Plays Songs By Jerome Kern

Andre Previn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z7Y
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,800 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Long Ago (And Far Away)

2. Sure Thing

3. A Fine Romance

4. They Didn't Believe Me

5. All the Things You Are

6. Whip-Poor-Will

7. Ol' Man River

8. Why Do I Love You?

9. Go Little Boat

10. Put Me to the Test

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT ALBUM, August 23, 2008

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HH (Sherman Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plays Songs By Jerome Kern (Audio CD)

Whoever the moron who wrote the OTHER review should be forced to listen to John Tesh records. BUY THIS CD

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gould-ish!, April 6, 2010

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E. Macomber "gmonet" (New Bern, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plays Songs By Jerome Kern (Audio CD)

I think for many, Andre Previn playing the music of someone like Kern might realize that, like the genius of Glen Gould playing the complete Partitas of Bach, this disc can make some a bit testy. Especially for those who want melody, but with "body." No strings, string choir or trio here. This is not what Previn was about in these brave ventures. In a time period where Percy Faith, Ferrante & Teicher & Hollyridge Strings were the MOR icons, this strips the song to its elements and exposes the beauty of what most call melody.
These are superb "excercise" interpretations of some wonderful songs and showing what you can do with 88 keys and no chance to hide behind an arranger's gimmicks. It is both exciting and soothing. Previn is the best at bringing the jazz out in almost any "standard" and not putting it into the realm of Monk."Whip-Poor-Will" is my favorite, but you cannot pass go without a listen to "Long Ago and Far Away." This is worth a place in any collection of good music. Also likely to become a collectible as well since purity like this is loosing its audience..that is sad.

3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too "jazzed-up", June 18, 2008

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Carol F. Goodson (Carrollton GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plays Songs By Jerome Kern (Audio CD)

I wanted a fairly straight rendition of Jerome Kern's beautiful songs, but this is not it.