Unreleased opening title from Ready to Wear / The Legend of Simon Conjurer / Sean and Audrey / The Adventures of Don Quixote (suite in four movements) / Ice Station Zebra Suite

The end of 2011 will see the Hamburg Opera's premiere of Liliom, the first ballet-music from the pen of the great Michel Legrand, and only a few weeks away from the celebrations surrounding his eightieth birthday. Hence the idea for this album, Cinema Suites: to put together on one CD several (very) original soundtracks born from images and composed in a form close to concert-music. No rhythm-section, and no soloists, either from jazz or pop music, just the orchestra playing works that are often little-known, if not previously unavailable anywhere: a non-used main title for Robert Altman's Ready to Wear; a sublime suite for orchestra and the harp of Catherine Michel, The Legend of Simon Conjurer, written at the invitation of actor Jon Voight; a shattering symphonic suite in four movements destined for The Adventures of Don Quixote, with Ivry Gitlis' violin giving Cervantes' hero the heart and soul of a Slav… Sparkling with brilliant pieces that demonstrate the orchestral virtuosity of the composer and his infinite sense of lyricism, this Cinema Suites album states the obvious: already famous for pulverising frontiers, Michel Legrand is also a great symphonist.

1. Moscow - Paris (03:16)
Pret à porter
2. The legend of Simon Conjurer (15:47)
3. Sean and Audrey (11:00)
Robin and Marian
4. Hovland concertino (03:21)
Sins
5. Don Quixote (03:33)
Don Quixote
6. The windmills (03:39)
Don Quixote
7. Sancho Panza (03:29)
Don Quixote
8. The farewell (03:36)
Don Quixote
9. Ice station Zebra (14:58)
Total Duration: 01:02:39