The Essential George Gershwin

The Essential George Gershwin

Album
Label Sony Classical Release date Format 2×CD Country 🇨🇦 Canada

Tracklist 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