Richard Clayderman plays ABBA the Hits
What do ABBA have in common with George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paul Mc. Cartney and Elton John ? The obvious answer of course is their gift of natural and melodic composition. I say "gift" because not all composers have this natural talent; Mozart for example stood out from his contemporaries and indeed was praised by Haydn for possessing such a quality. Since their Eurovision debut in 1974 - one year actually having earned more revenue for their country than Volvo- ABBA have remained as popular today as any time in their career as is evident by their current UK album chart reissues My selection of ABBA songs has been determined by how well they transcribe for - the piano,. I have also taken some creative licence by arranging S.0.S. in the style reminiscent of a Count Basie arrangement. I trust that you will enjoy hearing this album as much as I did recording it.
Richard Clayderman, Paris - Summer of 1993.