Viv McLean / Simon Lee / Royal PhO -American Dreams -ICSM Records CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. "Rhapsody in Blue (Fassung für Klavier)"

02. "Someone to watch over me (bearb. für Klavier von M. Whitney)"

03. "The man I love (bearb. für Klavier von P. Grainger)"

04. "I got rhythm"
Pr?ludes Nr. 1-3 (für Klavier)

05. "Nr. 1 Pr?lude Nr. 1"

06. "Nr. 2 Pr?lude Nr. 2"

07. "Nr. 3 Pr?lude Nr. 3"

08. "Summertime"

09. "Who cares"

10. "My one and only"

11. "I'll build a stairway to paradise"

12. "Embraceable you (bearb. für Klavier von H. Levine)"

13. "Somebody loves me"

14. "That certain feeling"

15. "Sweet and lowdown"

16. "S'wonderful"

17. "An American in Paris (bearb. für Klavier von M. Whitney) (gekürzte Fassung)"

18. "Do do do / Lady be good (bearb. für Klavier und Orchester von H. Kay)"

19. "Fascinatin' Rhythm (bearb. für Klavier und Orchester von H. Kay)"

20. "I got rhythm (bearb. für Klavier und Orchester von H. Kay)"

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Winner of the First Prize at the Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona, Viv McLean has performed in all the major venues in the UK as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. Viv's concerto work includes appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva, Orchestra of the Swan, Orchestra of St John's, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Concert Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Daniel Harding, Wayne Marshall, John Lubbock, Christopher Warren-Green, Owain Arwell Hughes, Philip Hesketh, David Charles Abell, Stephen Bell, Carl Davis, Christopher George and Marvin Hamlisch. Recent concerto highlights include Mozart K467 with the ECO at the Royal Festival Hall, Grieg with the LPO at the Barbican, Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto with the RPO in Cambridge, Gershwin, Bernstein, de Falla and Ravel with the Hallé at the Bridgewater Hall, The Sage Gateshead and other venues in the North of England, and Beethoven's 5th Concerto with the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall. Viv has recently been on tour with the London Concert Orchestra where he played Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Symphony Hall, Bridgewater Hall, St David's Hall Cardiff, Philharmonic Hall Liverpool and Leicester's de Montfort Hall. On this new release, he presents a programme of well-known George Gershwin compositions and transcriptions.

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ICSM011

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