Andre Previn - Anthology: Golden Selection (Remastered) '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. Jet Song (Remastered)
02. Strike out the Band (Remastered)
03. I Cant Get Started (Remastered)
04. What Is a Man (Remastered)
05. Batter Up (Remastered)
06. Safe at Home (Remastered)
07. I Remember It Well (Remastered)
08. Then Ill Be Tired of You (Remastered)
09. Everything Ive Got (Belongs to You) (Remastered)
10. A Portrait of Bert Williams (Remastered)
11. Its Delovely (Remastered)
12. Take Him (Remastered)
13. Heat Wave (Remastered)
14. Whos on First (Remastered)
15. Autumn in New York (Remastered)
16. Prelude to a Kiss (Remastered)
17. Im Talking with My Pal (Remastered)
18. The Parisians (Remastered)
19. Falling in Love Again (Remastered)
20. A Somethings Coming (Remastered)
21. Le Sucrier Velours (Remastered)
22. Take Me out to the Ball Game (Remastered)
23. I Could Write a Book (Remastered)
24. Yes (Remastered)
25. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Remastered)
26. Satin Doll (Remastered)
27. In the Cellar Blue (Remastered)
28. Tonight (Remastered)
29. Fools Rush In (Remastered)
30. A Touch of Elegance (Remastered)
31. Like Young (Remastered)
32. Taking a Chance on Love (Remastered)
33. I Got It Bad and That Aint Good (Remastered)
34. You Do Something to Me (Remastered)
35. Cabin in the Sky (Remastered)

Disc 2

01. Love Is for the Very Young (Remastered)
02. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Remastered)
03. I Feel Pretty (Remastered)
04. You Make Me Feel so Young (Remastered)
05. Close Your Eyes (Remastered)
06. Sleepy Time Gal (Remastered)
07. It Dont Mean a Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) (Remastered)
08. Too Young to Be True (Remastered)
09. Fungo (Remastered)
10. A Toujours (Remastered)
11. Maria (Remastered)
12. That Old Feeling (Remastered)
13. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (Remastered)
14. Young and Tender (Remastered)
15. Cool (Remastered)
16. Solitude (Remastered)
17. It Had to Be You (Remastered)
18. Too Young to Go Steady (Remastered)
19. Gigi (Remastered)
20. A Year of Youth (Remastered)
21. My Melancholy Baby (Remastered)
22. That Terrific Rainbow (Remastered)
23. I Like the Likes of You (Remastered)
24. Young Mans Lament (Remastered)
25. Daydreaming (Remastered)
26. Sophisticated Lady (Remastered)
27. Its a Great Big Town (Remastered)
28. What Am I Here For (Remastered)
29. Give Me Time (Remastered)
30. April in Paris (Remastered)
31. Perdido (Remastered)
32. The Man I Love (Remastered)
33. Ill Be Seeing You (Remastered)
34. Zip (Remastered)
35. Double Play (Remastered)


 Read Full BiographyLife was difficult for the family (all their possessions
had been left behind in Europe, and Previns father was qualified only in German
law), and though barely ten years old, André supplemented the family income
by accompanying films at movie houses and playing in jazz clubs. At 14 he
started working at MGM (Charles Previn, Andrés great uncle, was head of music
at Universal Studios), orchestrating and arranging film music, and slowly saved
enough money to study composition with Castelnuovo-Tedesco. At 18, André was
asked to compose his own full-length film score, 1949s The Sun Comes Up, which
resulted in his first experience on the podium in front of a real orchestra.

GigiPrevin, who had taken U.S. citizenship in 1943, served in San Francisco
during the Korean War, where he had the opportunity to study conducting with
Pierre Monteux. Following discharge from the army, Previn left MGM, but
continued to compose, conduct, and arrange film music throughout the 50s,
winning Academy Awards for his score adaptations of Gigi (1958) and Porgy & Bess
(1959). He also recorded and released a series of best-selling jazz albums,
something he would continue to do sporadically throughout the decades.

Elmer Gantry [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]In the early 60s, Previns film
scores included such enduring works as Elmer Gantry (1960) and The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse (1962). Shortly before winning his third and fourth Academy
Awards for Irma la Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964), Previn found the
courage to abandon Hollywood and pursue his dream of becoming a respected
conductor. His professional debut occurred in 1963 with the Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra, and he spent the next several years traveling around the country
conducting various little-known orchestras in an effort to gain exposure and
develop his own skill on the podium. His first big break occurred in 1967 when
he was asked to succeed Sir John Barbirolli as music director of the Houston
Symphony. When offered the job of principal conductor for the London Symphony
Orchestra in 1968, Previn left Houston. During his 11 years with the orchestra
(1968-1979), a series of BBC television productions entitled André Previns
Music Hour made the LSO (and Previn) a household name around the world. Other
conducting appointments included the Pittsburgh Symphony (1976-1984), the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1989), and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(1985-1992).

A Streetcar Named DesirePrevin readily admitted that he was not driven to
compose, doing so mostly by request, but he nevertheless composed a generous
quantity of concert music, including a piano concerto for Vladimir Ashkenazy and
a cello sonata at the request of Yo-Yo Ma. The year 1998 saw the release of his
full-length opera A Streetcar Named Desire at the San Francisco Opera. In 2009,
Houston Grand Opera presented his Brief Encounter, based on the 1945 film of the
same name and its source material, the Noël Coward play Still Life. That
year, Previns diverse career was celebrated with a series of four concerts at
Carnegie Hall in honor of his 80th birthday. A year later, he was presented with
the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Previn passed away at the end of February
2019. ~ Marcy Donelson

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