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Release Date: 5th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: 6066892
Label: Warner Classics
Series: American Classics
Length: 78 minutes

Gershwin: A Damsel in Distress - music from the film

Work length5:57

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New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18th - 19th June 1986, RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Girl Crazy Overture

Work length5:20

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New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing

Work length4:56

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New Princess Theatre Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Tip-Toes: Overture: Tip-Toes

Work length4:48

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New Princess Theatre Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Primrose: Overture: Primrose

Work length5:43

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New Princess Theatre Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Stiff Upper Lip

Work length8:28

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New Princess Theatre Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Oh, Kay!: Overture: Oh, Kay!

Work length6:44

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New Princess Theatre Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 June 1986: RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: Somebody Loves Me

Work length3:04

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: Primrose: Boy wanted (Ira Gershwin & Desmond Carter: orch. Frank Sadler)

Work length2:34

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: A Damsel in Distress: Things are looking up (Ira Gershwin: orch. Robert Russell Bennett)

Work length3:23

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: Goldwyn Follies

Work length5:55

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June, 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Love walked in

Track length3:07

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Love is here to stay

Track length2:48

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Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me

Work length2:41

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: Girl Crazy: But not for me (Ira Gershwin: orch. Robert Russell Bennett)

Work length2:56

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Work length2:41

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra, New York Choral Artists
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Gershwin: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Work length2:43

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra, New York Choral Artists
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York

Gershwin: By Strauss

Work length2:50

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Excerpt, Gershwin: Girl Crazy

Work length8:07

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), The Foursome (vocal ensemble)
New Princess Theater Orchestra
John McGlinn
Recorded: 1986-06-11
Recording Venue: 7 & 9-11 June 1986 / RCA Studios, New York City

Embraceable you (Ira Gershwin: orch. Robert Russell Bennett)

Track length4:35

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I got rhythm (Ira Gershwin: orch. Robert Russell Bennett)

Track length3:32

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This release of five new titles in the American Classics series is devoted to the music of George Gershwin.

Arguably the best-known of all 20th-century composers, George Gershwin's music encompasses with equal skill both the classical and popular genres. He was born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York City, in September 1898 to immigrant Jewish parents. He died at the early age of 38 from a tumour in the brain.

Gershwin started to show an interest in music from about the age of ten and, although receiving some piano tutelage, was largely self-taught in composition. It was only later in his career that he received some formal instruction in composition.

Gershwin's first employment was as a song plugger for a New York music publishing company. His first song was published in 1916 and a year later he had his first commercial successes with the rag Rialto Ripples. This was followed, in 1919, by his first big international hit, Swanee. Now established as a successful composer of popular songs, between 1919 and 1933, Gershwin produced, in collaboration with his elder brother Ira, some of the most successful Broadway musicals.

In 1924 he was commissioned by the band leader, Paul Whiteman, to produce what was to be his first 'serious' composition, the Rhapsody in Blue. This was followed a year later by the Piano Concerto in F and, in 1928, by An American in Paris. His opera Porgy and Bess was first performed on Broadway in 1935.

These five releases present a comprehensive view of Gershwin's music from the Three Preludes for solo piano to the Piano Concerto, taking in a good selection of the show songs and improvisations.

Gershwin - Songs from the Shows & Overtures

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