Loose Cuts
Liebestraum No. 3
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
- Composer
- Liszt
- Released
- 1938
- Label
- HMV
- Forces
- violin; guitar
- Catalogue
- B.8737
The Hot Club group had no piano or drums, so Liszt’s solo-piano showpiece had to be remade entirely from plucked and bowed strings. Recorded in Paris in April 1937, their “Liebestraum” catches Reinhardt and Grappelli treating a Romantic concert favourite with the same conversational freedom they brought to popular songs.
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The classical side carries the source work this cut came from. The jazz side carries the cut itself. Each player holds what is available, and the two need not match.
The originalsLiszt: Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major, S. 541
Jazzed upLiebestraum No. 3
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The cut
The classical-derived cut from this record, with its source work.
- Liebestraum No. 3Liszt: Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major, S. 541