Word: previn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Music from Camelot (Andre Previn; Columbia). Backed by bass and drums, Pianist-Composer-Arranger Previn works his own Merlinesque magic on the world of Lerner and Loewe. As always happens when Previn sets his hand to it, the score emerges sounding as if it were written from the beginning to the measure of Previn's nervously elegant style. For those who prefer their scores straight, the Camelot Original Cast Album (Columbia) presents Julie Andrews, Richard Burton and a standard pit orchestra in the show's highly engaging tunes; one in particular, Follow Me, is heard here far more...
Like Love (Andre Previn and Orchestra; Columbia). Composer - Arranger-Pianist Previn offers some familiar thoughts (Love Is Here to Stay, I Wish I Were in Love Again) wrapped in a cobwebby basket of strings. The best thing about the record is Previn's own piano playing, which comes across dry, witty, and with a feeling for mood and invention that never falters...