Gimbel, Norman

Latest & Greatest TV Themes

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-03-06

Works: Douglas J. Cuomo: Sex and the City; Tommy Scott: Female of the Species; Simon Cowell: The X Factor, theme from the television series; Jonathan Cain: Don't Stop Believin', song; Matthew Gerrard: The B...
Performers: Academy Students, The; Ayres, Mark; City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The; Finnerty, Muireann; Hardcastle, Paul; Hunte, Diane; James, Bob; L'Orchestra Cinematique; Lewis, A.J.; London Music Work...
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Ensemble: London Music Works

The Music of Michel Legrand: Summer of '42; Yentl; Wuthering Heights, et al.

2 CD / Silva America / 2011-09-13

Works: Michel Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; La valse des Lilas (Once upon a summertime); The Summer of '42; Di-Gue-Ding-Ding; Brian's Song; Dingo; I Was Born in Love wi...
Performers: Laizeau, Francois; Legrand, Michel; Michel, Catherine [Harp]
Conductors: Legrand, Michel
Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow (10/26/2010-10/28/2010).

In October 2010, 78-year-old French film composer Michel Legrand traveled to Moscow to conduct his arrangements of highlig...continue...

East Travel: Antonio Carlos Jobim

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-06-14

Works: Norman Gimbel: How Insensitive; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Cancâo De Amor Demais; Wave, song; Por causa de voce; A Felicidade; Sabi; Corcovado, song; Triste; Look to the Sky; Chega de Saudade; Garota...
Performers: Gurtu, Trilok; Marzi, Mario; Sanesi, Federico; Zanchini, Simone

A fascinating voyage dedicated to A. C. Jobim, the "poet of music" who was among the first to create a universal musical language starting from...continue...
Recording information: Digitubestudio, Mantova, Italy (04/2010).

The packaging of the CD version of this little Italian release gives no information about how it came about, other than the fact...continue...

Classical Guitar, Vol. 2

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-08-31

Works: English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Scarborough Fair; Gregory Lee Oshima: Icarus, for guitar; Roger Waters: Is There Anybody Out There?; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Cantata no 14...
Performers: Oshima, Gregory Lee