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Andre Previn (piano) with Shelly Manne, Jimmy Giuffre, Bud Shank, Shorty Rogers, etc
Four Classic Albums: West Side Story / Collaboration / King Size / Pal Joey) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] AVID Jazz here presents four classic Andre Previn albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. "West Side Story"………A 1959 recording of the classic Leonard Bernstein score featuring Andre Previn on piano... |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart on Tour Part 1 - London and Mantua Andre Previn / Vladimir Ashkenazy / Heidrum Holtmann [ Brilliant Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] G :- Recordings of piano concertos K37, 41 & 414 |
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Andre Previn
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] This collection joins Andre as a precocious seventeen year old in 1946 playing remarkable jazz runs and follows him through to the age of twenty six hard at work on a dozen tracks featured on CD2 covering such great composers as Harry Warren and... |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace (Blu-ray) [ SWR Classics / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
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EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar & Walton - Cello Concertos Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn [ ORFEO / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "The Walton… is distinctive, not least because the Oslo Philharmonic under Previn is on cracking form. This subtly playful, sun-lit work is fiendishly difficult and requires just the sort of powerful virtuosity Müller-Schott displays." - BBC Music |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Harolyn Blackwell, Davis Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Andre Previn [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] 'A performance which emphasis the drama of the piece in high contrasts ... bitingly dramatic ... Altogether outstanding, fresh and revealing' Gramophone |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No 2 (with Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Many violinists have recorded the pairing of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos, but Itzhak Perlman, with his lustrous tone, romantically soaring line and unfailing sense of poetry, ensures that his interpretations are both inimitable and irreplaceable |
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ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman - A Portrait [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Andre Previn, Samuel Sanders, John Toll, Daniel Barenboim & Bernard Haitinkl [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Itzhak Perlman radiates a generosity of spirit that is reflected as much in the richness of his interpretations as in the irresistible exuberance of his virtuosity. This survey of his supreme achievement as a violinist embraces complete concertos by... |
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SCOTT JOPLIN
Joplin: The Easy Winners & other Rags Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Andre Previn (piano) [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] The music of Scott Joplin, the "King of Ragtime", achieved a newfound popularity in the mid-1970s, nearly sixty years after the composer's death. Its beguiling synthesis of African-American syncopations and European musical forms is eloquently captur |
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BEETHOVEN / BRUCH / BARTOK / BRAHMS / VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY
The Complete Warner Recordings [11 CDs + DVD] Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / with Peter Frankl (piano), Itamar Golan (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), André Previn (piano) [ Warner Classics / 12 CD/DVD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "This CD would make a worthy addition to the collection of any Romantic concerto enthusiast, with the Beethoven in particular ranking among the most enduring and sensitive performances I have had the pleasure to come across." (MusicWeb) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des morts [Requiem Mass] Robert Tear (tenor) / London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Original Masters / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Berlioz's magnificent setting of the Requiem Mass, with its mighty orchestral and choral forces, is ideally suited to André Previn's acute senses for dramatic structure and colour. The terror and awe of the Day of Judgement, the thundering climaxes... |
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PROKOFIEV
Cinderella, Op. 87 (Complete ballet) [with Glazunov - 'Raymonda' highlights] London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 12/Feb/2010 ] "Previn's imaginative, highly sympathetic direction combines both warm-hearted affection as well as a most seductive theatrical flair (Act 2 is particularly memorable in this regard). Throughout, the LSO respond with considerable dash and character."... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) (with Lovenskjold - La Sylphide) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The performance is fresh and has a lively spontaneity. It is particularly good in the famous dances of Act 2, which have the orchestra on their toes.... excellent value." (Gramophone) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake (Ballet Highlights) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] The performance is fresh and has a lively spontaneity. It is particularly good in the famous dances of Act 2, which have the orchestra on their toes.... excellent value." (Gramophone on Nutcracker) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "Andre Previn recorded the complete ballet in 1973 and on CD it is as good as ever. Orchestral playing and recorded sound are better than Gergiev's - so track it down" (Rod Biss Sunday Star Times) |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Sleeping Beauty (highlights from the complete ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Inspiration Series / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone) |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Complete ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 12/Feb/2010 ] "Here is luscious music given a warm, affectionate reading by Previn. The orchestral playing is expert and polished, and the rich acoustic brings out the full texture of Tchaikovsky's scoring." (Gramophone) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 / Vocalise / Aleko: Intermezzo & Dance London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "This remains a classic account." - Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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100 BEST CLASSICS
100 Best Classics Martha Argerich, Helene Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alexandre Tharaud, Maurice Andre, Andre Previn, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jose Carreras, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2016 ] One hundred of the very best popular classics performed by Daniel Barenboim, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maria-João Pires, David Fray, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Angela Gheorghiu, Rolando Villazón, José Carreras,... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Collector's Edition Nikolai Lugansky, Martha Argerich, Yefim Bronfman, Michael Beroff, Steven Isserlis, Borodin Quartet, Truks Monk, Andre Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato / Warner Classics / 36 CD Box Set - released 31/Mar/2023 ] March 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of death of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). A Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, he made a part of his career in "the west", moving to the United States and France after the 1917 Revolution. |