Michel Plays Legrand

Michel Plays Legrand Artist: Michel Legrand
Label: Delta
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 018111230629
EAN: 0018111230629
ASIN: B000001V5V


Release Date: 1994-03-08

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Listmania:

  1. My Favorite Alan & Marilyn Bergman Songs
  2. Who's Playing Who?

Tracks:

  1. Summer Me, Winter Me (From 'Picasso Summer'
  2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (From 'The Happy Ending')
  3. The Summer Knows (From 'Sunner Of '42')
  4. This Quiet Room
  5. Brian's Song (The Hand Of Time) (From 'Brian's Song')
  6. Watch What Happens (From 'The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg')
  7. You Must Believe In Spring (From 'Les Demoiselles De Rochefort')
  8. How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (From 'Best Freinds')
  9. One At A Time (From 'La Piscine')
  10. Little Boy Lost
  11. La Valse Des Lilas (Once Upon A Summertime)
  12. The Windmills Of Your Mind (From 'The Thomas Crown Affair')

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not As Expected.......2007-03-28

I ordered this CD because of the song "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" which I love. It was very good, but the rest of the CD was just not good enough for me to keep for just one song. I'm sorry to say that I returned the CD.

5 out of 5 stars THE GRAND MICHEL PLAYS LEGRAND.......2005-10-11

If there is a more consistently marvelous album of piano music performed by the composer, I have yet to find it. One of the wonderful things about Legrand is that it's impossible to hyperbolise regarding his writing or his performing. He is "taste" and "technique" personified.
This album is a must for anyone who wants to hear how these songs should be performed.
TONY HOROWITZ

5 out of 5 stars Sunlight on his fingertips.......2005-08-10

Sunlight on his fingertips

The very bright talent of Michele Legrand you can feel especially when Maestro is playing piano himself.

I heard some orchestra performance of Legrand before, that was good, but I was still thinking about him just like about pop music composer.

Now I think different - he is Genius!

3 out of 5 stars Not the Usual Michel Legrand.......2003-06-01

If you like jazz, this CD may be for you. However if you're used to associating smooth Easy Listening with Mr. Legrand, pick some other recording, cause this is jazz, man.

5 out of 5 stars Michel Legrand--A Master.......2000-08-22

If you think you are unaware of this master of a composer, pianist, conductor, and arranger--you have probably heard his works behind the scenes of some of the most classic movies, and only have known how glorious his music is, not his name. Michele Legrand has been performing his musical magic with the ivories since the 1960's. Performers such as Streisand, Shirley Bassey, and Liza Minnelli turn to him for the ultimate in orchestration and composition.

On this incredible cd we are treated to 12 tracks of harmonious, passion evoking music. "Watch What Happens" from the movie Umbrellas of Cherbourg was a successful stretch in an operetta. You might be more familiar with "Windmills Of Your Mind" which was highlighted in the Thomas Crown Affair. One of my very favorite Legrand tunes is "The Summer Knows" from Summer Of '42.

In my opinion, he is the greatest contempory composer of the 20th century. One cannot fake Michel Legrand. He is a master at the ABA form. However, his secret is using deceptive resolutions in his works yet making everything locigal by the end of the piece. For example, "What Are You Doing For The Rest of Your Life", begins in A minor, working so smoothly to A flat minor in the bridge and subtly transcending back to A minor.

This is a grand CD of good audio quality highlighting Legrand's musical genius.

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