Jaromír Vejvoda was one of the great composers of Europe. This CD features some of Vejvoda’s compositions. Jaromír Vejvoda’s most famous composition is well-known throughout the world as Roll out the Barrel. The original Czech title of Roll out the Barrel is Škoda Lásky. Other titles for this well known Czech song are: Beer Barrel, Rosamunde, Frida aum Papa, Ut kin naren, and more.
Vejvoda’s Salon Orchestra is made up of some of the best musicians in the Czech Republic. Josef Vejvoda said “During the recording (session), I tried to make the songs communicate the joy which had been put in them by my father.”
Don’t pass this excellent album today.
Track listing:
1. Beer Barrel polka
2. The Arrow Flies
3. Beautiful Prague
4. I Like to Walk Alone
5. The Way Home waltz
6. By the Brook polka
7. Hm, Hm…
8. If I Knew polka
9. Why I Love You So Much
10. The Wooded Hillsides polka
11. I Walk in the Night
12. The Last Camp Fire waltz
13. Comedy Fox
14. Martin waltz
15. With a Smile and a Song
16. When We Were Young polka
17. Where Youth is Lost waltz
18. Play to Me Gipsy
19. Beer Barrel polka (original version)
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Vejvoda's Salon Orchestra conducted by Josef Vejvoda |