Release Date: 30 March 2014
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599920344
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: A Tribute To Oscar Peterson
Description
On his 16th birthday, Andrew Litton received an LP of Oscar Peterson playing solo. Litton was 'hooked', to use his own term: 'If I've ever experienced anything close to an epiphany, this was it!'When he started to come across transcriptions of Peterson's improvisations Litton began collecting and learning them himself. He started with one of his personal favourites, Richard Rodgers' Little Girl Blue, using it as an encore when making appearances as a pianist. As he kept learning new improvisations, what Litton himself describes as 'a dream' took shape - to record his own performances of some of these transcriptions as a tribute to his hero. Litton's preparations for this very special recording have only gone to deepen his admiration for Peterson: 'He did things daily at the piano while spontaneously improvising that the rest of us spend a lifetime trying to achieve.' Litton has made many recordings with BIS (most notably as chief conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) and is a highly esteemed and sought-after musician.
Tracklisting
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
Trio Boccherini
Masato Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki; Masato Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder, Jennifer Koh & I
