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Musicals: The Premier Collection

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-11-06

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Jesus Christ Superstar; Another Suitcase in Another Hall, song (for the musical Evita); Don't Cry for Me ...
Performers: Ahmad, Irfan; Ampil, Joanna; Andrews, Julie; Astaire, Fred; Atkinson, Aimie; Ball, Michael; Barrowman, John; Bickley, Graham; Bo, Alfie; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, Simon; Brightman, Sarah; Clark, Petul...
Conductors: Yates, Martin; Edwards, John O.; Barna, Craig; McLeod, Callum; Brooker, Stephen; Kelly, Julian; Greenwood, Andrew; Firman, David
Ensemble: ; NSO Ensemble

American Song

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); They All Laughed, song (from Shall We Dance?, film); Elliott Carter: Poems (3) of Robert Frost, for ...
Performers: Dickinson, Meriel; Dickinson, Peter

My Heart Is So Full Of You [CD&DVD]

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-06-12

Works: Richard Rodgers: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', song (for the musical Oklahoma!); Some Enchanted Evening, song (for the musical South Pacific); Soliloquy, song (from "Carousel"); Gene DePaul: If I Had...
Performers: Gilfrey, Rodney

Includes a child is born / oh what a beautiful morning, son by various composers....continue...

Gershwin Plus: Piano Solos and Novelty Arrangements / Geoffrey Haydon, piano

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2012-05-08

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); Nobody but You, song (from La, La, Lucille, musical); I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George...
Performers: Haydon, Geoffrey

Pianist Geoffrey Haydon plays piano solos and novelty arrangements by Gershwin. Haydon has successfully bridged both classical and jazz styles of performance. He has received...continue...
Recording information: Aca Digital Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA (09/01/1994); Georgia State University Recital Hall (09/01/1994); Aca Digital Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA (12/07/1993/07/24/2000); Ge...continue...

Gershwin: Music for Two Pianos / Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianists

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra; Two Waltzes in C, for piano; Blue Monday; Goldwyn Follies; Girl Crazy
Performers: Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]

Jazzy swing and classical virtuosity - interpreted by an unusual ensemble: the sisters Katja and Marielle Labeque are one of today's best-known piano duos, and...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, England (07/1987)....continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

The Historical Gershwin

2 CD / Widescreen / 2011-12-06

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto for Piano in F major; Lady, be Good; Goldwyn Follies; Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Porgy & Bess; Oh,...
Performers: Astaire, Fred; Bailey, Mildred; Bargy, Roy; Cole, Nat "King"; Fitzgerald, Ella; Garland, Judy; Gershwin, George; Holiday, Billie; Jolson, Al; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Monroe, Marilyn; Robeson, Paul; Si...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS WITH GERSHWIN AT THE PIANO These two remarkable CDs are the direct testimony of George Gershwin's discographic legend....continue...

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

Gershwin: Piano Transcriptions Of Songs / Lars Boye Jensen, piano

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-07-26

Works: George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Girl Crazy; He Loves and She Loves, song (from Funny Face, 1927); Porgy and Bess; Porgy & Bess; Show Girl; But Not for Me, song (from Girl Crazy, musical); Swanee, son...
Performers: Jensen, Lars Boje

Very Best of Yehudi Menuhin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 ...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Cocker, Paul; Crombie, Tony; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi; Verrell, Ronnie
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Menuhin, Yehudi; Susskind, Walter; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Pritchard, John; Erede, Alberto; Kurtz, Efrem; Kempe, Rudolf; Boult, Adrian; Lysy, Alberto; Irving, Robert; Harris...

American Classics - Bernstein, Copland, et al / works for clarinet

1 CD / Teldec / 2011-05-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet; Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Morton Gould: Derivations for clarinet & band; Artie Shaw: Concerto for clarinet & orchestra; George Gershwin: Porgy...
Performers: Kam, Sharon
Conductors: Bühl, Gregor

This CD features works by American composers that are, in the words of Clarinet Soloist Sharon Kam, 'classical, jazz, and everything in between'. The Copland...continue...

Light Classics / Songs from Arlen, Bernstein, Gershwin, et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-04-26

Works: Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Irving Berlin: Top Hat; Michel Legrand: La chanson des adieux, song (from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"); Chanson de Maxence,...
Performers: Beffa, Karol; Buet, Alain; Deshayes, Karine; Droy, Sebastien; Ensemble Contraste; Farjot, Johan; Georges, Isabelle; Gueze, Sebastien; Imbert, Raphael; Leger, Magali; Loizeau, Emily; Piau, Sandrine; S...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

With the same enthusiasm put into the disc Café 1930, the Ensemble Contraste now makes its way into the exciting universe of the musical. Unforgettable...continue...
Recording information: Studios Davout, Paris (2010-04-22&2010-04-24&2010-)....continue...

A Gershwin Collection from Decca

7 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Lullaby, for string quartet; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Funny Face; Let...
Performers: Austin, Patti; Austin, Patty; Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Fiedler, Arthur; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Herrmann, Bernard; Dorati, Antal; Mauceri, John; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; London Festival Ensemble

An unparalleled collection of many of Gershwin's most popular pieces from Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris to a collection of songs and...continue...

Fascinating Rhythm

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-04-05

Works: George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Oh, Kay!; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Cuban Overture; Lady, be Good; Porgy And Bess; Girl Crazy; Strike up the Band
Performers: Hemke, Frederick
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Ensemble: Figard String Quintet

Recording information: Pick Staiger Concert Hall on the campus of Northwestern....continue...

Three Stories / Solo Piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Sammy Cahn: I Should Care; Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; James Van Heusen: Darn that dream; Chick Corea: Windows; Alexander Scria...
Performers: Djangirov, Eldar; Eldar

Personnel: Eldar (piano); Eldar Djangirov (piano).

Recording information: MSR Studios, New York, NY (05/12/2009-05/13/2009); Tainted Blue Studios, New York, NY (05/12/2009-05/13/2009); The Gran...continue...

L. Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata / Manasse

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-11-09

Works: John Novacek: Rags (4) for clarinet & piano ("for Two Jons"); Paquito d'Rivera: The Cape Cod Files, for clarinet & piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (...
Performers: Manasse, Jon; Nakamatsu, Jon

Acclaimed duo partners Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu turn their attention to American composers in this jazz-inflected program of music for clarinet and piano. Bernstein’s...continue...
Recording information: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (12/2009)....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Strings in Rhythm

1 CD / Guild / 2010-09-14

Works: Victor Herbert: Natoma; James Van Heusen: Swinging On A Star (used in the film "Going My Way"); Cole Porter: You do something to me, song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen"); Gordon Jenkins: In the Heat...
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Silvester, Victor; Jenkins, Gordon; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Weston, Paul; Yorke, Peter; Paramor, Norrie; Dragon, Carmen; Mooney, Hal; Za...

There is plenty of rhythm on offer in this collection of the Guild Light Music Series, from Latin American dances to quicksteps, slow foxtrots, polkas...continue...
Guild's The Golden Age of Light Music series continues apace with Strings in Rhythm, a survey of mostly Latin and popular material recorded by pop orchestras between 1953-1959 with an emphasis on big ...continue...

Frogs and Friends: Music and Stories for Children / Bellavente Wind Quintet

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-08-17

Works: Bob Hughes: Whistling Tune, for wind quintet; Blas Maria de Colomer: The Garden, for ensemble (from "Frog and Toad Together"); George Frederick Handel: Messiah; George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; English T...
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Ensemble: Bellavente Wind Quintet

Recording information: Eastwood Studio, San Mateo, CA....continue...

Flying Saxophone Circus

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-06-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Jazz Suite no 2 (as used in the film "Testimony"); Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 46/B 78; Slavonic Dance no 8 for cello & piano in G minor, B. 1...
Conductors: Turkovic, Milan [Bassoon]
Ensemble: Selmer Saxharmonic

Multi-reed artist Milan Turkovic put together a group of twelve sought after soloists, international prizewinners and members of the panta rhei, clair-obscur, Alliage, and Sax...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/19/2009-10/21/2009)....continue...

George Gershwin: Piano Duets / Labèque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra; Two Waltzes in C, for piano; Blue Monday (Opera à la Afro-Ameri...
Performers: Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]

George Gershwin: Songs From The Shows; Overtures / Te Kanawa

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: John McGlinn: A Damsel in Distress, suite for orchestra; George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; Tip-Toes; Primrose; A Damsel in Distress; Oh, Kay!; George White's Scandals of 1924; Things Are L...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: McGlinn, John

Recording information: RCA Studios, New York....continue...

Manhattan: Music from the Woody Allen Film

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-03-02

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé); Land of the Gay Caballero, song (from Girl Crazy, musical); Oh, Kay!; I've Got a Crush on You, song (from T...
Performers: Cohen, Eric [Drums]; Eley, Lewis; Graffman, Gary; Hyman, Dick; Koonin, Brian
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin

George Gershwin died about 40 years before the start of principal photography on writer/director/star Woody Allen's Manhattan, yet, as with An American in Paris, which appeared more than a decade afte...continue...

Bizzare or BaRock

1 CD / Move / 2010-02-01

Works: Willard Palmer: Ragtime, for harpsichord, double bass & drums; Blues for harpsichord, double bass & drums; English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (Leyenda), instrumental ...
Performers: Anderson, Elizabeth [cello]; Davies, Kylie; Fischer, Danny [Drums]

Icon - Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grapelli (4 CDs)

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); My Funny Valentine; I...
Performers: Blok, Jan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Fosset, Marc; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [...
Conductors: Harris, Max; Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Claire Trio

This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release...continue...

X2 - Bernstein: West Side Story Suite, etc; Gershwin: Fantasy, etc / Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-07-07

Works: Alexander Courage: Fantasy on Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", for violin & orchestra; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, f...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Williams, John; Zinman, David
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin)....continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr - Portraits Vol 3

9 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-10-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B flat major, K. 281 (K.189f); Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. ...
Performers: Bucher, Simon; Burkhard, Richard; Chuang, Ya-Fei; Gage, Irwin; Kadouch, David; Kim, Ben; Melzer, Caroline; Nagy, Michael; Ott, Alice Sara; Piemontesi, Francesco; Rajic, Mirjana; Ruf, Juliane; Rushton...

Gershwin: Songbook / Duo Campion-Vachon

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: George Gershwin: George White's Scandals of 1924; Porgy and Bess; I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George White's Scandals of 1922); I've Got a Crush on You, song (from Treasure Girl and...
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Ensemble: Duo Campion-Vachon

Browns in Blue

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-10-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Astor Piazzolla: History of the Tango; Claude Debussy: Suite b...
Performers: Botti, Chris; Brown, Deondra; Brown, Desirae; Brown, Gregory; Brown, Melody; Brown, Ryan; Field, Gregg; Martin, Dean; Shaham, Gil
Conductors:
Ensemble: The 5 Browns

The siblings that made Juilliard history by attending the prestigious institution simultaneously have returned with their most commercial album to date. On 'Browns In Blue,'...continue...

The Songs Live On - The Centenary Tour /Zamir Chorale Boston

1 CD / Zamir Chorale of Boston / 2007-05-09

Works: Leo Low: Ha-Zamir; Yehezkel Braun: Shir ha-shirim; Salomone Rossi: Halleluyah (Psalm 146); 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; Yemeni Traditional: Yome, yome, folk song; Jewish Traditio...
Performers: Boyar, Rick; Swanborn, Edwin

Viola Swirl - Bunch, Coleman, Porter, etc / Rodland, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Kenji Bunch: Suite for viola & piano; Dan Coleman: Summer, for viola & piano; Christopher Theofanidis: Flow My Tears, for solo viola; George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Cole ...
Performers: Mokatsian, Tatevik; Rodland, Carol

Exciting new works for viola by three of the rising stars of composition: Kenji Bruch, Dan Coleman, and Christopher Theofanidis, who has just finished a...continue...

Introducing Xiayin Wang - Bach, Mozart, Ravel, et al

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2007-04-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Maurice Ravel: La valse; Alexander Scriabin: P...
Performers: Wang, Xiayin

Ms.Wang,who began piano studies at the age of five, subsequently came to New York where in 2000 she was awarded the "Certificate of Achievement"by the...continue...

The Essential Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-04-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Frédéric Chopin:...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Fleck, Bela; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; Mulligan, Simon; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Norrington, Roger; Leon, Craig; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stern, Michael; Williams, John; Hess, Nigel; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Salzburg; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Joshua Bell has captured the public's imagination like no other classical violinist of his time. His virtuosity in the most demanding concerto repertoire is second...continue...
Existing fans of violinist Joshua Bell are already well-acquainted with the broad scope of repertoire and performance abilities ranging deftly from the classical concerto repertoire to his well-known ...continue...

The Joshua Bell Collection

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-01-24

Works: Alexander Courage: Fantasy on Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", for violin & orchestra; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, f...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bucknall, Nicholas; Hessian, Eddie; Laurence, Christopher; Ricotti, Frank; Schwartz, Alexys; Williams, John [Film Composer]; Wright, Gavyn
Conductors: Williams, John; Zinman, David; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Shanghai Film Studio Children's Chorus

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Alexys Schwartz (vocals); Gavyn Wright (viola); Eddie Hession (accordion); Nick Bucknall (clarinet); John Williams (piano); Chris Laurence (double bass); Frank Ricott...continue...

Gershwin - New York Connections / Hayes

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2005-10-11

Works: George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Who Cares?, song (from Of Thee I Sing, musical); Lady, be Good; Strike up the Band; Girl Crazy; Rhapsody in Blue; Aaron Copland: Piano Blues (4); Leonard Bern...
Performers: Hayes, Elizabeth

Rebecca Penneys & Steinway - Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, etc

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2005-10-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 10 in A flat major, Op. 32/2, CT. 117; Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Ludwig van Beethoven: Andante for Piano in F major, WoO 57...
Performers: Kostakis, Ted; Penneys, Rebecca

The Fascinating George Gershwin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Preludes (3) for piano; Lady, be Good; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Lullaby, for string quartet; Rhapsody in Blue; Goldwyn Follies; Bob Zimmerman: Triple Tribute (afte...
Performers: Angelov, Ludmil; Eschkenazy, Vesko; Horsch, Gregor; Mijnders, Marijn; Pieterson, George; Rieken, Herman; Rubingh, Henk

"Gershwin's works can take almost anything arrangers throw at them, so these violin-and-piano transcriptions do not fail to please. The performers sound like they are...continue...

An American Album - Sowerby, et al / Harold Stover

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Leo Sowerby: Comes Autumn Time, for organ, H. 124; Madrigal, for organ; Fanfare for organ; Charles Albert Stebbins: When Dusk Gathers Deep, for organ; Louis Alter: Manhattan Serenade; George Gershwin...
Performers: Stover, Harold

Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm / Menuhin, Grappelli

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Strike up the Band; Porgy and Bess; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Girl Crazy; Show Girl; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (fro...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [Light Clas]; Swinfield, ...
Conductors: Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

The Art of Transcription - Gershwin / Himy

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-02-07

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Show Girl; Lady, be Good; An American in Paris; Strike up the Band; George White's Scandals of 1924; Girl Crazy; Earl Wild: Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess, for pia...
Performers: Himy, Eric

Ready, Steady, Blow! - Music for Beginner Oboists

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2004-12-01

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: Pastyme with Good Companye for 3 voices; Henry Purcell: Work(s); Pam Wedgewood: Cat Walk; Easy Tiger; Hot Chilli; Dragonfly; Wrap it up; American Traditional: She'll Be C...
Performers: Andews, Marcus; Birchall, Alex; Britton, Jenni; Cornwell, Philip; Davies, Madelaine; Gourlay, Emma; Kelly, Amy; Ngwe, Uchenna; Usher, Victoria; Walters, Alexa; White, Julia
Conductors: Polmear, Jeremy

So Much to Tell / Measha Brüggergasman

1 CD / CBC Records / 2004-11-16

Works: Aaron Copland: Poems (8) of Emily Dickinson for voice & orchestra (arr. from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson); Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; George Gershw...
Performers: Brueggergosman, Measha
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Jerry Willard Plays! - Four Centuries of Lute and Guitar

1 CD / Lyrichord / 2004-09-21

Works: Cesare Negri: Bianco fiore (from Le gratie d'amore); Oscar Chilesotti: Vaghe bellezze et bionde trezze d'oro, for lute or guitar (transcription of anonymous work from 16th; Santino Garsi: Galliarda; ...
Performers: Willard, Jerry

New York-based lute/guitar player Jerry Willard takes us on a masters tour of the development of the most popular stringed instrument in the world, starting...continue...

Americana / Westwind Brass

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-10-28

Works: Jari Villanueva: An American Revolutionary War Medley, for brass quintet; Claudio S. Grafulla: Big Thunder Quickstep; Stephen Foster: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming for vocal quartet; John Holloway...
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Ensemble: Westwind Brass

The Very Best of Gershwin

2 CD / Universal (Poland) Import / 2003-07-28

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Oh, Kay!; Rhapsody in Blue; Shall We Dance; They All Laughed, song (from Shall We Dance?, film); But Not for Me, song (from Girl Crazy, musical); In the Mandarin's Or...

Artist Portrait: Sharon Kam

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-03-31

Works: Robert Schumann: Romanze, Op. 94 no 1; Phantasiestück (Zart und mit Ausdruck) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op 73/1; Franz Krommer: Concerto for Clarinet in E flat major, Op. 36; Wo...
Performers: Kam, Sharon

Historic Two-Piano Wizardry - Morley & Gearhart Rediscovered

2 CD / Ivory Classics / 2001-09-18

Works: English Traditional: Three Blind Mice; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Jerome Kern: Very Warm for May; Johannes Brahms: Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39; Wal...
Performers: Gearhart, Livingston

From 1940 until 1954, the husband and wife two-piano duo of Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart performed for enthusiastic audiences from Carnegie Hall to the...continue...

Fantasy in Blue - Purcell, Gershwin / Shaham, Bernfeld, etc

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-08-01

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Oh, Kay!; Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; But Not for Me, song (from Girl Crazy, musical); Sweet and Low-Down, song (from Tip-Toes, musical); A Foggy Day (in Lond...
Performers: Shaham, Rinat
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fuoco e Cenere

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, etc / Bernstein

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-09-26

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major; Cuban Overture; Porgy and Bess; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra; Preludes (3) for piano; R...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Finck, David; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Ozawa, Seiji; Previn, Andre; Levine, James; De Waart, Edo; Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra