar), José Colángelo (piano), Rafael del Bagno (double bass).

His total output were 483 recordings including the 34 tracks cut by his quartets.

Information excerpted from the books: Informe sobre Troilo by Federico Silva and Troilo by Osvaldo J. Sanguiao.