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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Saint-Saens, Ravel / Benjamin Grosvenor, piano; James Judd

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-05

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Carnival of the animals; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Prélude for Piano in A minor; George Gershwin: Rhap...
Performers: Grosvenor, Benjamin [Piano]
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

A second recording from the twenty year old Benjamin Grosvenor voted Gramophone's Young Artist Of the Year at the 2012 awards and who won prizes...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (04/16/2012-04/19/2012)....continue...

Gershwin & Me

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-11-13

Works: George Gershwin: Rialto Ripples, rag for piano; Preludes (3) for piano; Oh, Kay!; Goldwyn Follies; Strike up the Band; 'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical); Lady, be Good; Nice Work If You C...
Performers: Tedeschi, Simon
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin

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...

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...

Wilhelmina Fernandez: The Diva Live! / Bruno Fontaine

1 CD / Transart Live / 2011-07-12

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; I've Got a Crush on You, song (from Treasure Girl and Strike up the Band, musicals); Goldwyn Follies; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; Songs (3), for voice & piano, ...
Performers: Fernandez, Wilhelmenia Wiggins; Fontaine, Bruno

'The Diva Live' presents Wilhelmina Fernandez with pianist Bruno Fontaine in a program of American music ranging from the art songs of Samuel Barber to...continue...

Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish in Concert

2 CD / Bridge / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150; Francis Poulenc: Chansons Villagioises; A sa guitare; Métamorphoses (3); Main d...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kalish, Gilbert [Piano]

To many observers, no artist has ever replaced the great mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani, as an interpreter of contemporary song. Writing of her, New York Times...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...

Unforgettable Classics - Grappelli - Hits from the 30s

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-01

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"); Jerome Kern: A Fine R...
Performers: Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: Alan Clare Trio

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...

Cinderella / Three To Make Music

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Richard Rodgers: Cinderella, television musical; Isn't It Romantic?, song (from film "Love Me Tonight"); Wait Till You See Her, song (cut from "By Jupiter!"); Where or When, song (from "Babes in Arms...
Performers: Martin, Mary
Conductors: Scherman, Thomas; Lesko, John; Camarata, Tutti

Britain's reissue label Sepia Records again takes advantage of the 50-year copyright limit on recordings to assemble this unlicensed compilation of Mary Martin recordings. In the late '50s, Martin was...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...

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...

The Magnificent Tenor

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-07-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; George Posford: The world is mine tonight; ...
Performers: Molloy, Terrance

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...

Herztöne - Love Songs / Singer Pur

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-08-02

Works: Nils Lindberg: As You Are; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Songs (7) for chorus, Op. 62; Werner Richard H...
Performers: Warwitz, Manuel; Zapp, Markus

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...

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

Gershwin Without Words / Black, Fennell, Williams, Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2004-04-13

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Lady, be Good; Goldwyn Follies; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Funny Face; Oh, Kay!, musical; Of Thee I Sing; Show Girl, musical; P...
Performers: All-Stars, James Williams; Black, Stanley; Boston Pops; Dutoit, Charles; Fennell, Frederick [Conductor]
Conductors: Williams, John; Fennell, Frederick; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Stanley Black (piano).

As the title suggests, Decca's Gershwin Without Words features instrumental performances of some of...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...
Conductors:
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...

Gershwin - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-07-26

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major; Strike up the Band; Goldwyn Follies; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra
Performers: Duvivier, George; Nero, Peter; Rosengarden, Bobby [Percussion]; Wild, Earl [Piano]
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra

Gershwin Fantasy / Joshua Bell, John Williams, London SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-28

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

The centerpiece of this collection is the "Porgy and Bess Fantasy", arranged by composer Alexander Courage (composer of the original "Star Trek" theme). Bell contributed...continue...
This disc was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album." It is also available in mini-disc format.

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); John Williams (piano).
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