70歳誕生日記念、華々しい音楽人生を楽しくロマンティックに祝うCD+DVDセット
"ワルツの帝王"として人気の高いアンドレ・リュウは今年10月1日で70歳。世界的な有名曲20曲を収録したCDとDVDのセットで、その華々しい音楽人生を楽しくロマンティックに祝います。
大ヒット曲の「セカンド・ワルツ」を始め、1992年バルセロナ・オリンピックの公式ソング「アミーゴス・パラ・シエンプレ」、ミュージカル『マイ・フェア・レディ』から「踊り明かそう」と「運が良けりゃ」、喜歌劇『メリー・ウィドウ』からのメドレーなど、心弾む音楽でお祝いムードが一気に高まります。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS
発売・販売元 提供資料(2019/09/11)
When he came on the scene in the 1970s in his native Netherlands, conductor/violinist Andre Rieu tried to become a modern-day Waltz King, bringing Viennese music to a modern-day crossover environment. What made his music so popular is that he built intelligently on this foundation, incorporating popular styles of various kinds into the mix in a way that seemed natural. Happy Days, which marks Rieus 70th birthday (the title simply refers in general to Rieus career), surveys a range of these styles rather than focusing on a single theme. As such, it offers a mix of something like what might be heard in a Rieu concert, and it makes as good a place as any to start with this phenomenally popular artist for those who havent encountered him before. Waltz, polka, and operetta are present, but they flow seamlessly into the likes of Happy Days Are Here Again. The mark American music has left on Rieus presentations is apparent in instrumentally conceived pieces as well as songs; Leroy Andersons Buglers Holiday allows Rieu to indulge his favorite device of turning his fine brass loose. Pieces come in various lightly sketched ethnic flavors. The album wont offer much thats new for confirmed Rieu fans, but even they may find that Rieus Johann Strauss Orchestra has been honed over the years; among light music groups by now its rivaled only by Mantovanis famous band. Whatever one thinks of Rieu, its hard to argue that hes lost even a step. ~ James Manheim
Rovi
When he came on the scene in the 1970s in his native Netherlands, conductor/violinist Andre Rieu tried to become a modern-day Waltz King, bringing Viennese music to a modern-day crossover environment. What made his music so popular is that he built intelligently on this foundation, incorporating popular styles of various kinds into the mix in a way that seemed natural. Happy Days, which marks Rieus 70th birthday (the title simply refers in general to Rieus career), surveys a range of these styles rather than focusing on a single theme. As such, it offers a mix of something like what might be heard in a Rieu concert, and it makes as good a place as any to start with this phenomenally popular artist for those who havent encountered him before. Waltz, polka, and operetta are present, but they flow seamlessly into the likes of Happy Days Are Here Again. The mark American music has left on Rieus presentations is apparent in instrumentally conceived pieces as well as songs; Leroy Andersons Buglers Holiday allows Rieu to indulge his favorite device of turning his fine brass loose. Pieces come in various lightly sketched ethnic flavors. The album wont offer much thats new for confirmed Rieu fans, but even they may find that Rieus Johann Strauss Orchestra has been honed over the years; among light music groups by now its rivaled only by Mantovanis famous band. Whatever one thinks of Rieu, its hard to argue that hes lost even a step.
Rovi