Andre Previn: Great Pianists Of The 20th Century (Music Of Mozart, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Gershwin)
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Composer: George GershwinComposer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conductor: Andr? Previn
Performer: Andr? Previn
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Performer: David Finck
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Salzburg Vienna Philharmoniker
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Piano Concerto No. 17 In G, KV 453: 1. Allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 17 In G, KV 453: 2. Andante
- Piano Concerto No. 17 In G, KV 453: 3. Allegretto
- Trois pieces: 1. Pastorale
- Trois pieces: 2. Toccata
- Trois pieces: 3. Hymne
- Melancolie
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 1. Bransle de Bourgogne
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 2. Pavane
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 3. Petite marche militaire
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 4. Complainte
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 5. Bransle de Champagne
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 6. Sicilienne
- Suite francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise: 7. Carillon
- Presto In B Flat
- Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op. 35 (Piano Concerto No. 1): 1. Allegro moderato - Allegro vivace
- Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op. 35 (Piano Concerto No. 1): 2. Lento
- Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op. 35 (Piano Concerto No. 1): 3. Moderato
- Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op. 35 (Piano Concerto No. 1): 4. Allegro con brio
- Piano Concerto In F: 1. Allegro
- Piano Concerto In F: 2. Adagio - Andante
- Piano Concerto In F: 3. Allegro agitato
- The Man I Love
- Embraceable You
- I Got Rhythm
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Boy! What Love Has Done To Me! - I've Got A Crush On You
- S' Wonderful
- Rhapsody In Blue: Molto moderato - Moderato assai - Meno mosso e poco scherzando - Andantino moderato con espressione
Free Music Notes for Andre Previn: Great Pianists Of The 20th Century (Music Of Mozart, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Gershwin)
Free Music Review: Previn as pianist rather than conductor
Hit: 5 Stars
I got this cd on the recommendation of a "real" pianist because of the Poulenc Trois Pieces. They are really stunning. And the Concerto in F, that mysterious-sounding work by Gershwin never sounded better to me. The jazz Gershwin (Embraceable You, etc) are Previn's and not Gershwin's own arrangements. Previn shines in 20th Century music. I wish there were more on this cd set. The entire Great Pianists Series is pretty wonderful; I have the Andre Watts and it is also terrific.
Andre Previn: Great Pianists Of The 20th Century (Music Of Mozart, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Gershwin) Poster
It's difficult to locate fully Andr? Previn the concert pianist, but this collection, which gathers Mozart and Gershwin convincingly, might just give a full-on portrait. There are loads of documents of his jazz-pianist days--mainly in the 1950s on the West Coast scene--and, with the premiere of his operatic adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, increased attention on Previn as a composer. But the selections collected on these two CDs (both over 75 minutes long) show a versatility that only a full discography could otherwise woodenly demonstrate.Previn's Mozart is muted, his piano applying shade at the edges, whereas his Poulenc solos are forcibly naked and colorfully chromatic, showing off his virtuoso chops to great, even flowering, effect. Like everything here, his Shostakovich (recorded in 1962 with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, one year after the Poulenc solos) shows flaring brilliance and control of both the brittlest and most strenuous runs. But it's the overall package, with the Gershwin songs (from 1997) and Rhapsody in Blue (recorded in 1984) that will excite most Previn fans. The song performances rival the improvisations of Bill Evans and still present the works as hybrid jazz-concert works. For a wide-angle shot of one of the century's great polymaths, this is excellent. --Andrew Bartlett
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