ERIC SATIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Les Inspirations insolites Eric Satie Aldo Ciccolini, Michel Legrand, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Mady Mesple, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1990 ] The music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) remains as provocative, delightful - and surprising - as ever. These 2 CDs, featuring artists with impeccable credentials in French repertoire, draw together more unusual and rarely recorded repertoire. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lesley Garrett - Travelling LIght Lesley Garrett (soprano) with Bryn Terfel, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Ball & Michel Legrand [ EMI / BBC / CD - released 17/Mar/2001 ] Travelling Light is a 2001 by British soprano singer Lesley Garrett. It reached 75 on the UK general album chart. In the US it was released in February 2002. |
MICHEL LEGRAND / JACQUES DEMY
Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) BLU-RAY Châtelet Theatre, Paris / Marie Oppert, Natalie Dessay, Vincent Niclo, Laurent Naouri / Michel Legrand (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2015 ] Recorded live at Paris' Châtelet Theatre in Autumn 2014, this is a magical stage adaptation of Jacques Demy's iconic 1964 film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg). Michel Legrand conducts a 75-piece symphony orchestra in his own... |
NANCARROW / GERSHWIN / BEACH / JOPLIN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Four Piano Blues - American Piano Music Michel Legrand (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 24/Feb/1994 ] Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a... |
Michel Legrand
The Music of Michael Legrand [ Silva Screen / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] Michel Legrand revisits some of his greatest work including The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, The Young Girls Of Rochefort, The Summer Of 42, The Thomas Crown Affair and Yentl. |
Soundtrack (Michel Legrand)
The Thomas Crown Affair (Deluxe Edition) [ RYKO / MGM / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] One of the most sophisticated pop-jazz soundtracks of the 1960s -- a decade filled with entries in that genre -- The Thomas Crown Affair was pretty much driven, for sales purposes, by its seductive opening track, Noel Harrison's rendition of "The... |
ERIC SATIE
Tout Satie! (10 CD Complete Edition) Aldo Ciccolini, Michel Legrand, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Mady Mesple, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc [ Erato / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] A collection of unrivalled completeness, Tout Satie proves that the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) remains as provocative, delightful - and surprising - as ever. These 10 CDs, featuring artists with impeccable credentials in French repertoire, draw... |
Laura Fygi & Michel Legrand
Watch What Happens When Laura Fygi Meets Michel Legrand [ Mercury Records / CD ] European Import. A very nice "mood" disc. |
MICHEL LEGRAND
Entre elle et lui: Natalie Dessay Sings Michel Legrand Natalie Dessay (soprano), Michel Legrand (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Treat yourself or a needy Francophile to this delicious if unlikely combination...She is breathy, sexy, passionate and wonderfully virtuosic in the tongue-twisting Chanson de Delphine...And Windmills of Your Mind sounds so much better in French |
BACH / HANDEL / DELIBES / MONTEVERDI / VERDI / MOZART / etc
Natalie Dessay: De l'Opéra à la chanson Natalie Dessay (soprano) / with Michel Legrand, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Veronique Gens, Quatuor Ebene, Emmanuelle Haim, William Christie, et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2017 ] This new collection showcasing 20 years of recordings from this most versatile of artists including classical, opera and songs from musicals - includes previously unreleased track "Bebe". |
MICHEL LEGRAND
The Essential Michel Legrand: includes The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, The Summer Of 42 & The Thomas Crown Affair Flemish Radio Orchestra / Michel Legrand (piano & conductor) [ Silva Screen / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] 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. |
MICHEL LEGRAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magic - Kiri sings Michel Legrand Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand [ Teldec / CD - released 17/Aug/1992 ] "The result is a wonderful kaleidoscope of vocal sounds which could never be applied to classical music but which could only have come from a classically trained singer." MusicWeb |
Michel Legrand
Legrand Jazz + Ascenseur Pour L' Echafaud [ CD - released 3/Feb/2009 ] |
Michel Legrand
Richard Rodgers/Broadway [ Vocalion / CD - released 21/Jul/2011 ] |
MICHEL LEGRAND
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Woman) Natalie Dessay (soprano), London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Dec/2017 ] Sony Classical presents Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, a truly unique album from the stunning Natalie Dessay alongside Michel Legrand and the London Studio Orchestra. Composed by multi-award-winning artist Michel Legrand and written by American... |
PETERSON OSCAR & MICHEL LEGRAND
TRAIL OF DREAMS [ CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] |
VIVALDI / MENDELSSOHN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / GLAZUNOV / SATIE / BERLIOZ / etc
40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics Various Artists including Kurt Masur, Michel Legrand, John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, Keller Quartet, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Summer masterpieces from Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Berlioz, Mozart, Glazunov and Delius over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
Various Artists / Arranged and Conducted by Michel Legrand
Noel! Noel!! Noel!!! [ Universal Music / CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Featuring contributions from Mika, Madeleine Peyroux, Carla Bruni, Iggy Pop, Jamie Cullum, Renan Luce, Rufus Wainwright and more. |