America! Vol.2 : "Gershwin, from Broadway to the Concert Hall"

Programm

GEORGE GERSHWIN [1898-1937]
PIANO SOLO
Song-Book (18 hit songs arranged by the composer)
· The Man I Love. Slow and in singing style (2'25)
· I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise.Vigorously (0'44)
· 's Wonderful.Liltingly (1'00)
· I Got Rhythm.Very marked (1'05)
· Do It Again.Plaintively (1'38)
· Clap Yo'Hands.Spirited (but sustained) (0'56)
· Oh, Lady Be Good.Rather slow (with humour) (1'04)
· Fascinating Rhythm.With agitation (0'51)
· Somebody Loves Me.In a moderate tempo (1'17)
· My One and Only.Lively (in strong rhythm) (0'51)
· That Certain Feeling.Ardently (1'36)
· Swanee.Spirited (0'38)
· Sweet and Low Down.Slow (in a jazzy manner) (1'05)
· Nobody But You.Capriciously (0'53)
· Strike Up the Band.In spirited march tempo (0'56)
· Who Cares?Rather slow (1'30)
· Do Do Do.In a swinging manner (0'59)
· Liza.Languidly (2'50)
· Jasbo Brown's Blues(from Porgy and Bess). Allegro moderato (2'34)
· An American in Paris (1928). Transcription for solo piano by William Daly (17'21)
· Promenade. Allegretto moderato (3'24)
· I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy, 1930) - Arr. James Cohn (2'24)
EARL WILD [1915-2010]
· Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (1976) (27'58)


GEORGE GERSHWIN [1898-1937]
· ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
"I Got Rhythm" Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1934)
Original orchestration by George Gershwin (8'29)
· Summertime
George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward. From Porgy and Bess, 1935 (4'05)
· Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Original 'jazz band' version (15'31)
Piano Concerto in F
· I. Allegro (13'18)
· II. Adagio (12'32)
· III. Allegro agitato (6'48)
· Cuban Overture (10'36)