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~ Michael Werba (Bassoon), Franz Bartolomey (Cello), Moray Welsh (Cello), Peter Schmidl (Clarinet), Andre Previn (Composer), et al.
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  • Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: André Previn
  • Composer: Andre Previn
  • Audio CD (2 Jul 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN: B00005AX5W
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 236,719 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Diversions (1999) - 1. PrologueWiener Philharmoniker 4:31£0.79
Listen  2. Diversions (1999) - 2. Passacaglia. SlowWiener Philharmoniker 6:21£0.79
Listen  3. Diversions (1999) - 3. FastWiener Philharmoniker 5:25£0.79
Listen  4. Diversions (1999) - 4. SlowlyWiener Philharmoniker 8:12Album Only
Listen  5. Sallie Chisum remembers Billy The KidBarbara Bonney 9:21Album Only
Listen  6. VocaliseBarbara Bonney 4:49£0.79
Listen  7. The Giraffes go to HamburgRenée Fleming11:04Album Only
Listen  8. Three Dickinson Songs - 1. As Imperceptibly as GriefRenée Fleming 3:02£0.79
Listen  9. Three Dickinson Songs - 2. Will There Really Be a MorningRenée Fleming 1:24£0.79
Listen10. Three Dickinson Songs - 3. Good Morning MidnightRenée Fleming 2:27£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Diversions
    Composed by André Previn
    Conducted by André Previn

  2. (3) Dickinson Songs
    Composed by André Previn
    with Renée Fleming, André Previn

  3. (The) Giraffes go to Hamburg
    Composed by André Previn
    with Renée Fleming, Ren e Siebert, André Previn

  4. Sallie Chisum remembers Billy the Kid
    Composed by André Previn
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by André Previn

  5. Vocalise
    Composed by André Previn
    with Barbara Bonney, Moray Welsh
    Conducted by André Previn

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

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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5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Musicianship, from the finest of Musicians, 5 Jul 2001
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Much has been said and written about the Versatility of Musician Andre Previn. Usually such comments focus on his cross-genre performance abilities. Something which is often overlooked, and which I believe this new recording demonstrates, is his Multiple Talents in the single field of Contemporary 'classical' or 'serious' Music. This Remarkable recording demonstrates Previns Phenomenal Talents as Songwriter, 'the giraffes go to Hamburg' is Easily the finest piece of Song writing of the last decade (surpassing even Previn's own song cycles for Sylvia McNair & Kathleen Battle). And also as a symphonic Composer. Diversions, which is reminiscent in places of Previn's Opera 'A Streetcar Named Desire', not to mention Rachmaninov, Vaughn Williams, Walton and even Shostakovich, is In my humble opinion, a Masterpiece, and deserves to be heard often. To further prove his Understanding Of the symphony Orchestra He arranges two songs, Previously for voice and Piano, for that most demanding of ensembles, 'Sally Chisum Remebers Billy The Kid' & 'Vocalise'. Of Course, Previn, The finest symphonic conductor of the last Century, takes up the baton, for these premiere recordings himself. Previn is A fine Pianist, as anyone who's heard him play Poulnec Beethoven, or Mozart can attest. And indeed his playing on this recording is testament to this fact. It is, nonetheless, regrettable that He chooses not to include any of his solo piano music on this recording. I do not believe there is any other musician alive who can do what Andre Previn can - And this Record proves it.
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