Georg Gershwin

~ Release by George Gershwin (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Gershwin Plays Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1932-35
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1Variations on "Fascinating Rhythm" / Variations on "Liza"
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
Fascinatin’ Rhythm (on 1932-10-11)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (renewed) (1929–2019) and Harms, Inc. (in 1924)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
live medley including a recording of:
Liza (for piano solo) (on 1932-10-11)
composer and arranger:
George Gershwin (composer)
arrangement of:
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)
part of:
George Gershwin’s Songbook (18 arrangements for piano solo by George Gershwin, 1932)
2:28
2Second Prelude
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
live recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (original version for piano) (on 1932-10-11)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
part of:
Three Preludes (original for piano)
2:34
3Interview
spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer) and Rudy Vallée
1:30
4I Got Rhythm
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
live recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1932-10-11)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
1:11
5Signature
spoken vocals:
Don Wilson (US announcer, narrator & actor)
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Katzman
recording of:
Signature (“Music by Gershwin” Radio Show)
version of:
The Man I Love
1:33
6Of Thee I Sing: Overture
spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer)
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Katzman
recording of:
Of Thee I Sing: Overture (on 1934-02-19)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Of Thee I Sing (1931 musical)
3:34
7The Man I Love
piano and spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Katzman
recording of:
The Man I Love (on 1934-02-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
4:44
8I Got Rhythm
piano and spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer)
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Katzman
instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1934-02-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:47
9Commercial
spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer) and Don Wilson (US announcer, narrator & actor)
0:59
10Swanee / Sign-Off
spoken vocals:
George Gershwin (composer)
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Katzman
recording of:
Swanee (on 1934-02-19)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar (in 1919)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1919)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. (on 1919-10-31)
1:17
11Signature
recording of:
Signature (“Music by Gershwin” Radio Show)
version of:
The Man I Love
1:28
12Mine
recording of:
Mine
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (in 1933)
part of:
Let 'em Eat Cake: Act II
1:06
13Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
recording of:
Variations on "I Got Rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1933 until 1934)
dedicated to:
Ira Gershwin
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
is based on:
I Got Rhythm
8:34
14Love Is Sweeping the Country
recording of:
Love Is Sweeping the Country
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1931)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1931)
publisher:
New World Music Co. (in 1931)
part of:
Of Thee I Sing (1931 musical)
1:02
15Commercial
1:29
16Wintergreen for President / Sign-Off
recording of:
Wintergreen for President (Of Thee I Sing)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Of Thee I Sing: Act I
1:15
17Porgy and Bess: Introduction / Summertime
4:10
18Porgy and Bess: Woman Is a Sometime Thing
2:32
19Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1: Finale
1:43
20Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now
4:16
21Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Are My Woman Now
5:34
2▼CD: Instrumental Works for the Concert Hall
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1Rhapsody in Blue
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
orchestra:
Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (1926 Grofé revision) (on 1927-04-21)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. (in 1927)
revision of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
9:09
2Prelude #1
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (original version for piano)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
arrangement of:
Three Preludes: No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (for clarinet and string orchestra, Cohn)
part of:
Three Preludes (original for piano)
1:21
3Prelude #2
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (original version for piano)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
part of:
Three Preludes (original for piano)
2:38
4Prelude #3
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (original version for piano)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
part of:
Three Preludes (original for piano)
1:06
5Andante From Rhapsody in Blue
piano:
George Gershwin (composer)
partial recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (transcription for solo piano by Gershwin 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
piano arranger:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Harms, Inc. (in 1927)
arrangement of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
2:36
6An American in Paris
orchestra:
Victor Symphony Orchestra
recording of:
An American in Paris
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
premiered at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-13)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
15:55
7Second Rhapsody Rehearsal Performance
14:24
3▼CD: Gershwin on Screen I
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1You've Got What Gets Me
recording of:
You’ve Got What Gets Me
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1932)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1932)
3:14
2Fascinating Rhythm
5:28
3Embraceable You
mixer:
Ted Hall (of Pacific Ocean Post, Santa Monica, CA)
choir vocals:
MGM Studio Chorus (on 1943-04-15)
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1943-04-15), P. Hanna (on 1943-04-15), Henry Kruze (on 1943-04-15), G. Mershon (on 1943-04-15), Ernie Newton (Disney voice actor) (on 1943-04-15) and Harry Stanton (Harry Isaacs Stanton, cast in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz) (on 1943-04-15)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1943-04-15)
recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1943-04-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
4:57
4Boy! What Love Has Done to Me (extended version)
3:24
5Treat Me Rough (extended version)
6:35
6I Got Rhythm
8:06
7Could You Use Me?
3:03
8Ouverture Medley: Swanee / Somebody Loves Me / Fascinating Rhythm / Embraceable You
10:15
9Swanee
1:49
10135th Street Blues (Blue Monday)
6:06
11Summertime (extended version)
3:55
12Delishious (extended version)
2:10
13Third Prelude (outtake)
0:58
4▼CD: Gershwin on Screen II
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1Shall We Dance (Ouverture)
1:18
2Slap the Bass
4:50
3(I've Got) Beginner's Luck
recording of:
(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
1:58
4They All Laughed (with extended Chorus)
4:20
5Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
5:02
6They Can't Take That Away From Me
4:33
7Promenade (Walking the Dog)
2:33
8Shall We Dance (Final)
5:58
9I Can't Be Bothered Now
1:22
10A Foggy Day
recording of:
A Foggy Day (in London Town)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Gershwin Publishing Corp, Warner Chappell North America Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
2:16
11Nice Work If You Can Get It
2:34
12Things Are Looking Up
3:49
13I Was Doing All Right
3:12
14Love Walked In (outtake)
3:15
15Oh! Lady, Be Good
3:11
5▼CD: Gershwin on Screen III
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1Strike Up the Band
5:11
2Somebody Loves Me
3:15
3The Babbit and the Bromide
5:33
4Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
6:12
5Opening Music / Sweet Packard
2:48
6Changing My Tune
recording of:
Changing My Tune
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
2:46
7Stand Up and Fight
1:50
8Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did
3:54
9Changing My Tune (reprise)
1:58
10Back Bay Polka (But Not in Boston)
recording of:
Back Bay Polka
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1946)
part of:
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (movie score)
2:20
11One, Two, Three / Waltzing Is Better Sitting Down / Waltz Me No Waltzes
4:18
12For You, for Me, for Evermore
4:05
13For You, for Me, for Evermore (reprise)
5:46
14Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did (Finale)
1:10
6▼CD: Early Recordings of the 20s
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1Somebody Loves Me
2:49
2I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
3:14
3Nashville Nightingale
3:15
4I Won't Say I Will (But I Won't Say I Won't)
recording of:
I Won’t Say I Will But I Won’t Say I Won’t
lyricist:
Arthur Francis and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
2:49
5Boy Wanted
3:02
6Song of the Flame
2:50
7Clap Yo' Hands
3:18
8Do, Do, Do
3:13
9Someone to Watch Over Me
3:21
10Fascinating Rhythm
2:50
11Oh! Lady, Be Good!
3:03
12Funny Face
3:06
13That Certain Feeling
2:52
14Looking for a Boy
3:04
15Sweet and Low-Down
2:32
16The Man I Love
3:08
7▶CD: The Later Broadway Musicals
8▶CD: Great Songs Presented by Great Stars

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ASIN:DE: B00003L2KO [info]