German Tango: Barnabas von Geczy - Schwarze Orchideen, 1937 video free download

Barnabas von Geczy mit seinem Orchestra - Schwarze Orchideen (Black Orchids) Tango (Richartz), Electrola 1937 (Germany)

NOTE: Barnabas von Geczy was truly, a master in artistic tango playing. His "magic violin" - as they called it in the Electrola ads in the 1930s - made the simplest tunes - nearly a lyric poem. Also today, listening to the sophisticated, elegant arrangements of that Budapest-born bandleader and composer, provides many of us with lots of emotion and satisfaction. That highest level of artistry was probably the reason why after 1945 most of his recordings were still re-pressed and distribuited throughout the world by international record companies, including His Master's Voice in UK and France - despite totally untamed collaboration of Barnabas von Geczy with the nazi radio and all possible record companies and film productions in the Third Reich. (It's been said, that Barnabas v. Geczy's was Adolf Hitler's favourite band).