Mehldau, Brad

Patrick Zimmerli: Modern Music / Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-09-20

Works: Patrick Zimmerli: Crazy Quilt, for 2 pianos; Generatrix, for 2 pianos; Celtic Folk Melody, for 2 pianos; Modern Music, for 2 pianos; Brad Mehldau: Unrequited, for piano; Steve Reich: Music for 18 Mus...
Performers: Hays, Kevin; Mehldau, Brad

Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA (10/13/1010-10/14/2010).

Modern Music, the collaborative recording between longtime colleagues and jazz pianists Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays...continue...

Fiction

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Nicholas Roubanis: Misirlou, song (for the film Pulp Fiction); Doris Fisher: Amado mio, song (for the film Gilda); Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy; John Lennon: Come Together; Brad Mehldau: Unrequited, for pi...
Performers: Ardant, Fanny; Casal, Luz; Dessay, Natalie; Hery, Richard; Herzog, Mathieu; Kent, Stacey; Merlin, Raphael; Quatuor Ebene

"In everything we have been willing to do musically - during all that time spent practicing Haydn, Beethoven or Bartók - there has always been...continue...
Personnel: Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure (violin); Mathieu Herzog (viola); Raphaël Merlin (cello); Richard Héry (drums).

Recording information: Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingl...continue...

Love Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter

2 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Brad Mehldau: Love Songs, for mezzo-soprano & piano; Léo Ferré: Avec le Temps, song; Monique Andrée Serf: Pierre, song for voice & piano; Dis! quand reviendras-tu?; Joni Mitchell: Marc...
Performers: Mehldau, Brad; von Otter, Anne Sofie

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[Mehldau's] songs are a good fit for von Otter and they tap into all the qualities which make her such a class act as...continue...
Recording information: Berwald Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (06/2010)....continue...

Art Of Love: Music of Machaut

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-02

Works: Robert Sadin: Love without End, song; Douce dame, song; Natalie's Song; Python, song; Amour me fair désirer, song; Tu, meu sonho vivo, song; Comment, for ensemble; Dame, si vous m'êtes loin...
Performers: Baptista, Cyro; Blake, Seamus; Burr, Anthony; Curtis, Charles; Ellis, John; Feldman, Mark [Violin]; Hakmoun, Hassan [Performer/Musician]; Haynes, Graham; Loueke, Lionel; Lubambo, Romero; Mehldau, Bra...

These songs of the 14th century are drenched in the sounds of Brazil, Africa and jazz. This extraordinary array of contemporary artists reinterprets and reinvents...continue...
Robert Sadin has had an eclectic career as a conductor in both the classical and jazz worlds; a member of the faculty at Princeton; and an arranger, instrumentalist, and Grammy Award-winning producer....continue...

Love Sublime

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2006-06-27

Works: Brad Mehldau: The Book of Hours; The Blue Estuaries, for voice & piano; Love Sublime, song (after tune Paris)
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Mehldau, Brad

This collaboration between jazz pianist and concert soprano was originally sparked by the New York City-based soprano Rene Fleming, an admirer of Brad Mehldau. "Love...continue...
Personnel: Brad Mehldau (piano); Brad Mehldau; Renée Fleming (vocals, soprano).

Recording information: SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY.

If you think jazz is becom...continue...