Michael Finnissy: Gershwin

…these are essentially reimaginings of some of Gershwin's best-known songs in piano-transcription form. Finnissy has performed subtle surgery on the original material… there are shifts of emphasis,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Catalogue No: METCD1063
Label: Metronome
Length: 79 minutes

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Things Are Looking Up

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: A foggy Day in London Town

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Love Is Here to Stay

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: They Can't Take That Away from Me

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Shall We Dance?

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: They're Writing Songs of Love, But Not for Me

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Fidgety Feet

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Embraceable You

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Waiting for the Sun to Come Out

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Innocent Ingenue Baby

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Michael Finnisy, George Gershwin: Blah, Blah, Blah

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Boy Wanted

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Limehouse Nights

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Wait a Bit, Susie

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: I'd Rather Charleston

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Isn't It Wonderful!

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Nobody But You

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Swanee

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Dixie Rose

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Someone Believes in You

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Michael Finnissy, George Gershwin: Nashville Nightingale

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Michael Finnissy has been described as “one of the most original composers of our day” and his approach to Gershwin is a good example of his originality. These are not just transcriptions, they are re-workings of Gershwin’s ideas to suit scenarios and emotions remote from their original intention. The originals vividly evoke America in the 1920s and pre-war era. Through the spectrum of modernism,the melodies while still recognisable are seen “through a distorting lens”, tempos and harmony are exchanged, the blithe becomes tense, moods are reversed.

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November 2004

…these are essentially reimaginings of some of Gershwin's best-known songs in piano-transcription form. Finnissy has performed subtle surgery on the original material… there are shifts of emphasis, transformations of mood and overt structural reinventions, all of which come together to produce a unique perspective on the tunes themselves.

...fun, humour, seriousness, power and an anguished poignancy, all of which Nicolas Hodges unfailingly projects in pianism of admirable clarity and sharply etched perfection

in these remarkable Gershwin arrangements Finnissy pays homage to the song transcriptions of Godowsky and others, but from his very personal avant-garde standpoint as “one of the most original composers of our day"

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