Composer: George Gershwin
Performer: Maurizio Zaccaria
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aevea
Catalogue: AE17032
Release: 2017
Size: 883 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
George Gershwin’s Song-Book
01. No. 1, Clap Yo’ Hands
02. No. 2, Do-Do-Do
03. No. 3, Do It Again!
04. No. 4, Fascinating Rhythm
05. No. 5, I Got Rhythm
06. No. 6, I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Porgy and Bess
07. Jazzbo Brown Blues (Version for Piano)
George Gershwin’s Song-Book
08. No. 7, Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)
09. No. 8, The Man I Love
10. No. 9, My One and Only
11. No. 10, Nobody But You
12. No. 11, Oh, Lady Be Good
13. No. 12, Somebody Loves Me
14. Impromptu in Two Keys
3 Préludes
15. No. 1, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
16. No. 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato “Blue Lullaby”
17. No. 3, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso “Spanish Prelude”
18. Promenade “Walking the Dog” (Version for Piano)
19. Novelette in Fourths
20. Prelude (Unnumbered)
21. Prelude (Fragment)
22. Melody No. 17 “Sleepless Night”
23. Merry Andrew (Arr. for Piano)
24. Rhapsody in Blue (Version for Piano)
25. Rialto Ripples
George Gershwin’s Song-Book
26. No. 13, Strike Up the Band
27. No. 14, Swanee
28. No. 15, Sweet and Low-Down
29. No. 16, ‘S Wonderful
30. No. 17, That Certain Feeling
31. No. 18, Who Cares? (So Long as You Care for Me)
32. Swiss Miss
33. Three-Quarter Blues “Irish Waltz”
34. 2 Waltzes in C Major
The complete published works by Gershwin are quite extraordinary for their invention. His jazz bubbles over with clever ideas for piano (Gershwin was, after all, a true virtuoso of the piano). His compositions have an abundance of colors and genres that blend, bind and burst into new and spacious musical language. Young talent, Maurizio Zaccaria plays with a secure and natural touch. This release includes the transcriptions of the Gershwin’ Songs (18), the Three Preludes, the Uncategorized Preludes, the pianistic transcription (by the composer) of the famous ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, the innovative (Double) Waltzes, and several other pieces, including original transcriptions from ‘Porgy and Bess’, ‘Shall We Dance’, and ‘Rosalie’. The recording is fully natural with no mastering additions, made with 4 microphones (2 close, 2 far).