Michel Legrand revisits some of his greatest work on this
release including The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, The Young Girls
Of Rochefort, The Summer Of 42, The Thomas Crown Affair, Yentl
and The Go-Between.
Recorded in December 2004 with the Flemish Radio Orchestra, Legrand
both conducts and plays piano and harpsichord on sumptuous new
recordings. Michel Legrand ranks amongst the greats of film composing
through a distinguished career that spans half-a-century and over
200 films. His attributes range from singer, pianist, songwriter
to conductor, actor, screenwriter and film director. He has worked
with many of the greatest artists of the 20th century including
Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Orson Welles, Barbra Streisand, Edith
Piaf, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Maurice Chevalier.
He has been the winner of three Academy Awards for music, all
of which feature on this release .The Windmills Of Your Mind won
Best Song in 1969, Summer Of 42 Best Score in 1971 and Yentl in
1983 for Best Original Song Score Legrand continues to receive
great critical acclaim, most recently, being nominated for a Broadway
Tony Award for Best Original Musical Score for the musical Amour.
1. I Will Wait For You
2. Medley
3. Summer Of 42
4. Never Say Never Again
5. How Do You Keep The Music Playing
6. Thomas Crown Affair
7. What Are You Doing
The
Rest Of Your Life
8.
Three Musketeers
9.
Wuthering Heights
10. Brian's Song
11. Dingo
12. Yentl
13.
Go Between
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