Legrand, Michel

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

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...

Musicales Comédies

2 CD / Naïve / 2010-01-26

Works: Michel Legrand: Les parapluies de Cherbourg; The Summer of '42, film score; The Go-Between, film score; Yentl, suite for harp & orchestra; Peau d'Ane, film score; Le Passe-muraille, musical play; Geo...
Performers: Legrand, Michel; Michel, Catherine [Harp]
Conductors: Legrand, Michel

Piano Dreams

5 CD / Teldec / 2008-11-18

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Noct...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Doyen, Jean; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Engel, Karl; Grutzmann, Susanne; Haas, Monique; Katsaris, Cyprien; Legra...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek; Hager, Leopold; Rolla, János [Violin]; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Conlon, James; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

American Piano Music / Michel Legrand

1 CD / Apex / 2006-03-21

Works: Conlon Nancarrow: Prelude for Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Amy Beach: Improvisations (5) for piano, Op. 148; Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag; The Entertainer; Aaron Copland: Piano Blu...
Performers: Legrand, Michel

Simply Christmas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-11

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Angels We Have Heard on High; Il est né, le ...
Performers: Barber, Terrance; Chavez, Mike; Clark, Mark; Finch, Catrin; Gagan, Jon; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; LaGoya, Alexandre; Legrand, Michel; Liebert, Ottmar; Lyons, Gary [Engineer/Producer]...
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut

Personnel: Terrance L. Barber Jr. (countertenor); Alexandre Lagoya, Ottmar Liebert (guitar); Gary Lyons (slide guitar); Catrin Finch, Ayako Shinozaki (harp); Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute); Mike Middleto...continue...

Satie: Piano Works / Michel Legrand

1 CD / Apex / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano; Sports et divertissements (Sports and diversions), pieces (21) for piano; Préludes...
Performers: Legrand, Michel

Simply the Best - Classical Passion - Music for Lovers

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Sergey Rachmanino...
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodina, Olga; Brodsky Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; Cura, Jose; Katsaris, Cyprien; Klocker, Dieter; Legrand, Michel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; London Symphony Or...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek; Wolff, Hugh; Shostakovich, Maxim; Domingo, Placido; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Davis, Colin; Davis, Andrew; Foster, Lawrence; Lenárd, Ondrej; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Zehetm...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen; London Symphony Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orches...

Personnel: José Cura (tenor); Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Dieter Klöcker (clarinet); Güher Pekinel , Süher Pekinel , Michel Legrand, Cyprien Katsaris, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai ...continue...

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...