The Gershwin Collection : Chailly / Cleveland Orchestra, Labeque, Maazel / Cleveland Orchestra, Fiedler / Boston Pops, etc (7CD)

The Gershwin Collection - 7 CD Ste

Rhapsody in Blue - two pianos & orchestra
Lullaby for Strings
An American in Paris
Cuban Overture

Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos
The Cleveland Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly

Second Rhapsody

Ralph Votapek, piano)
Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler

Girl Crazy: Suite
Oh, Kay! Overture
Funny Face: Overture
Let ‘em Eat Cake: Overture
Of Thee I Sing Overture
Wintergreen for President

Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler

Preludes Nos. 1-3
Piano Concerto in F major

Peter Jablonski (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy

The Man I Love
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Love Is Here to Stay
But Not for Me
Embraceable You
Nice Work If You Can Get It
I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy)
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Has Anyone Seen Joe
I loves you Porgy

Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos

I Got Rhythm Variations

David Parkhouse, piano
The London Festival Recording Ensemble / Bernard Herrmann

Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture - arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati

Porgy and Bess - complete

Willard White (Porgy), Leona Mitchell (Bess),
McHenry Boatwright (Crown), Florence Quivar (Serena),
Barbara Hendricks (Clara), Barbara Conrad (Maria),
Arthur Thompson (Jake), Francois Clemmons (Sporting Life)
The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Gershwin in Hollywood
01. Overture: Gershwin in Hollywood 10:37
02. New York Rhapsody [Delicious] 9:35
03. Walking the dog [Shall we dance] 3:03
04. I’ve got beginner’s luck [Shall we dance] 3:52
05. Slap that bass [Shall we dance] 3:04
06. They all laughed [Shall we dance] 3:09
07. Let’s call the whole thing off [Shall we dance] 2:33
08. Watch your step! Final ballet [Shall we dance]
09. A Foggy day [Damsel in Distress] 2:44
10. Nice work if you can get it [Damsel in Distress] 2:41
11. An American in London [Damsel in Distress] 10:50
12. Love walked in [Goldwyn Follies] 2:59
13. Love is here to stay [Goldwyn Follies] 3:37
14. For You, For Me, For Evermore 4:19

Patti Austin, vocals (4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14)
Gregory Hines, vocals (4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14)
Wayne Marshall, piano (2)
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra / John Mauceri, conductor

Recorded 1971-91

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 overtures and a complete recording of Gershwin's only full-length oprera Porgy and Bess.

Many of the orchestras and artists in this set are internationally acclaimed names whne it comes to the music of Gershwin - from Katia and Marielle Labeque and Barbara Hendricks, to Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops; Lorin Maazel's complete recording of Porgy and Bess from Cleveland has been a classic of the gramophone since it was released in 1976.

"This superb recording with Cleveland forces conducted by Maazel establishes the work's formidable status beyond question ... the recording is one of the most vivid that even Decca has produced" - The Penguin Guide.