Gershwin Blue

Frank Sinatra - Simply ... Blue Eyes! (The 2020 Remasters) (2020) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at June 5, 2020

Newly remastered! The voice of "Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra is one of those that has written history in pop music of the 20th Century. Almost five decades spans the career of this true "Titan" of entertainment: From the early days as a young and handsome danceband vocalist at the end of the Nineteen Thirties to the "Grand Old Man" of the Concert Stages worldwide. This collection unites not less than 3x24 of Sinatra's best songs: No matter if Swing, Jazz or Romantic Ballad - the "Sound of Sinatra" - the man with big blue eyes - will never be forgotten. Enjoy!

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Wayne Marshall and WDR Funkhausorchester - Born to Play, Wayne Marshall, Gershwin (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 29, 2020

Wayne Marshall and WDR Funkhausorchester - Born to Play, Wayne Marshall, Gershwin (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:13:48 | 362 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CAvi-music

TIME TO SAY GOOD BYE TO WDR FUNKHAUSORCHESTER GERSHWIN REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE Wayne Marshall was eight years old when, at home in England, he heard a Gershwin concert broadcast on the radio – a pivotal listening experience, as he recalled fifty years later in a WDR video clip. It may have set his life in a new direction, eventually leading to Cologne as Chief Conductor of the Funkhausorchester. It comes as no surprise that outstanding recordings from those six years at WDR include productions of great Gershwin work (Excerpt from the lines notes by Joh. Jansen)Wayne Marshall called it to an end, after ten years of being chief conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchestra, the second orchestra of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk broadcast station. Wayne just wanted to look out for new challenges, internationally and worldwide, being an independent musician, mainly organ player. This CD is a document of his work with the WDR Funkhausorchestra.

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Cheryl Bentyne - The Gershwin Songbook (2011) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Dec. 23, 2019

Cheryl Bentyne - The Gershwin Songbook (2011)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 341 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 146 MB | 57:08
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: CD Baby

Cheryl Bentyne's The Gershwin Songbook is among the best vocal albums of 2010. A member of The Manhattan Transfer since 1979, she frequently strikes out on her own to record, and has released eight albums in the past two decades. Perfecting her talent in vocalese with The Manhattan Transfer, Bentyne performs jazz choruses with a pitch-perfect soprano in the tradition of Annie Ross, by way of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. In this set of 15 Gershwin classics, she gets many opportunities to show her vocal dexterity; excelling in all contexts, swinging for sure, and sensitive to every nuance of the lyrics.

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Wayne Marshall, Andy Miles & WDR Funkhausorchester - Born to Play Gershwin (2020) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 17, 2024

Wayne Marshall, Andy Miles & WDR Funkhausorchester - Born to Play Gershwin (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 73:51 minutes | 735 MB
Classical | Label: CAvi-music, Official Digital Download

Wayne Marshall was eight years old when, at home in England, he heard a Gershwin concert broadcast on the radio – a pivotal listening experience, as he recalled fifty years later in a WDR video clip. It may have set his life in a new direction, eventually leading to Cologne as Chief Conductor of the Funkhausorchester. It comes as no surprise that outstanding recordings from those six years at WDR include productions of great Gershwin works. And Marshall has already released a complete recording of Gershwin’s output for piano and orchestra with the Aalborg Symphony – assuming the double role of conductor and pianist like André Previn in the Concerto in F with the London Symphony Orchestra, a disc that made a lasting impression upon him.

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Enrique Granados, Sergey Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin: The Composer Plays (1997) [Grand Piano Series] Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 17, 2025

Grand Piano is a series devoted to the art of the Reproducing Piano. It presents major performances by the legendary pianists who recorded for the Aeolian Company between 1915 and 1930. The acoustic gramophone rarely attempted major keyboard works. The 78s' restricted sound and duration was acceptable for short virtuoso pieces but little else. In contrast, by 1915, the Aeolian Company's "Duo-Art" was already a highly sophisticated digital recording process. Pianists, well aware of the gramophone's limitations, turned enthusiastically to the reproducing piano. Hofmann, Bauer, Paderewski and Grainger were especially committed, not alone in believing that they had achieved the ultimate recording process. Great pianists joined them in recording their concert repertoire, including much that was never repeated on disc.

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The George Gershwin Reader eBooks & eLearning

Posted by SKS1981 at June 6, 2009

George Gershwin is one of the giants of American music, unique in that he was both a brilliant writer of popular songs ("Swanee," "I Got Rhythm," "They Can't Take That Away From Me") and of more serious music, including "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American in Paris," and "Porgy and Bess." Now, in The George Gershwin Reader, music lovers are treated to a spectacular celebration of this great American composer. The Reader offers a kaleidoscopic collection of writings by and about Gershwin, including more than eighty pieces of superb variety, color, and depth.

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Simone Dinnerstein - Broadway - Lafayette (Ravel, Lasser, Gershwin) (2015) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 6, 2017

Simone Dinnerstein - Broadway - Lafayette (Ravel, Lasser, Gershwin) (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 72:22 minutes | 320 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Simone celebrates the time-honoured link between France and America through 3 different composers - Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin and Philip Lasser.

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Great Performances S38E47 "Herbie Hancock Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin" Movies

Posted by BlackFlag at Jan. 16, 2012

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock launched the LA Phil’s 2011/12 season with a sparkling George Gershwin gala at Walt Disney Concert Hall in September. “This is the first time as a professional musician that I’ll be playing a piece that’s essentially classical music with jazz overtones with a symphony orchestra, and what a symphony orchestra it is!” marvels Hancock just before the concert, referring to his keyboard work in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”

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Barbara Hendricks, Katia & Marielle Labèque - Gershwin Songs (1981) Music

Posted by gribovar at June 8, 2022

The best of that rather extraordinary body of music written, often hurriedly, to meet the ephemeral needs of the American entertainment industry between the two world wars has proved durable beyond all expectation. Each of the songs on the present recording is characterised by melodic originality of a most personal kind. George Gershwin’s idiom was tinged from the beginning with jazz and the blues, and this had an effect on his rhythm and harmony, both of which still possess much piquancy.
In most cases the lyrics are by the composer’s brother, Ira, and they are almost equally accomplished, matching the extremely varied moods of the music well…

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Leonard Bernstein - Gershwin: An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blu; Ives: Symphony No.2 (2008/1976) Music

Posted by Vilboa at March 9, 2022

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Gershwin: An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blu; Ives: Symphony No.2 (2008/1976)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.53 Gb (DVD9) | 110 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon

“An indispensable DVD. To watch Bernstein conduct these supreme masterpieces of American music is a joy and a privilege in itself…there is an authentically spontaneous command of idiom here; Bernstein is both a superb soloist and conductor in the Rhapsody and the New Yorkers respond in a proprietorial way.” Penguin Guide

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