Legrand Jazz [Import] [Limited Edition]

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Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Legrand Jazz,Michel Legrand,Japanese Import,Brazilian,France,Hard Bop,Int'l & World Music,Jazz,Pop

Average customer rating: At The Movies by Andre Rieu very beautiful Refreshing Music from texas--AND FROM A MUSIC LOVER Andre Rieu - Music for the masses

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Tracks:

1. Love Theme - Romeo and Juliet
2. Lara's Theme / Somewhere My Love - Dr. Zhivago
3. My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
4. The Second Waltz - Eyes Wide Shut
5. Heigh-Ho - Snow White
6. Moonriver - Breakfast at Tiffany's
7. Sirtaki / Zorba's Dance - Zorba the Greek
8. Main Title - The Godfather
9. Bolero - "10"
10. John Dunbar's Theme - Dances with Wolves
11. The Windmills of Your Mind - The Thomas Crown Affair
12. Edelweiss - The Sound of Music
13. True Love - High Society
14. Stranger in Paradise - Kismet
15. Romance - The Gadfly
16. Main Title - Once Upon a Time in the West

Customer Reviews:

At The Movies by Andre Rieu.......2007-05-20

Andre Rieu brings a warmth and pop-like aire to his music.Here he plays popular music with a classical orchestra and adds his special ingredients to it ie:humor (musical jokes for the serious listener),fun,light-heartedness.It's a band of very talented musicians having alot of fun as is evident in the playing and especially if you've seen them in concert.I can "hear" the smiles on their not serious faces by their style of playing...less staccato and with more feeling.Andre and company swing and dance through every track climaxing on Ravel's Bolero from the movie "10".

very beautiful.......2007-01-09

This cd is very beautiful. It captures the songs wonderfully. The orchestra does a fine job.

Refreshing Music.......2006-11-03

Andre Rieu presents wonderful songs in a very inspirational way. They are to be enjoyed as "dinner music" or just for times when the TV is off and you need some "quiet time". It is a great grouping of melodies.

from texas--AND FROM A MUSIC LOVER.......2006-08-30

ANDRE RIEU TAKES US ON A WONDERFUL TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE MOVIES YOU CAN=T FORGET AND THE MUSIC THAT MADE THEM CLASSICS. DO BUY IT. IT IS A TREASURE...

Andre Rieu - Music for the masses.......2006-08-10

Sometimes you just want enjoyable music as a backdrop to the job at hand. I turn to Andre to get me through these events. Probably not a glowing endorsement, but if you know of Mr. Rieu's feelings about music, he would just smile and nod his head. This is music to just enjoy for the sake of music - and that is a good thing.

Average customer rating: Movie Themes CD "three decades of film composers ~ Simply The Best"

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Tracks:

1. Theme From Mission Impossible - Schifrin
2. Theme From Gladiator - Zimmer
3. Hedwig's Theme - Williams
4. Harry's Wondrous World - Williams
5. Allegro Moderato - Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - Schubert
6. Suite From Shakespeare In Love - Warbeck
7. Out Of Africa - Barry
8. Requiem, Rex Tremendae - Mozart
9. Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 - Chopin
10. Suite No. 3 In D, Air On The G String - J.S. Bach
11. I Will Always Love You - Parton
12. Symphony No. 40, Molto Allegro - Mozart
13. Finlandia - Sibelius
14. My Heart Will Go On - Horner

Tracks:

1. Theme From Lord Of The Rings - Shore
2. Overture To All That Jazz - Kander & Ebb
3. 'Trout' Quintet, Theme, Andantino And Variations - Schubert
4. Prelude No. 15 In D-Flat - Chopin
5. Windmills Of Your Mind - LeGrand
6. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - KAMEN
7. Theme From Schindler's List - Williams
8. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Excerpt - Strauss
9. Symphony No. 3, Lento Cantabile - Semplice - Gorecki
10. Die Walkure, Ride Of The Valkyries - Wagner
11. Goldberg Variations, Aria Da Capo - J.S. Bach
12. Theme From License To Kill - KAMEN
13. Sonata No. 8, Op. 13, 'Pathetique,' Andante Cantabile - Beethoven
14. Die Another Day - Arnold
15. Symphony No. 9, Ode To Joy, Excerpt - Beethoven

Customer Reviews:

Movie Themes CD.......2007-03-10

Very nice CD with beautiful music from past movies. Very relaxing music to listen to.

"three decades of film composers ~ Simply The Best".......2004-03-06

Rhino Movie Music presents "Simply The Best Movie Themes", featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and other various artists ~ within the realm of the following composers David Arnold, John Barry, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Wendy Carlos, Fred Ebb, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Michael Kamen, John Kander, Michel Legrand, Alex North, Basil Poledouris, Howard Shore, Wladyslaw Szpilman, Stephen Warbeck, John Williams and Hans Zimmer ~ each composer has created one or more of the scores in this twenty nine classic line up.

Film scores covering over three decades with "2001:SPACE ODYSSEY", "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE", "APOCALYPSE NOW", "THE BODYGUARD(I Will Always Love You)", "CHICAGO(Overture to All That Jazz), "DIE ANOTHER DAY", "EYES WIDE SHUT", "FEARLESS", "GLADIATOR(Theme)", "HANNIBAL", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Hedwig's Theme)", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Harry's Wondrous World)", "THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER", "JURASSIC PARK:THE LOST WORLD", "LICENSE TO KILL, "LIVING DAYLIGHTS", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS(Theme)", "MINORITY REPORT", "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Theme)", "OUT OF AFRICA", "THE PIANIST", "ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES", "SCHINDLER'S LIST", "SE7EN", "SHADOWLANDS", "SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE", "THE SIXTH SENSE", "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"and "TITANIC(My Heart Will Go On)" ~ a mixture of original compositions and classics of the old masters. Loaded with not just themes, but full of orchestral arrangements that are fresh and rewarding ~ sure to bring back those special moments from the film.

The presentation is superb with every cue inclusive with spectacular performances from suspense, romance and adventure all rolled into a two disc package. Rhino must be commended on doing such a great job and doing it well. Most serious "film-score-buffs" will welcome this compilation, has many cues available all under one banner ~ Rhino Records...gotta love it!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Rhino/Warner Classics 78061 ~ (2/24/2004)

Average customer rating: Contemporary 60s yet Contemplative and Important One of cinema's milestone scores......

The Thomas Crown Affair Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Windmills of Your Mind The Thomas Crown Affair - New Transfer The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture Bullitt (1968 Film) The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection ASIN: B0001NBMO4 Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

1. Theme From The Thomas Crown Affair (The Windmills Of Your Mind)
2. Room Service
3. A Man's Castle
4. The Chess Game
5. Cash And Carry
6. His Eyes, Her Eyes
7. Playing The Field
8. Moments Of Love
9. The Boston Wrangler
10. Doubting Thomas
11. The Crowning Touch
12. Theme From The Thomas Crown Affair (The Windmills Of Your Mind)
13. His Eyes, Her Eyes

Customer Reviews:

Contemporary 60s yet Contemplative and Important.......2004-07-25

The THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR soundtrack was another great CD release from Ryko and many thanks go to them for issuing that wonderful compact disc. The THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR soundtrack is available once again on Varese Records. This score composed by Michel Legrand is the epitome of that sophisticated and ultra cool era of the 1960's. It was an era stylized by high fashion and chic aplomb that was quickly coming to an end, giving way to a grittier vision of our base inquisitiveness as general filmgoers. Michel Legrand's approach to film scoring was perfectly matched to this brief and fleeting time of that dying era of the chic and urbane 1960's. The film however, has as much substance as it does style. Closing your eyes, the main title song The Windmills of your Mind sung by Noel Harrison brings many images to mind. It is a beautiful song on its own, yet it reflects the inner struggle of Steve McQueen's character of a man who has everything yet still needs high-stake risks and excitement just to survive and make some meaning out of his life. His pastime full of transgressions will ultimately remain insatiable and will never relief his boredom. Michel Legrand's music perfectly underscores the tale of this man in a rather overt style. The music, which is gaudy and hip actually demonstrates the banality of McQueen's world. A good example of this is the way Legrand scores track 4: The Chess Game that McQueen plays or toys with Faye Dunaway. In retrospect this is a great soundtrack. It is not Herrmann, Bernstein, Newman or many other composers that are too numerous to mention. It is Legrand and makes this modern film a classic as much as any of the contributions from the other filmmakers.

One of cinema's milestone scores.............2004-06-07

Anybody who owns the Ryko version of this OST will gain nothing from acquiring this re-issue of Michel Legrand's fabulous score to one of Steve McQueen's coolest movies. If you don't own the Ryko version, you'll still be rewarded by getting this worthwhile re-issue. If the movie was a triumph of style over substance, that can hardly be said of this truly original and breathtaking score. Opening with the Oscar nominated 'Windmills of Your Mind' from a young Noel Harrison , the score takes us on a journey that swings from moody romantic tension to full blown caper, as Steve McQueen slips his way through the traps set by elegant and sexy Faye Dunaway.

Michel Legrand's remarkable work embraces his jazz upbringing, providing the perfect catalyst for this ultra cool blend of couture crime and doomed attraction shared by the leading characters. Legrand's own vocal interpretation of the beautiful 'His Eyes, Her Eyes' has to be about as good as it gets. The other jazz cues fare just as well away from the split screen frames that characterised Norman Jewison's memorable film. 'The Thomas Crown Affair'is one of the sublime M.Legrand's musical milestones, in partnership with the most stylish of 1960's American filmmaking.

Average customer rating: Good jazz An absolutely unique experience! The Test of the Best Late 1950s LeGrand...HOT! Late 1950s LeGrand...HOT!

Legrand Jazz Michel Legrand With Miles Davis and Bill Evans Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Michel Plays Legrand I Love Paris Jazz in Paris: Paris Jazz Piano After the Rain Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand ASIN: B00000471T Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. The Jitterbug Waltz
2. Nuages
3. Night In Tunisia
4. Blue And Sentimental
5. Stompin' At The Savoy
6. Django
7. Wild Man Blues
8. Rosetta
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
11. In A Mist

Customer Reviews:

Good jazz.......2006-03-20

This is a great CD. One major weakness in amazon,s jazz
listings is failure to give personnel on other CDs. I
got another Le Grand CD that did not list players and got
an easy listening CD that had nothing to do with jazz.

Beware

An absolutely unique experience!.......2003-05-09

My vinyl copy of Legrand Jazz bought in 1961 is a much worn and treasured audio treat. The availability of the same on CD was a great relief. In the 50 years I have been seriously listening to music I keep returning to this brilliant and unique collection. There is just nothing else like it for comparison. The tune selection covers the spectrum of jazz styles from Fats Waller to John Lewis. The muscians were all obviously selected for their individualistic solo styles and yet they blend into wonderful ensembles thanks to Legrand's quirky and surprising arrangments. The arrangements are complex but direct and the musicians' enthusiasm for the material is obvious...nobody was sleep-walking at these sessions. Some of the combinations are genius. Nuages has a trombone choir with one of Ben Webster's breathy solos. Django has Miles in front of vibes and a harp. This is serious music that shows the possibilities of jazz in the right hands.

The Test of the Best.......2000-09-22

This is my favorite jazz record from the 1950s. Legrand's orchestrations have a subtle mixture of romantic understantement and Stravinskian modernity that is absolutely fantastic; they truly add some incredible complexity to what the soloists are doing without in any way hampering them, in fact, they inspire them to new heights of expressive purity.

Legrand is famous for his 'romantic' jazz-influenced soundtracks for "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and other flicks, which can often get too schmaltzy and nauseating. On Legrand Jazz, however, he tried to make his ultimate artistic statement without any commercial compromise, and man did it work! Everything is just right and there isn't a touch of mawkishness anywhere---just sophisticated, transcendent music. All the tracks are super-sublime and fancy-fine, and the more you listen to them the better they get.

Each of these three 1958 dates featured a different band: a 10 piece, an 11, and 15. The players? Ben Webster, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Jimmy Cleveland, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Donald Byrd, Herbie Mann, Eddie Costa, Paul Chambers, just to name a few of the more famous honchos. There are plenty of solos but they weave themselves in and out of the arrangements in a way that synergizes the music and lifts it to a higher plane. Especially choice among a record full of choice solos are Ben Webster's super-creamy lines on "Blue and Sentimental," and, of course, Miles Davis' immortal poetry on "Round Midnight," "Django" and "Jitterbug Waltz."

Late 1950s LeGrand...HOT!.......2000-05-09

The "editorial review" shown above is inexplicably mismatched and half of it has nothing to do with "LeGrand Jazz"! The first "listener review" is the correct one. This classic session is from circa1958--not the generation afterward. Very swinging; inspired arranging. The finest jazz musicians on the scene (in a significant year for memorable jazz records)--you'll hear them on this session! Michel from early in his career. Short tracks are the only drawback; musically, it wails. This music was first released on vinyl LP, long before the digital era. That may explain the typically brief length of the pieces.

Late 1950s LeGrand...HOT!.......2000-05-09

The "editorial review" shown above is inexplicably mismatched and more than half of it has nothing to do with "LeGrand Jazz"! The first "listener review" is the correct one. This classic session is from circa1958--not the generation afterward. Very swinging; inspired arranging. The finest jazz musicians on the scene (in a very significant year for jazz records)--you'll hear them on this session! Michel from early in his career.

Average customer rating: Wallowing in the worst register of his voice... Good job Quasthoff! Simply wonderful! Not jazz Thomas Quasthoff shines once again, & sounds just like a Rat-Packer!

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Tracks:

1. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
2. Watch What Happens
3. Secret Love
4. You And I
5. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
7. Can't We Be Friends? - Arranged by Alan Broadbent
8. Smile (Final Theme from the Motion Picture "Modern Times") - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
9. They All Laughed
10. My Funny Valentine
11. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
12. In My Solitude

Amazon.com

Is it surprising that a master of German art song would produce a jazz album? Not if he's Thomas Quasthoff, who has sung jazz since his university days and maintains an infectious enthusiasm for it. From breezily light baritone to sexy bass (he rumbles very comfortably around low F), Quasthoff totally adapts his sound to the music's needs, confidently attacking certain notes "white" before adding vibrato. The American "r" - so difficult for foreign artists - does draw undue attention, as do certain vowel sounds, but otherwise Quasthoff's delivery of English is convincing. He sings much of the music comparatively "straight" (one frequently wishes he'd indulge in some really off-the-wall improvisation), but he definitely knows his way around this material. Highlights are a cool "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," a jaunty "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive," and especially haunting versions of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" and Duke Ellington's "In My Solitude." Very enjoyable, too, is the growling conclusion of Stevie Wonder's "You and I." Quasthoff is supported by a strong ensemble, including Germany's most gifted jazz trumpeter, Till Brönner, and the excellent pianist Alan Broadbent. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra, however, brings an unwelcome "101 Strings""flavor to six numbers. --Roger Pines

Customer Reviews:

Wallowing in the worst register of his voice..........2007-06-06

Thomas Quasthoff must have reached a certain benchmark in sales at Deutsche Grammophon to be allowed this indulgence, another unnecessary crossover CD from a media-feted classical singer.

Oy, but a great classical singer he's not. And he's even a worse jazz singer. As this collection shows, he has listened to his Ella Fitzgerald records faithfully enough to imitate her breathy, conversational delivery in the middle register, while lacking her innate sense of coloring and rubato. His is a dull, foursquare delivery, which he consciously tries to loosen by issuing a pathetic growl now and then to prove he's gettin' down. And just the SOUND of his voice, its timbre, in this conversational register is patently unpleasant. As mentioned above, his overcompensation with r's and with certain vowels makes his delivery even more studied and stilted.

However, when he soars above the staff, as he does in "You and I," his voice gains considerably in power and beauty. This happens all too infrequently, unfortunately.

The song program contains some real clunkers, such as "Secret Love," "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York," and the execrable "My Funny Valentine." Just compare Thom's "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" to Barbra's (from the "Way We Were" album) to see how straight and uninspired our German friend's rendition is. "In My Solitude" is almost unlistenable.

To this CD's credit, I must compliment the luscious, clear sound of the recording and the judiciously crafted orchestral arrangements. Ultimately, though, this is just another one of those vocal crossover albums that will end up in the cut-out bins with scores of others already gathering dust.

Good job Quasthoff!.......2007-05-30

Is your opinion that classical singers can't sing jazz?
Being a classical singer my self I know how hard it can be to sing jazz.
Quasthoff proves with this CD that he is a true musician and separates the two different ways of singing very well.

Simply wonderful!.......2007-03-20

Being a great admirer of T. Quasthoff in his classical performance and a jazz lover, I didn't hesitate to order this cd. Moreover, the jazz impro bonus on The Voice let me think that Mr Quasthoff's voice could match perfectly the jazz style. The result is beyond the expectations. Mr Quasthoff sings these jazz standards as if he had done that all his life long, and the result is astonishing. It is even further enhanced by the great recording! So, order this CD without hesitation....

Not jazz.......2007-03-11

Quasthoff has a phenomenal voice, but he should keep his day job. He is not a jazz singer. Although this may be some German idea of jazz, it isn't jazz, and the musicians do not seem to understand jazz at all. The songs are not sung or played like jazz, and many of the songs are nowhere near jazz at all. If "Secret Love" is jazz, Doris Day must be Billie Holiday in disguise. This is a novelty piece, but one listening is a gracious plenty; I stopped sooner.

Thomas Quasthoff shines once again, & sounds just like a Rat-Packer!.......2007-02-23

I have most of the superb Thomas Quasthoff's albums, and am always interested in hearing him do different music. Singing these jazz numbers, he sounds just like a member of the Rat Pack! He always sings authentically, and always with great originality. In this jazz album, Mr. Quasthoff sings with no trace of a German accent, and he captures the style and razzle-dazzle of these songs. The liner notes indicate that these songs were selected to form a song cycle of the artist's own emotional experiences.

My favorites are the Stevie Wonder song "You and I" and "They All Laughed." Other composers featured are George Gershwin, Michel Legrand, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, and others. There is a mix of the upbeat and humorous (Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Can't We Be Friends, They All Laughed), and the more reflective and serious (Smile, In My Solitude).

There is quite a bit of artistry involved in the interpretations here. For example, in Duke Ellington's "In my Solitude," there is disturbing and eerie quality, particularly in the instrumental section following the line "I know that I'll soon go mad." Special mention must be made of the outstanding instrumental contributions, the excellent Till Bronner on trumpet and Alan Broadbent on piano, as well as the back up orchestra, which is essential to the interpretations (such as in the Duke Ellington, mentioned above).

This entire album is masterfully sung by Mr. Quasthoff in his own unique style. I highly recommend this album, as I do all his other albums. I only wish that Thomas Quasthoff would begin recording albums of all his current concerts, such as Brahm's Die Schone Magelone, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Much of the public, myself included, can never get enough of this voice and more albums.

Average customer rating: Not As Expected THE GRAND MICHEL PLAYS LEGRAND Sunlight on his fingertips Not the Usual Michel Legrand Michel Legrand--A Master

Michel Plays Legrand Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand Legrand Jazz I Love Paris The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection Jazz in Paris: Paris Jazz Piano ASIN: B000001V5V Release Date: 1994-03-08

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')

Customer Reviews:

Not As Expected.......2007-03-29

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.

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

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!

Not the Usual Michel Legrand.......2003-06-02

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.

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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Average customer rating: Michel Legrand Sunlight on his fingertips all the stars you've got Maestro Legrand , at last ! For Jazz piano purest... Only!

Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Michel Plays Legrand The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection I Love Paris Legrand Jazz Summer of 42 ASIN: B00005YW0W Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

1. I Will Wait For You
2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
3. The Summer Knows
4. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
5. Watch What Happens
6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
7. His Eyes, Her Eyes
8. The Hands Of Time
9. Ordinary Man
10. Summer Me, Winter Me
11. You Must Believe In Spring
12. Once Upon A Summertime
13. L'Amour Fantome
14. Yentl Medley: Papa Can You Hear Me/The Way He Makes Me Feel/A Piece Of Sky

Amazon.com

If the American pop culture profile of French composer-jazz pianist Michel Legrand doesn't seem what it once was, don't be misled: his European indie film scores continue six decades on, now numbering nearly 200. But Legrand's most beloved work remains the lovely, evocative themes he created in the '60s and '70s, including "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair's "Windmills of Your Mind," the theme from Summer of '42, and his work on Barbra Streisand's Yentl. This collection marks Legrand's first solo piano recordings, presenting those and other film score highlights in spontaneously improvised performances that offer a glimpse of Legrand's musical soul. If, as in "Windmills," his enthusiasm gets the best of him and he occasionally lapses into flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody, there are more than enough sublime moments here to compensate, especially on lesser-known songs like Best Friends' "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending, and Brian's Song's "Hands of Time." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Michel Legrand.......2007-03-12

This is a great CD! Sound is awesome. I highly recommend it.

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!

all the stars you've got.......2005-01-29

Bill Evans once said that technique in jazz "is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through your instrument." If that's the case, Legrand possesses technique in spades.

Before commenting on this rewarding disc, a few words about Legrand himself:

Is there a better songwriter or a more versatile all-around musican alive today? I think you have to go back to people like Gershwin and Billy Strayhorn to find a rough parallel to Legrand's multifaceted, genre-crossing genius. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger (who studied with Faure and taught many important American composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass), Legrand is an heir of the great French tradition of music--but one who has chosen to express himself through popular songs, film scores, and jazz. He possesses that rare combination of an absolutely rigorous theoretical knowledge of music and an intuitive, spontaneous instinct for both melody and improvisation. He combines exquisite refinement with a popular touch, a need to communicate directly with all who love music. To me, his work represents the most perfect expression of such typically French traits as lightness, insouciance, wit, melodic charm, and direct emotional expression since Poulenc.

Here you'll find many of Legrand's signature songs--"I Will Wait for You," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "The Hands of Time," "You Must Believe in Spring," etc.--reharmonized and enriched in stunningly beautiful solo recreations. Those unfamiliar with Legrand's pianistic abilities will probably be surprised by what they hear, for he's no part-time piano tickler. He can easily hold his own in the company of the best modern jazz pianists. He has a wonderfully refined touch that is incapable of making a harsh sound and a profusive sense of fantasy that keeps you constantly guessing as to where the music will go next. Yet you always feel satisfied when you find out, because Legrand possesses a composer's comprehension of harmony and form. And his own style is in no way compromised by an occasional nod here and there toward Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Rachmaninoff, and so on. (Please: disregard the Amazon reviewer's remark about "flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody." It's called a stride chorus, and it's just one example of Legrand's surprising way of recasting these songs--and of his encyclopedic command of jazz styles.)

This disc represents the essence of Legrand. It really should have been recorded a long time ago, but the fact that it has captured his undiminished abilities as he enters his twilight years lends it an added poignance--a sense of "just in time!"--that makes it all the sweeter. If you're already a Legrand fan, it should be a self-recommending treasure, and if you're a fan of great piano playing or of sophisticated jazz treatments of great songs, odds are you'll find this a very rewarding disc indeed. For me, the highlight is this version of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" in which every note seems inevitable--not at all an easy thing to make happen in an improvisation.

Miles Davis once said of a Duke Ellington recording, "Give that one all the stars you've got." That's the way I feel about this disc, and I thought that phrase "all the stars you've got" was appropriate because it almost sounds like the title of a Legrand song.

Maestro Legrand , at last !.......2004-10-10

Legrand has recorded at last one of his more intimate renditions to himself with his most remarkable themes along his brilliant career .
From a summer of 42 , The windmills of your mind (The Thomas crown afair) , what are you doing the rest of your life or the romantic Umbrellas of Cherbourg ; all those unforgettable themes are played in this album for piano solo in the real intimacy between him and the listener .
Legrand is the golden master of soundtracks in France and one of the top in the world . He owns that inner vision to catch the spirit of every movie he accompains . He composes music as he was a real director movie . The psychological concerns , the romantic efluvies and the precise and lyrical atmosphere , with that touch of class, artistic elegance and sublime eloquency .
Think also in the important recordings with Miles Davis . That issue will give you the size of that artist and anothe point to remark . In 1954 , Legrand made a golden jewel : I lvoe Paris (See my review) that has become through the years in the most famous and the best album of instrumental music ever recorded .
What other background do you need to acquire this gem ?

For Jazz piano purest... Only!.......2002-09-07

I love the music of Michele Legrand! It is a rich mixture of
graceful tones and notes, that create memories of a certain
time and place in each of our own lives.
When accompaned with great orchestration Its wonderful. When done in a jazz piano style, its not as good. Not to take anyting away from the talents of Mr Legrand as a pianist. Its just that like hearing a lusher, grander version of his music. So if you like jazz piano music, and Michele Legrand.
Then this is the cd for you!

Average customer rating: A Classic Contemporary yet Contemplative Score The sublime Monsieur Legrand at his very best! However good the remake, the original retains it's sparkle. Older is Better

The Thomas Crown Affair: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture The Windmills of Your Mind The Thomas Crown Affair Summer of 42 Bullitt (1968 Film) ASIN: B000005Z63 Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Theme From The Thomas Crown Affair (The Windmills Of Your Mind) - Noel Harrison
2. Whose Head Are You After? - Film Dialogue
3. Room Service
4. Think You'll Get Me? - Film Dialogue
5. A Man's Castle
6. Chess - Film Dialogue
7. The Chess Game
8. Cash And Carry
9. His Eyes, Her Eyes
10. Playing The Field
11. Something Else - Film Dialogue
12. Moments Of Love
13. The Boston Wrangler
14. Doubting Thomas
15. Please Come With The Money - Film Dialogue
16. The Crowning Touch
17. Theme From The Thomas Crown Affair (The Windmills Of Your Mind)
18. His Eyes, Her Eyes

Amazon.com

One of the tricks in utilizing a contemporary form like jazz in scoring a film is to avoid the idiom's passing fads and clichés, which have severely dated many lesser projects. Paris-born composer Michel Legrand was classically trained in Europe and worked as an arranger and film scorer there, but also had the good fortune to work with jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis in America.

This background helped elevate his "symphonic jazz" score to director Norman Jewison's romantic caper The Thomas Crown Affair beyond the excesses of much late '60s "contemporary" film music--with the exception of Noel Harrison's Rod McKuenesque rendering "The Windmills of Your Mind." Harrison may have gotten the Oscar for it, but Dusty Springfield made the song a classic.

One minor fault: Ryko's generous interspersing of film dialogue between the cuts of its reissues occasionally distracts from Legrand's symphonic intent, but these cuts can easily be programmed out. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

A Classic.......2005-05-22

Putting Michel LeGrand together with phenomenal lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman creates an unfogettable soundtrack. I have been playing this soundtrack on one media form or another for years. The clever instrumentation and lush orchestrations make it all the better.
For me, this soundtrack helped make the original movie so incredibly entertaining. LeGrand helps to make Faye Dunaway even more beautiful and enhanced McQueen's unreachable detachment.
One of my all time favorite CD's
See the movie after you have listened to the music.

Contemporary yet Contemplative Score.......2002-01-27

This is a great late 1960's score from composer Michel Legrand. The main title song "The Windmills of your Mind" sung by Noel Harrison and composed by Michel Legrand and Hal David is a classic. Closing your eyes it brings many images to mind. It is a beautiful song on its own yet still reflects the inner struggle of McQueen a man who has everything yet needs danger and excitement just to survive and make some meaning out of his life. His pastime full of transgressions will ultimately remain insatiable and will never relief his boredom. Michel Legrand's music perfectly underscores the tale of this man in a rather overt style. The music which is gaudy and "in" actually demonstrates the banality of McQueen's world. A good example of this is the way Legrand scores track 7: "The Chess Game" that McQueen plays or toys with Faye Dunaway. This is another great soundtrack album CD from Ryko.

The sublime Monsieur Legrand at his very best!.......2000-08-25

It's incredible to think that a whole generation of moviegoers think that 'Windmills Of Your Mind' was written for Sting's contribution to the 1999 hit remake of 'Thomas Crown'. Some 32 years earlier the young Noel Harrison was whispering his way through this captivating melody, with lyrics from the incomparable Alan & Marilyn Bergman, as Steve McQueen slipped his way through the traps set by the elegant and sexy Faye Dunaway. Michel Legrand's remarkable score embraces his jazz upbringing, providing the perfect catalyst for an ultra cool blend of high romance and 60's 'caper' action. As love songs go, Michel Legrand's own vocal interpretation of the beautiful 'His Eyes, Her Eyes' also has to be about as good as it gets. The other jazz cues fare just as well away from the split screen frames that characterised Norman Jewison's memorable film. 'The Thomas Crown Affair'is one of the sublime M.Legrand's musical milestones, in partnership with the best of 1960's American filmmaking.

However good the remake, the original retains it's sparkle........2000-04-20

Comparing the soundtrack of the remake to this the original is like comparing the two films. They are both good for different reasons. This soundtrack stands as interesting on it's own, without the film. It has two main theme's... (the two feature songs "Windmills of your mind" and "His Eyes, Her Eyes" and these are used in the composer's exploration of the jazz idiom. While I say that it stands on it's own as interesting..... it won't appeal to everyone, but whatever you do make sure you see the film! It's one you can't miss :-)

Older is Better.......2000-04-07

To anyone who saw the recent attempt to re-write the script and music to this classic, is like trying to re-write Bach for the Moog. It will have little staying power. The LeGrand score is beyond wonderful, and the music is as steamy as the original scenes! You ain't seen or heard nothing til you've heard THIS one!

Average customer rating: A love postcard from Paris to the rest of the world! I LOVE PARIS

I Love Paris Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Wonderful Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection Legrand Jazz Michel Plays Legrand Les Parapluies De Cherbourg: Highlights (1964 Film) ASIN: B0009B0GW2 Release Date: 2005-05-23

Tracks:

1. I Love Paris
2. Mademoiselle de Paris
3. Paris
4. Feuilles Mortes
5. Under the Bridges of Paris (Sous Les Ponts de Paris)
6. Seine
7. Paris in the Spring
8. Paris Canaille
9. April in Paris
10. Paris
11. Vie en Rose
12. Under Paris Skies (Sous le Ciel de Paris)
13. Paris, Je T'Aime (Paris, Stay the Same)
14. Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)
15. Last Time I Saw Paris
16. I Love Paris (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

A love postcard from Paris to the rest of the world!.......2006-01-01

There have been successful albums of instrumental music along the times, but this work contains a basic element. It is made with the best French Romantic themes of the City Light, includes between the members a prominent musician; a trumpeter named Miles Davis and it is conducted by this hyper talented General musician: Michel Legrand, who reached with this work the apex of his lifelong career.

I think this is the best album of Instrumental music ever recorded, despite the fact, more than fifty years have elapsed.

This is my last review of this year. My best wishes, appreciated readers for you in this new year 2006 plenty of triumphs and entire satisfactions in all orders.

I LOVE PARIS.......2005-10-12

This is an excellent recording, as it was when I first purchased it as an LP around 1955. It has a fine Gallic style to the music and this re-recording is right up there with current audio quality. But it is the performance that makes it so outstanding.

Average customer rating: if you feel lonesome...

The Windmills of Your Mind Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Mastersong ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture The Thomas Crown Affair Les Parapluies De Cherbourg: Highlights (1964 Film) The Thomas Crown Affair: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection ASIN: B00004SZPM Release Date: 2000-03-29

Tracks:

1. Windmills of Your Mind
2. Theme de la Piscine
3. Theme du Concerto
4. Jazz Theme from "Play Dirty"
5. Man's Castle
6. His Eyes, Her Eyes
7. Chanson de Maxence
8. Ask Yourself Why
9. Souvenirs
10. Chanson d'Un Jour d'

Customer Reviews:

if you feel lonesome..........2000-09-18

... it's sound is for you. It's amazing. Michel Legrand will be always the best. If you like the soundtrack of the film "The Thomas Crown Affair", you should try this one. (I don't say Sting is poor, but sometimes original is better)

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