Michel Legrand: Live in Brussels Celebrated Film Scores, Jazz Tunes and Chansons
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Canada DVD detailsArtist: Michel LegrandBrand: Naxos OF America INC DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Unknown); German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language) Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 115 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Euroarts DVD Reviews of Michel Legrand: Live in Brussels Celebrated Film Scores, Jazz Tunes and ChansonsDVD Review: Legrand Not Quite Grand
Michel Legrand has made a name for himself,and rightly so, as a composer of movie musical scores. The music for the movies, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Yentl, and The Summer of 41, are a few of his most famous. On the first half of this dvd, he plays excerpts from these films and from others, conducting a large orchestra. My complaint is that Mr. Legrand has a tendency to overarrange the orchestration of the music. As a result, the melody line gets buried in his florid approach. I would have preferred less fuss and more recognizability. In the second half of the dvd, Mr. Legrand eschews the large orchestra, and he is joined by his small jazz combo. As well as playing some mean jazz, he sings. His voice isn't the greatest, but he knows his way around a song. Mr. Legrand speaks to his audience in French to announce the music he plays, and there are English subtitles. However, when he sings, in French, a medley of his not so famous music, with lyrics by a poet friend of his, and makes a point about the beauty of the lyrics, there are no English subtititles to substantiate his claim. That frustrated me. I would have liked to give this dvd a four or five star review, but I couldn't because of the reasons I've stated.
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