Andre Previn

A spectacular set of songs by distinguished and versatile composer Andre Previn. These four songs for Tenor and Piano are based on texts by Philip Larkin and William Carlos Williams. The feeling and depth of emotion captured bythese authors is only emphasised and exaggerated by Previn’s masterful composition at times flowing and airy then sad and reflective. The work was written for and premiered by Anthony Dean Griffey at Zankel Hall in NewYork City on October 23 2004 with the composer at the Piano.

'Tango Song And Dance' was composed in 1997 as a set of lighthearted virtuoso pieces for Anne-Sophie Mutter. The Premiere took place August 2001. Score and part included.

Conductor composer and pianist André Previn continues to redefine the possibilities in his extraordinary career already one of the most distinguished musicians of our time. This wonderful opera in three acts is based onthe famous play by Tennessee Williams and with the libretto by Philip Littell Previn has beautifully created music which truly evokes a sense of place and setting and reflects the fragility violence and passions of thecharacters. Available here is the piano/vocal score of Previn?s marvelous work which was commissioned by San Francisco Opera and premiered on 19th September 1998.

In C Minor-The composer conductor and pianist André Previn (b. 1929) is originally of Russian Jewish origin. He left his native Germany in 1938 to live in Paris and subsequently settled in Los Angeles in 1940. His early careerof orchestrating film scores at MGM led quickly to conducting engagements of symphonic repertoire and onto an international career as Music Director of orchestras such as London Los Angeles Oslo and Pittsburgh. In the 1980s heconcentrated increasingly on compositions for the concert hall and opera. His own richly lyrical style underscores his love of the late Romantic and early 20th-century masterpieces of which his interpretations as conductor areinternationally renowned.

from the opera A Streetcar Named Desire based on the play by Tennessee Williams-From the wonderful new American opera A Streetcar Named Desire (based on the unforgettable Tennessee Williams play). Most notably recorded by Ren?e Fleming. For soprano voice and piano.