Andr Previn - Andr Previn: The Complete HMV - CD

Boxset


Tracklist

Among the composers featuring prominently in the box are:

France: Berlioz, Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Messiaen, Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saëns

Germany & Austria: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Goldmark, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Orff, Strauss

Russia: Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky

Central, Eastern, Northern & Southern Europe: Bartók, Dvorák, Rodrigo, Sibelius

Britain & America: Britten, Elgar, Gershwin, Joplin, Walton.

Itzhak Perlman is the soloist featuring most prominently in the box - on eight of the CDs. Among the other soloists are:

Instrumentalists: Michel Béroff, Kyung-Wha Chung, Jean-Philippe Collard, Nigel Kennedy, Jeanne Loriod, Radu Lupu, Simon Preston, Angel Romero, Ravi Shankar, Paul Tortelier. Singers: Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, Dame Janet Baker, Kathleen Battle, Margaret Price, Samuel Ramey, Anneliese Rothenberger.

The set includes a bonus CD carrying the documentary André Previn - A Memoir. Produced and narrated by Jon Tolansky, it includes interviews with Previn himself,

members of the London Symphony Orchestra and the playwright and screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard.