Essential George Gershwin > Various Artists


Recording Details

Date
2003
Type
Audio / (Compilation)
Method
Studio
Language
English
Liner Notes
Tim Page (3), Diane Warren (10)
Conductor
Lou Bring (16), Gil Evans (22), Leo F. Forbstein (43), John Green (15), André Kostelanetz (58), Robert Mersey (39), André Previn (146), Axel Stordahl (64), Michael Tilson Thomas (20), Paul Weston (133), Harry Zimmerman (18), Torrie Zito (30)
Performer
Buster Bailey (6), Buck & Bubbles (5), Michael Feinstein (87), George Gershwin (857)
Shortcode
[r8134]

Releases

Format
2-CD
Label
Sony 89913
Released
2003-01-14
Barcode
696998991323
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Lists
23 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode
[rl10728]
Disc 1
1. Prelude No. 2 for Piano
2. I Got Rhythm / Ethel Waters (from Girl Crazy)
3. Oh, Lady Be Good / Buck and Bubbles (from Lady Be Good!)
4. Summertime / Billie Holiday (from Porgy and Bess)
5. Nice Work If You Can Get It / Maxine Sullivan (from A Damsel in Distress)
6. They Can't Take That Away from Me / Johnny Green & His Orchestra (from Shall We Dance)
7. Swanee / Warner Bros. Orchestra Capitol (from Revue: Demi Tasse)
8. Liza / Benny Goodman (from Til All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
9. Someone to Watch over Me / Frank Sinatra (from Oh, Kay!)
10. 'S Wonderful / Buddy Clark (from Funny Face)
11. Do It Again / Jane Russell (deom The French Doll)
12. Soon / Percy Faith & His Orchestra (from Strike Up the Band0
13. Fascinating Rhythm / Someone to Watch Over Me -- Morton Gould & His Orchestra (from Lady, Be Good)
14. The Man I Love / Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (from Lady, Be Good)
15. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off / Johnny Green & His Orchestra (from Shall We Dance)
16. Love Is Here to Stay / MGM Studio Orchestra (from Goldwyn Follies)
17. How Long Has This Been Going On? / Felicia Sanders (from Rosalie)
18. Blues / Harry James & His Orchestra (from An American in Paris)
19. But Not for Me / Doris Day (from Girl Crazy)
20. A Foggy Day / Frank DeVol & His Orchestra (from A Damsel in Distress)
21. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise / MGM Studio Orchestra (from George White's Scandals of 1922)
22. Third Movement (Allegro Agitato) / Oscar Levant Concerto in F
Disc 2
1. Overture / Buffalo Philharmonic (from Of Thee I Sing)
2. They All Laughed (from Shall We Dance)
3. Of Thee I Sing / Marty Paich Dektette
4. Promenade (Walking the Dog) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (from Shall We Dance)
5. I've Got a Crush on You / Ella Fitzgerald (from Treasure Girl)
6. Somebody Loves Me / Alberta Hunter (from George White's Scandals of 1922)
7. Love Walked In /Embraceable You / Maureen McGovern (from Girl Crazy)
8. Mine / Dick Hyman (from Let 'Em Eat Cake)
9. Isn't It a Pity / Mel Tormé (from Pardon My English)
10. Introduction and Jazzbo Brown / Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra (from Porgy and Bess)
11. It Ain't Necessarily So / Aretha Franklin (from Porgy and Bess)
12. Bess, You Is My Woman Now / Robert McFerrin (from Porgy and Bess)
13. I Loves You, Porgy / Miles Davis (from Porgy and Bess)
14. My Man's Gone Now / Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio (from Porgy and Bess)
15. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York / Cab Calloway (from Porgy and Bess)
16. Who Cares? / Ralph Sharon Trio (from Of Thee I Sing)
17. Rhapsody in Blue / Columbia Jazz Band
18. Strike up the Band / Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra (from Strike up the Band)
19. Home Blues / Michael Feinstein previously unreleased (from An American in Paris)

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