Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935

RELEASE
July 18, 1991
LABEL
Musicmasters
GENRES
Soundtrack, American Popular Song, Show Tunes, Cast Recordings, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Standards

Album Review

1931-1934. A rare treasure, this CD contains two 15-minute episodes of the 1934 "Music by Gershwin" radio program (complete with laxative commercials!), a radio appearance with Rudy Vallee, and rehearsals for the Second Rhapsody and Porgy and Bess conducted by Gershwin himself. Gives great insight into the personality of one of the century's major composers.
– William Ruhlmann, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Signature, February 19, 1934http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  2. Overturehttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  3. The Man I Love, song (from Strike Up the Band, 1st version; orig. composed http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  4. I Got Rhythm, song (from Girl Crazy, 1930)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  5. Commercial for Phenamint (February 19, 1934)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  6. Swanee / Sign-off, February 19, 1934http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  7. Signature, April 30, 1934http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  8. Mine, song (from Let 'em Eat Cake, musical)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  9. Variations on "I Got Rhythm," for piano & orchestra (or 2 Pianos)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  10. Love Is Sweeping the Country, song (from Of Thee I Sing, musical)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  11. Commercial for Phenamint (April 30, 1934)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  12. Public service message ("Wintergreen for President") and Sign-Off, Aprihttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  13. Variations on "Fascinating Rhythm" / Variations on "Liza"http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  14. Second Preludehttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  15. Interview with George Gershwin on the Rudy Vallée "Fleischmann Hour" Rahttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  16. I Got Rhythm, song (from Girl Crazy, 1930)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  17. Rehearsal performancehttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  18. Rehearsal performance. Summertime (preceded by radio introduction)http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  19. Rehearsal performance. A Woman Is a Sometime Thinghttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  20. Rehearsal performance. Act 1. Scene 1. Finalehttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  21. Rehearsal performance. My Man's Gone Nowhttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
  22. Rehearsal performance. Bess, You Is My Woman Nowhttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GPa6cpPdL08&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&u1=EI000000004300000005300010075294&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Falbum%252Fgershwin-george-gershwin-friends%252Fid536326442%253Fuo%253D5%2526s%253D143441
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