Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, André Previn – Schumann, Grieg – Piano Concertos (1973-1979/2020)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:03:24 minutes | 2,55 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Decca / Esoteric – ESSD-90228
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Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1981-1985/2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:19:52 minutes | 3,21 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Decca / Esoteric – ESSD-90259
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos (1970-1971) (2023
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 02:38:15 minutes | Full Scans included | 6,36 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Decca / Esoteric – ESSD-90274/75
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:38:19 minutes | 2,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
The Rachmaninov Piano Concertos performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn are among the most iconic recordings in the Decca Classics catalogue. For the first time in over 40 years, the recordings have been remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz 24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios.
A note on the remastering: To celebrate these iconic recordings, DECCA has gone back to the original tapes and used the latest techniques and extensive comparison with the first LP pressings, to make a definitive transfer. For the first time ever, all audio processing has been achieved in the 96kHz 24-bit domain.
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Michael Feinstein & André Previn – Change Of Heart: The Songs Of André Previn (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:22 minutes | 771 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Telarc
American singer, pianist and champion of the Great American Songbook Michael Feinstein records an album from the beloved repertoire of dynamic pianist, conductor and composer Andre Previn. Some of the songs include melodies by Previn and lyrics by dynamic talents including Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Alan Jay Lerner and Johnny Mercer.
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André Previn, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell – West Side Story (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:15 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
West Side Story is a jazz album by pianist André Previn and his trio. Previn, along with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Red Mitchell, chose eight compositions from the original score of the Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story and re-arranged them in a jazz style.
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London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1974/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:40:29 minutes | 3,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
André Previn leads the London Symphony Orchestra in this beautiful legacy recording of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66. The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault’s La Belle au bois dormant. The choreographer of the original production was Marius Petipa.
The premiere performance took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890. The work has become one of the classical repertoire’s most famous ballets.
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London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 & Prometheus Overture (Remastered) (1973/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:09 minutes | 1,57 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
The Fifth Symphony was finished in 1808, although its composition had occupied Beethoven’s attention for many years before. At its first performance, at Vienna, it was numbered on the program as the Sixth ; and the Pastoral appeared as the Fifth. Both were finished in the same year, but the priority of the C minor is clearly established by Beethoven’s own numbering in the autograph. The C minor Symphony is probably the best known and most admired of the nine, perhaps because it is the most human in its qualities. Beethoven himself has left us a clue to its meaning, namely, that it pictures the struggle of the individual with Fate, the alternations of hope and despair, and the final triumph. In speaking of the first four notes of the opening movement, Beethoven said, some time after he had finished the symphony : “So pocht das Schicksal an die Pforte” (“Thus Fate knocks at the door”). In the Fifth, as in the Third Symphony, we find that concentration of the thought and labor which makes these two musical poems so all-powerful and overwhelming in their effect. It is not marked by a spontaneous flow of musical phrases lightly strung together, or by mere toying with musical forms; but each motive represents a concentrated essence of thought which, once heard, makes an indelible impression, and apparently admits of no change. We give only a few quotations, but bearing them in mind, the listener will be able to follow the development of this passionate outpouring of a passionate mind while brooding over its fate…quote from musicwithease.com
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Itzhak Perlman, André Previn – Joplin: The Easy Winners & Other Rags (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:16 minutes | 771 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics
This album of ragtimes by Scott Joplin, recorded in 1974, was Itzhak Perlman’s first foray beyond the classical repertory, at least on record. The departure proved a successful one and was to be the first of many other such adventures, which also included jazz with André Previn (volume 24) and Oscar Peterson, recordings of Yiddish folk music (volume 38) and film music. In the tradition of his great predecessors, foremost among them Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz, Perlman supplied the arrangement for violin and piano himself, remaining faithful to the composer’s style while exploiting the classical violin’s rich palette of colours. His partnership with André Previn, who accompanied him on the piano, always retained a classical perspective, while still allowing for a measure of stylistic freedom.
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Itzhak Perlman, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Goldmark: Violin Concerto No.1; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:10 minutes | 795 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Itzhak Perlman’s monumental discography is punctuated by rare works such as this concerto by Goldmark. Before Perlman, the only well-known champion of this neglected Romantic work was Nathan Milstein, whose recording with the Philharmonia under Harry Blech (Capitol, 1957), established itself as an unchallenged benchmark. Other illustrious violinists, artists such as Jascha Heifetz, Erica Morini and Zino Francescatti, though susceptible to its charms, had only recorded its superb central Andante, and with piano rather than orchestral accompaniment.
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Itzhak Perlman, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:51 minutes | 758 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Unlike some of his older colleagues, such as Isaac Stern or Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman has recorded very little music by Béla Bartók — the Violin Sonatas Nos.1 and 2, the Sonata for solo violin, the two Rhapsodies, the First Violin Concerto and the six Romanian Folk Dances are all notable by their absence from his discography, making this recording of the Second Violin Concerto all the more precious. Several of his eminent predecessors had already recorded this masterpiece, chief among them Yehudi Menuhin (in 1946 and 1953), Ivry Gitlis (1954) and Isaac Stern (1958). The young Perlman’s vision of the work, as conducted by André Previn, proved to be a landmark to match those that had gone before.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn, Lambert Orkis – Tango Song and Dance (2003)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:15 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Tango Song and Dance was composed in 1997 as a set of lighthearted virtuoso pieces for Anne-SophieMutter. At the time, the Tango revival craze had not yet been born, and so the first movement with its purposeful and exaggerated Tango clichés was still possible. The clustered harmonies are not terribly far removed from the sound the traditional accordion makes, and the whole movement should be full of self-conscious poses. Not much needs to be said about the middle movement; the title Song is self-explanatory. The violin predominates throughout, and the accompaniment is simple and direct. The Dance is a bit more complicated. Just when the rhythm threatens to relax into eight beats per bar, it trips over the last note and becomes seven. I doubt whether dancers would be happy keeping time to this, but of course for two instrumentalists it becomes a good deal easier. The ending is percussive and relentless and an unadulterated C major puts the final stamp on things. –André Previn
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Andre Previn & London Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (2011 – Remaster) (1972/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:13 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics/Erato
This stunning audiophile download celebrates one of Tchaikovsky’s most beloved works, The Nutcracker. The ballet is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish. Under the leadership of acclaimed conductor Andre Previn, the London Symphony Orchestra blends clarity with flawless technique. Upheld to the highest standards, Previn delivered a masterful interpretation of this historic work complemented by the orchestra’s relentless commitment.
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André Previn – Previn With Voices (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:19 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Victor – Legacy
1 Embraceable You 02:47
2 Street of Dreams 02:49
3 They Didn’t Believe Me 02:54
4 Yes 02:53
5 It Could Happen To You 03:59
6 Again 02:44
7 Michelle 02:27
8 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 03:18
9 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 02:45
10 It’s Good to Have You Near Again 02:48
11 The Bad and Beautiful (Love Is For The Very Young) 02:55
12 Where or When 02:55
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André Previn – Andre Previn Plays Music of the Young Hollywood Composers (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:24 minutes | 645 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Successful as pianist, composer, and especially as conductor, André Previn has frequently bridged the gap between popular and so-called “serious” music, and in doing so broadened the horizons of both. Here’s the ever versatile Previn plays the music from the famous Hollywood movies!
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