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Love Is Like A Violin - Salon Treasures from the Max Jaffa Library
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Love Is Like A Violin - Salon Treasures from the Max Jaffa Library

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Details

Composer
Various
Artist
Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
Format
CD
Label
Nimbus
Released
Jul 15, 2022
Catalog #
NI6428
UPC
0710357642821

About

Simon Blendis writes: “Max Jaffa (1911-1991) was the pre-eminent light music violinist of his generation, a universally popular figure with a career spanning seventy years, famous as leader of the Palm Court Orchestra and of his trio, and a household favorite through his regular radio broadcasts. Since 2000 I have been playing on a wonderful Peter Guarnerius violin that previously belonged to him. About three years ago I was offered his sheet music library by his family (whom I’d got to know well in the intervening years), reuniting it with the violin, and during the first Coronavirus lockdown in 2020 my wife, Saoko, and I combed through the violin and piano pieces, discovering and performing in online concerts a huge number of gorgeous salon pieces, some well-known but many forgotten or undiscovered.”

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Mon coeur est un violon (Love Is Like A Violin) (arr. B. Tattenhall foir violin and piano) 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mon coeur est un violon (Love Is Like A Violin) (arr. B. Tattenhall foir violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Miarka Laparcerie
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  2. 2 Valsette (arr. G. Powell for violin and piano) 04:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Valsette (arr. G. Powell for violin and piano)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Rene Costy
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  3. 3 Jura-jura 03:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Jura-jura
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Korda-Bakony
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  4. 4 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano) 03:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Stephen C. Foster
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  5. 5 The Violin Is a Lady 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Violin Is a Lady
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Frederic Curzon
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  6. 6 Serenade No. 1 in A Major 02:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Serenade No. 1 in A Major
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    František Drdla
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  7. 7 Fascination (arr. A. Sandler for violin and piano) 04:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fascination (arr. A. Sandler for violin and piano)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Fermo D. Marchetti
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  8. 8 The Broken Melody (arr. for violin and piano) 03:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Broken Melody (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Auguste van Biene
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  9. 9 Dobra dobra 03:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    Dobra dobra
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Max Skalka
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  10. 10 Old Folks at Home (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano) 03:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    Old Folks at Home (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Stephen C. Foster
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  11. 11 Serenade in A Major, Op. 7 (arr. for violin and piano) 02:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Serenade in A Major, Op. 7 (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Gabriel Pierné
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  12. 12 A la valse 01:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    A la valse
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  13. 13 Estrellita (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano) 02:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    Estrellita (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  14. 14 Canto amoroso (arr. M. Elman for violin and piano) 03:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    Canto amoroso (arr. M. Elman for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Giuseppe Sammartini
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  15. 15 Gypsy Carnival 03:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    Gypsy Carnival
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Yascha Krein
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  16. 16 The Voice of the Violin 03:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    The Voice of the Violin
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    John Dyer
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  17. 17 Canzonetta No. 1, Op. 6 03:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    Canzonetta No. 1, Op. 6
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Alfredo D'Ambrosio
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  18. 18 Si mes vers avaient des ailes (arr. for violin and piano) 02:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Si mes vers avaient des ailes (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Reynaldo Hahn
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  19. 19 Scénes de la Csárda, No. 4, Op. 32, "Hejre Kati" (Hey, Katie) 02:51
    Track
    19
    Title
    Scénes de la Csárda, No. 4, Op. 32, "Hejre Kati" (Hey, Katie)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Jenö Hubay
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  20. 20 The Magic Bow: Romance (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano) 03:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    The Magic Bow: Romance (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Philip Green
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  21. 21 Addio Firenze 03:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    Addio Firenze
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Michael Spivakowsky
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  22. 22 Spitzbub 02:16
    Track
    22
    Title
    Spitzbub
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Josef Rixner
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  23. 23 Orphée et Eurydice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Mélodie" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano) 03:06
    Track
    23
    Title
    Orphée et Eurydice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Mélodie" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  24. 24 Dream Idyll 02:07
    Track
    24
    Title
    Dream Idyll
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Albert William Ketèlbey
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis
  25. 25 Londonderry Air (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano) 03:40
    Track
    25
    Title
    Londonderry Air (arr. J. Byfield for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis