The Essential George Gershwin
AlbumTracklist 150:58
CD 1
| 1 | Prelude No. 2 for Piano | 2:40 | |
| 2 | I Got Rhythm Ethel Waters | 3:04 | |
| 3 | Oh Lady, Be Good Buck and Bubbles | 3:30 | |
| 4 | Summertime Billie Holiday | 2:56 | |
| 5 | Nice Work If You Can Get It Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra | 2:51 | |
| 6 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me Fred Astaire | 3:08 | |
| 7 | Swanee Al Jolson | 1:34 | |
| 8 | Liza Benny Goodman | 3:01 | |
| 9 | Someone to Watch Over Me Frank Sinatra | 3:21 | |
| 10 | ’S Wonderful Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark | 2:37 | |
| 11 | Do It Again Jane Russell | 3:17 | |
| 12 | Soon Dorothy Kirsten | 2:58 | |
| 13 | Fascinating Rhythm / Someone to Watch Over Me Morton Gould | 8:08 | |
| 14 | The Man I Love Billie Holiday | 3:07 | |
| 15 | Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Fred Astaire | 3:14 | |
| 16 | Love Is Here to Stay Gene Kelly | 4:08 | |
| 17 | How Long Has This Been Going On? Felicia Sanders | 3:06 | |
| 18 | Blues Harry James and His Orchestra | 4:12 | |
| 19 | But Not for Me Doris Day | 2:38 | |
| 20 | A Foggy Day Rosemary Clooney | 2:53 | |
| 21 | I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise Georges Guétary | 2:36 | |
| 22 | Third Movement (Allegro Agitato) Oscar Levant | 6:25 |
CD 2
| 1 | Of Thee I Sing Overture Buffalo Philharmonic | 4:37 | |
| 2 | They All Laughed Tony Bennett | 2:44 | |
| 3 | Of Thee I Sing The Hi‐Lo’s | 2:40 | |
| 4 | Promenade (Walking the Dog) Los Angeles Philharmonic | 2:56 | |
| 5 | I’ve Got a Crush on You Ella Fitzgerald | 2:18 | |
| 6 | Somebody Loves Me Alberta Hunter | 2:55 | |
| 7 | Love Walked In / Embraceable You Maureen McGovern | 4:11 | |
| 8 | Mine Dick Hyman | 2:58 | |
| 9 | Isn’t It a Pity Mel Tormé | 3:12 | |
| 10 | Introduction and Jazzbo Brown André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra | 3:04 | |
| 11 | It Ain’t Necessarily So Aretha Franklin | 3:09 | |
| 12 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now Robert McFerrin & Adele Addison | 5:13 | |
| 13 | I Loves You, Porgy Miles Davis | 3:41 | |
| 14 | My Man’s Gone Now Sarah Vaughan | 5:44 | |
| 15 | There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York Cab Calloway | 2:18 | |
| 16 | Who Cares? Tony Bennett | 3:18 | |
| 17 | Rhapsody in Blue | 13:44 | |
| 18 | Strike Up the Band André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra | 2:43 | |
| 19 | Home Blues Michael Feinstein | 3:51 |