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Michel Legrand / Grand Orchestre Symphonique

Title: Musicales Comedies (2CD)

Label: Naive

Cat No:K1663
Format:CD

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• On this two CD set, Michel Legrand presents nine suites for harp and orchestra. The four on Disc 1 (recorded in 1995) are based on his own film soundtrack compositions : “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg”, “Summer of 42”, “the Go-Between” and “Yentl”.

• The second disc, recorded in 2008, features music from two of Legrand’s theatrical musical comedies : “Peu d’Ane” (Donkey Skin) and “Le Passe Muraaille”; plus suites base on Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess”; Bernstein’s “West Side Story” and Kurt Weill’s “Threepenny Opera”.

• The harp playing of Catherine Michel is brilliant and expressive, and Legrand’s arrangements are never less than fresh and exciting - and sometimes, as in the “Go-Between” suite, simply breath-taking and glorious.

• The set comes in a luxurious ‘book-bound’ digipak, with a 40-page booklet with notes in French and English and many photos. Musically, there are many treats for fans of classical, light orchestral, soundtracks and musicals.

Track Listing for Musicales Comedies (2CD)
CD1
1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2. Summer of 42
3. The Go Between
4. Yentl

CD2
1. Porgy and Bess
2. West Side Story
3. Donkey Skin
4. The Threepenny Opera
5. Le Passe Muraille

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Michel Legrand / Grand Orchestre Symphonique

Musicales Comedies (2CD)