George Gershwin (1898-1937) - A Portrait



CD1 (total time 57:33)
01. Rhapsody in Blue, symphonic jazz composition for jazzband, piano and orchestra (1924) (16:51)
Ensemble Modern - HK Gruber
Ueli Wiget - piano
Alfred Krupp-Saal, Philharmonie, Essen, January 2, 2008 *RESEED*


02. broadcast intro (2:30)

03. Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano (1932) (13:03)

04. broadcast presentation (1:08)

05. Sweet and Low-Down (from "Tip-Toe") (4:45)
06. presentation (0:50)
07. How Long Has This Been Going On? (4:58)
08. presentation (1:42)
09. The Man I Loved (4:56)
10. presentation (0:38)
11. I Got Rhythm (from "Girl Crazy", 1930) (2:28)
12. presentation (0:17)
13. Love is here to stay (3:20)
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - Wayne Marshall
Wayne Marshall - piano (03)
Kim Criswell - vocals, presentations
Großen Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, February 25, 2007 *RESEED*



CD2 (total time 73:28)
excerpts and introduction to Porgy and Bess - A Symphonic Picture for Orchestra
01. excerpt (2:34)
02. narration (0:31)
03. excerpt (1:29)
04. narration (0:45)
05. excerpt (3:05)
06. narration (0:36)
07. excerpt (1:31)
08. narration (2:08)
09. excerpt (2:13)

10. broadcast presentation (0:53)

11. Porgy and Bess - A Symphonic Picture for Orchestra (arr. Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)) (25:00)

12. broadcast outro (0:35)
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - Wayne Marshall
RadioKulturhaus, Vienna, February 23, 2007 *RESEED*


Pianoconcerto in F (1925)
13. Allegro (13:12)
14. Adagio - Andante con moto (12:14)
15. Allegro agitato (6:35)
Ralph van Raat - piano
Holland Symfonia - Josep Caballe Domenech
Philharmonie, Haarlem, February 26, 2011



all titles are from FM broadcasts, except CD2, tracks 13-15 which is from a 192kbps (MPEG-Layer 3) webcast