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GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 - 1936)
Swanee 00:49
Nobody but You 00:56
Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise 00:37
Do It Again 01:28
Fascinating Rhythm 00:57
Oh, Lady Be Good! 01:07
Somebody Loves Me 01:07
Sweet and Low Down 01:07
That Certain Feeling 01:18
The Man I Love 02:07
Clap Yo Hands 00:56
Do Do Do 01:03
My One and Only 00:53
S Wonderful 01:01
Strike Up the Band 01:03
Liza 02:40
I Got Rhythm 01:18
Who Cares 01:24
Rhapsody in Blue 15:31
Rialto Ripples 02:11
George Gershwin and Will Donaldson
Impromptu in Two Keys 01:23
Prelude no. 1 01:27
Prelude no. 2 Blue Lullaby 02:45
Prelude no.3 Spanish Prelude 01:09
Prelude Melody no. 17 01:58
Prelude Rubato 01:06
Prelude Novelette in Fourths 02:58
Jasbo Brown Blues 03:00
Merry Andrew 01:31
Three-Quarter Blues 00:46
Promenade 02:58
Two Waltzes in C 04:34
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| Label | LAWO Classics |
GERSHWIN’S PIANO MUSIC COLLECTED ON ONE CD
An entire CD devoted to George Gershwin’s piano music in the original versions.
Ivar Anton Waagaard, who for several decades has distinguished himself in a variety of musical genres, sums up his experience on this recording, on which classical piano tradition meets Broadway of the 1920s and the inspiration of jazz is never far removed. Waagaard has immersed himself in Gershwin’s style of playing, and now at last we can hear the results on this delectable recording from LAWO Classics.
Besides a solo version of “Rhapsody in Blue” and the three familiar preludes, the CD includes three lesser known preludes, a number of shorter pieces written for theatre and cinema, “Jasbo Brown’s Blues” from “Porgy and Bess”, and a collection of 18 familiar melodies in Gershwin’s own piano versions. A total of 31 tracks!
From a meeting of Ravel and Gershwin:
“The thing that astonished Ravel was the facility with which George scaled the most formidable technical difficulties, his genius for weaving complicated rhythms, and his great gift of melody.”