AMERICA! vol.2. Gershwin, from Broadway to the Concert Hall - CD

CD: 1

George Gershwin

PIANO SOLO, Song-Book (18 hit songs arranged by the composer)

 

1. The Man I Love. Slow and in singing style

02:25

 

2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise. Vigorously

00:44

 

3. s Wonderful. Liltingly

01:00

 

4. I Got Rhythm. Very marked

01:05

 

5. Do It Again. Plaintively

01:38

 

6. Clap Yo'Hands. Spirited (but sustained)

00:56

 

7. Oh, Lady Be Good. Rather slow (with humour)

01:04

 

8. Fascinating Rhythm. With agitation

00:51

 

9. Somebody Loves Me. In a moderate tempo

01:17

 

10. My One and Only. Lively (in strong rhythm)

00:51

 

11. That Certain Feeling. Ardently

01:36

 

12. Swanee. Spirited

00:38

 

13. Sweet and Low Down. Slow (in a jazzy manner)

01:05

 

14. Nobody But You. Capriciously

00:53

 

15. Strike Up the Band. In spirited march tempo

00:56

 

16. Who Cares? Rather slow

01:30

 

17. Do Do Do. In a swinging manner

00:59

 

18. Liza. Languidly

02:50

 

19. Jasbo Brown's Blues (from Porgy and Bess). Allegro moderato

02:34

 

20. An American in Paris (1928). Transcription for solo piano by William Daly

17:21

 

21. Promenade. Allegretto moderato

03:24

 

22. I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy, 1930) - Arr. James Cohn

02:24

Earl Wild

 

23. Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (1976)

27:58

CD: 2

George Gershwin

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC"I Got Rhythm" Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1934)Original orchestration by George Gershwin

 

1. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC"I Got Rhythm" Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1934) Original orchestration by George Gershwin

08:29

SummertimeGeorge Gershwin, DuBose Heyward. From Porgy and Bess, 1935

 

2. Summertime George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward. From Porgy and Bess, 1935

04:05

Rhapsody in Blue (1924)Original 'jazz band' version

 

3. Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Original 'jazz band' version

15:31

Piano Concerto in F

 

4. I. Allegro

13:18

 

5. II. Adagio

12:32

 

6. III. Allegro agitato

06:48

 

7. Cuban Overture

10:36