Hi-Q LP-011: ANDRE PREVIN's & LSO - Music Night - Various - TAS UK 2011 SEALED
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Background -
Known as a successful classical conductor, jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, classical, and film music, André Previn has frequently bridged the gap between popular and so-called "serious" music, and in doing so broadened the horizons of both. A German-American who fled Nazi Germany with his family in his youth, he went on to win four Academy Awards, all for his work on film musicals in late '50s and '60s, including his adaptation of My Fair Lady (1964). By the '70s, he had established himself as one of the world's leading classical conductors, with terms at the London Symphony Orchestra (1968-1979), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1976-1984), and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1992). He also served as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1985 to 1989. During his tenure at the LSO, the BBC series André Previn's Music Hour made him household name. All the while, his career-spanning jazz recordings included collaborations with artists such as Benny Carter, Herb Ellis, and Shelly Manne, as well as classical artists including Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, and Kiri Te Kanawa. Winner of ten Grammy Awards, Previn was the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.A native of Berlin, Previn's father was an accomplished pianist (though a lawyer by profession) and determined that his son would follow in his musical footsteps. The talented young André received instruction on the piano at the Berlin Hochschule, and also absorbed music in a less formal environment during the many private recitals given in the Previn home. In 1938, the Jewish family fled to France where André continued as a scholarship student at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1939, the Previn family relocated to southern California.
Life was difficult for the family (all their possessions had been left behind in Europe, and Previn's father was qualified only in German law), and though barely ten years old, André supplemented the family income by accompanying films at movie houses and playing in jazz clubs. At 14 he started working at MGM (Charles Previn, André's great uncle, was head of music at Universal Studios), orchestrating and arranging film music, and slowly saved enough money to study composition with Castelnuovo-Tedesco. At 18, André was asked to compose his own full-length film score, 1949's The Sun Comes Up, which resulted in his first experience on the podium in front of a real orchestra.
Previn, who had taken U.S. citizenship in 1943, served in San Francisco during the Korean War, where he had the opportunity to study conducting with Pierre Monteux. Following discharge from the army, Previn left MGM, but continued to compose, conduct, and arrange film music throughout the '50s, winning Academy Awards for his score adaptations of Gigi (1958) and Porgy & Bess (1959). He also recorded and released a series of best-selling jazz albums, something he would continue to do sporadically throughout the decades.
In the early '60s, Previn's film scores included such enduring works as Elmer Gantry (1960) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). Shortly before winning his third and fourth Academy Awards for Irma la Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964), Previn found the courage to abandon Hollywood and pursue his dream of becoming a respected conductor. His professional debut occurred in 1963 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and he spent the next several years traveling around the country conducting various little-known orchestras in an effort to gain exposure and develop his own skill on the podium. His first big break occurred in 1967 when he was asked to succeed Sir John Barbirolli as music director of the Houston Symphony. When offered the job of principal conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra in 1968, Previn left Houston. During his 11 years with the orchestra (1968-1979), a series of BBC television productions entitled André Previn's Music Hour made the LSO (and Previn) a household name around the world. Other conducting appointments included the Pittsburgh Symphony (1976-1984), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1989), and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1992).
Previn readily admits that he is not driven to compose, doing so mostly by request, but he nevertheless composed a generous quantity of concert music, including a piano concerto for Vladimir Ashkenazy and a cello sonata at the request of Yo-Yo Ma. The year 1998 saw the release of his full-length opera A Streetcar Named Desire at the San Francisco Opera. In 2009, Houston Grand Opera presented his Brief Encounter, based on the 1945 film of the same name and its source material, the Noël Coward play Still Life. That year, Previn's diverse career was celebrated with a series of four concerts at Carnegie Hall in honor of his 80th birthday. A year later, he was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. - Marcy Donelson
Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! - Reissue of ASD 3131
180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios!
When legendary record producer John Culshaw left Decca in 1967 to become Head of Music at BBC Television, he inaugurated and supervised several series of Andre Previn's Music Night, in which Previn would talk informally direct to camera and then turn and conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, whose members were dressed not in evening clothes but in casual sweaters or shirts. The programme attracted unprecedented viewing figures for classical music in the early and mid 1970s in the U.K.
Taking advantage of the television programme's success, EMI recorded Previn and the LSO at the Kingsway Hall, London on 15 December 1974 and 19 & 20 May 1975 in a programme of popular music typical of the series. These recordings were produced and engineered by Christopher Bishop and Christopher Parker respectively.
"Plainly with a big potential market to be won, EMI has encouraged the idea of making the sound larger than life, but it is still beautifully textured—an excellent demonstration record whether in the skittering horn calls at the start of Previn's signature tune, the percussion in the Walton march, the harps in La Valse (a little closer than real but the playing certainly deserves it) or the flutes on their repeated notes at the start of L'Apprenti Sorcier." - Edward Greenfield, Gramophone, September 1975
Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional ‘advance’ playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process.
Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England.
Plainly with a big potential market to be won, EMI has encouraged the idea of ??making the sound larger than life, but it is still beautifully textured - an excellent demonstration record whether in the skittering horn calls at the start of Previn's signature tune, the percussion in the Walton march, the harps in La Valse (a little closer than real but the playing certainly deserves it) or the flutes on their repeated notes at the start of L'Apprenti Sorcier - Edward Greenfield, GRAMOPHONE, September 1975
Recently a new re-issue company has come onto the scene. HI-Q Records of London England who is re-issuing EMI titles at a rate of about one LP a month or more. I am happy to report that HI-Q is pressing quiet and flat LP’s and that their sonics are excellent. HI-Q are using the original master tapes and using EMI’s pressing facilities in the UK at Abbey Road.
I am also happy to report that I got a copy of Andre Previn's “Music Night”. Originally released as EMI ASD 3131 (HI-QLP011) this is a collection of short excerpt pieces selected by Previn for his BBC television program. Recorded in London’s Kingsway Hall noted for its outstanding acoustics.
This record in its original version has been a long standing mainstay of the TAS Super Disk list for its demonstration quality sound. Going all the way back to 1976 this LP has been noted for the bass drum strike on Ravel’s “La Valse” on side two. This should and can be used as a test of your audio systems bass response. This sonic spectaculars sound is almost a concerto for orchestra and bass drum.
And that is just one stand out track of this re-issue LP. It must be said that all that Previn touched musically seemed to turn to gold. As there were so many outstanding performances and recordings that he recorded for EMI when it was his home there. I like Dukas music about an enchanted broomstick, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on side one.
So now what are you waiting for. Pick these LP’s up and enjoy them and start making up your lists of EMI titles that you want HI-Q to re-issue. I know at the top of many people’s list will be Muti’s recording of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”. I know I would like to hear the comparison of that to the Mobile Fidelity re-issue from the 1980's.
And myself I am hoping that HI-Q will issue Previn’s interpretation of Britten’s “The Young Persons Guide” with narration and the very rare and expensive, Muti’s version of Prokofiev’s “Ivan the Terrible” and the always in demand Antill "Corroborree". My list is growing longer.
Four out of four! - triodeotl
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Hi-Q Records "Supercuts" LP item - FACTORY SEALED
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Records Made in the UK / England / Great Britain
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Pressing is in STEREO - recordings are from 1974-75 - originally issued on the EMI label
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Limited Edition
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Record Speed: 33 rpm
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Record Made issued in: 2011
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Record Catalog Number: HIQLP011
Featured on this item:
Andre Previn / various
Title / Music on this Audiophile LP -
Andre Previn's Music Night
Track Listings -
Andre Previn (b.1929)1. Signature Tune Sir William Turner Walton (1902-1983) 2. March: Orb and Sceptre Paul Dukas (1865-1935) 3. Scherzo: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)/Remo Giazotto (1910-1998) 4. Adagio in G minor
Side Two: Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) 1. Overture: Hansel and Gretel Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 2. Choreographic Poem: La Valse Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) 3. Slavonic Dance No.9, Op.72, No.1
Performed By / Credits on this LP include -
The London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Other Information -
• Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl
• Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes
• Superior Audiophile Pressing
• Features original album artwork
• Made in England EMI recorded Previn and the LSO at the Kingsway Hall, London on 15 December 1974 and 19 & 20 May 1975
CONDITION Details:
LP Jacket:-
The jacket is in MINT condition - no seam splits or corner dings - FACTORY SEALED!
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The jacket has NO splits of any kind - it is completely solid and intact, and shows only some very minimal shelf wear.
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It has NO drill holes or saw marks of any kind.
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There is NO writing on the front or back of the jacket.
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The cover has clean and sharp colors - see picture with this listing for more detail.
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The LP is assumed to be in MINT condition - FACTORY SEALED!
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This is the mint copy you want for your collection - any super picky audiophile would be happy with this one!
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As for any record, even brand new, sealed ones, we always recommend a proper record cleaning before playing!
A Short Note About LP GRADING -
- Mint = Only used for sealed items.
- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
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