Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand (1932–2019) was a French composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist and singer, known for more than two hundred film and television scores and many songs that entered the standard repertoire.
His work for cinema brought three Academy Awards, among them the song The Windmills of Your Mind. On Move he appears as composer: Pot-Pourri include Papa, Can You Hear Me? from Yentl on Rhythm of Life (MCD 058), and Tony Gould with Emma Gilmartin record Once Upon a Summertime and You Must Believe in Spring on Home (MD 3343).
Compositions by Michel Legrand appear on
Seasons of Love
A jazz trio, string orchestra and guest soloists join vocalists Gian Slater and Eddie Perfect. Graeme Lyall’s rich arrangements refresh Great American Songbook standards and other stage and screen favourites.
Home
Pianist Tony Gould and singer Emma Gilmartin offer intimate voice-and-piano readings of cherished songs, including three Gould originals, centred on home, family and childhood memory.
Rhythm of Life
A delicious blend of highlights from Broadway shows, popular music theatre, traditional songs and operatic hits, sung with style by Melbourne vocal ensemble Pot-Pourri.