Confrey, Zez [Composer]

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...

The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 6 - works by Horowitz, Czerny, Debussy et al. / Mordecai Shehori, piano

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2012-05-03

Works: Carl Czerny: Variations on a Theme by Rode "La Ricordanza," for piano, Op. 33; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 14 in C minor, Op. 38/2; Song Without Words for piano no 21 in G mino...
Performers: Shehori, Mordecai

The CD contains extremely rare performances of Vladimir Horowitz's original compositions including a first ever live performance (1993) of his Etude-Caprice "Les Vagues" (The Waves),...continue...

Around the World: Music for Ballet Class

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-04

Works: Tatyana Shargorodsky: The Song of the Shieling, for piano (after a traditional Scottish melody); Scottish Reels, medley for piano; Mazurka, for piano (after a traditional Polish melody); Men's Friend...
Performers: Shargorodsky, Tatyana

Golden Age of Light Music: From the Vintage Vaults

1 CD / Guild / 2011-07-12

Works: Lionel Monckton: The Arcadians, overture to the musical for orchestra; Zez Confrey: Buffoon, novelty rag; Haydn Wood: Rondel / Mina, medley for pops orchestra (after Edward Elgar); Ernst Fischer: Arp...
Conductors: Wood, Arthur; Wood, Haydn; Gaden, Robert; Hartley, Fred; Weber, Marek; Raybould, Clarence; Geczy, Barnabas Von; Lorand, Edith; Wilbur, Jay; Campoli, Alfredo; Goehr, Walter; Sandler, Albert; Hylton, J...

This latest release in Guild's Light Music Series features famous composers of symphonies, marches, jazz and just about everything in-between. This varied selection, mainly from...continue...

Rags to Richard

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-05-24

Works: Porter P. Grainger: T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do; Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag; Elite Syncopations; Gladiolus Rag; Cleopha, march & two-step for piano; Pine Apple Rag; Original Rags, for piano (c...
Performers: Rubin, Richard

S'il Vous Plait / piano works transcribed for accordion

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: 3ème Suite, 1er livre de pièces de clavecin; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor, K. 11; George Frederick Handel: Suite...
Performers: Miki, Mie

Hailed as ‘Queen of the classical accordion’, Mie Miki made her first public appearance at the age of five, and has since then given countless...continue...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (10/2009)....continue...

Kitten on the Keys: Popular Music from Piano Rolls

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Ray Henderson: Bye Bye Blackbird; Stephen Adams: Thora, ballad for voice & piano; Harry Richman: Miss Annabelle Lee, for piano; George W. Meyer: For Me and My Gal; John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripe...
Performers: Harris, Wilfred; Murn, Edith; Murray, Kenneth; Pardy, Laurel; Wendling, Peter

Ragtime Tricks

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-06-08

Works: Eubie Blake: Troublesome Ivories; Chevy Chase Rag for piano; Joseph Lamb: American Beauty Rag; Ragtime Nightingale, for piano; George Gershwin: Rialto Ripples, rag for piano; Scott Joplin: Peacherine...
Performers: Trick, Stephanie

The Golden Age of Light Music: Highly Strung

1 CD / Guild / 2010-06-08

Works: Jack Mason: Pops Polka, for orchestra; Steve Race: Ring Ding, for orchestra; George French: Highly Strung, for orchestra; Carlos Rocha: Song Of Lisbon (Sempre Que Lisboa Canta), for orchestra; Roger ...
Performers: Dankworth, Johnny
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur; ; Cook, Eric; Jupp, Eric; Pages, Philippe; Green, Philip; Sarbek, Boris; Binge, Ronald; Hartley, Fred; Rose, David; Andersen, Curt; Farnon, Robert; Gould, Morton; Cesana, Otto; Kelly...
Ensemble: ; Knightsbridge Strings; Music of the Mountains

"Another great selection from Guild, full of the most delicious things. George French's title piece, Highly Strung, is a wild scherzo in the manner of...continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

American Classics - Celebrate the American Spirit

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-20

Works: John Philip Sousa: The Irish Dragoon, operetta; Bullets and Bayonets; Nymphalin, reverie for violin & orchestra (or band); Jack Tar, march for band; Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory, fantasie for ba...
Performers: Alsop, Marin; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Manning, Peter; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]
Conductors: Brion, Keith; Alsop, Marin; Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Personnel: Wendy Warner (cello).

Recording information: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia (09/02/1996-05/12/2000); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (09/02/1996-05/12/200...continue...

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...

American Classics Sampler

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: John Philip Sousa: Hands Across the Sea; Zez Confrey: Dizzy Fingers for piano; Ferde Grofé: Mississippi; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Tournament Galop, for piano, D. 153 (RO 264); George Frederick...

American Classics - Confrey: Piano Music / Andjaparidze

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-01

Works: Zez Confrey: Kitten on the Keys, for piano; Dizzy Fingers for piano; Meandering, for piano; African Suite, for piano; Jay Walk, for piano; Sparkling Waters, for piano; Wise Cracker Suite, for piano; ...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri

Zez Confrey became a major celebrity after publishing his most famous piece, "Kitten on the Keys". Critically acclaimed pianist Etreri Andaparidze perfectly captures the idiom...continue...