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Diversions
Composed by André Previn
Conducted by André Previn
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(3) Dickinson Songs
Composed by André Previn
with Renée Fleming, André Previn
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(The) Giraffes go to Hamburg
Composed by André Previn
with Renée Fleming, Ren e Siebert, André Previn
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Sallie Chisum remembers Billy the Kid
Composed by André Previn
with Barbara Bonney
Conducted by André Previn
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Vocalise
Composed by André Previn
with Barbara Bonney, Moray Welsh
Conducted by André Previn
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André Previn's long and distinguished career as a conductor has overshadowed his work as a composer and pianist but this disc of Diversions lifts the curtain, offering a fair sampling of Previn's output. The Diversions show his flair for colourful orchestration, in both scurrying, energetic writing and bitter-sweet lyrical material. Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid, a prostitute's account of the celebrated outlaw (with a text by The English Patient writer Michael Ondaatje) is sung beautifully by Barbara Bonney, who is joined by cellist Moray Welsh for the haunting Vocalise. Renée Fleming, star of Previn's opera A Streetcar Named Desire, takes the honours in The Giraffes Go to Hamburg. A piece on animal suffering, its quirkiness probably requires a Fleming to bring it off. She rounds off the disc with Previn at the piano for Three Dickinson Songs, notable as much as anything else for his sure feel for instrumental colour. The third song, the beautiful and atmospheric "Good Morning Midnight", makes a superb end to the programme. If it leaves you wanting more, we must hope that next time the record company manages to be a little more generous than the 56 minutes we get on this collection. --Keith Clarke
André Previn's long and distinguished career as a conductor has overshadowed his work as a composer and pianist but this disc of Diversions lifts the curtain, offering a fair sampling of Previn's output. The Diversions show his flair for colourful orchestration, in both scurrying, energetic writing and bitter-sweet lyrical material. Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid, a prostitute's account of the celebrated outlaw (with a text by The English Patient writer Michael Ondaatje) is sung beautifully by Barbara Bonney, who is joined by cellist Moray Welsh for the haunting Vocalise. Renée Fleming, star of Previn's opera A Streetcar Named Desire, takes the honours in The Giraffes Go to Hamburg. A piece on animal suffering, its quirkiness probably requires a Fleming to bring it off. She rounds off the disc with Previn at the piano for Three Dickinson Songs, notable as much as anything else for his sure feel for instrumental colour. The third song, the beautiful and atmospheric "Good Morning Midnight", makes a superb end to the programme. If it leaves you wanting more, we must hope that next time the record company manages to be a little more generous than the 56 minutes we get on this collection. --Keith Clarke
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