André Previn: The Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings
"He blurred the boundaries between jazz, pop and classical music -- and between composing, conducting and performing -- in an extraordinarily eclectic, award-filled career." (New York Times) Among the composers featuring prominently in the box are: France: Berlioz, Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Messiaen, Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saëns Germany & Austria: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Goldmark, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Orff, Strauss Russia: Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky Central, Eastern, Northern & Southern Europe: Bartók, Dvorák, Rodrigo, Sibelius Britain & America: Britten, Elgar, Gershwin, Joplin, Walton. Itzhak Perlman is the soloist featuring most prominently in the box - on eight of the CDs. Among the other soloists are: Instrumentalists: Michel Béroff, Kyung-Wha Chung, Jean-Philippe Collard, Nigel Kennedy, Jeanne Loriod, Radu Lupu, Simon Preston, Angel Romero, Ravi Shankar, Paul Tortelier. Singers: Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, Dame Janet Baker, Kathleen Battle, Margaret Price, Samuel Ramey, Anneliese Rothenberger. The set includes a bonus CD carrying the documentary André Previn - A Memoir. Produced and narrated by Jon Tolansky, it includes interviews with Previn himself, members of the London Symphony Orchestra and the playwright and screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard.