George Gershwin Memorial Concert > Concert Cast

Recording Details

Date: September 8, 1937
Type: Audio / Radio Cast
Method: Live
Language: English
Location: US / CA / Hollywood
Theatre/Venue: Hollywood Bowl
Music: George Gershwin (859)
Lyrics: Irving Caesar (123), B.G. DeSylva (207), Ira Gershwin (709), DuBose Heyward (106)
Producer: Michael Feinstein (87)
Engineer: Bruce Leek (2)
Mastering: Graham Newton (5)
Liner Notes: Michael Feinstein (87), Celia Grail
Conductor: Nathaniel Finston (2), José Iturbi (13), Otto Klemperer (4), Charles Previn (28), Nathaniel Shilkret (43), Alexander Steinert (4), Victor Young (165)
Orchestrations: Otto Klemperer (4)
Performer: Fred Astaire (346), Leiland Atherton Irish, Anne Brown (19), Todd Duncan (23), Ruby Elzy (5), Hall Johnson Choir (7), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), George Jessel (9), Al Jolson (171), Lily Pons (10), Edward G. Robinson (3), Gladys Swarthout (8), Louis Louis Witten
Musician: José Iturbi (13), Oscar Levant (43), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (6)
Shortcode: [r7204]

Releases

Format: 2-CD
Label: North American Class NAC 4001
Released: 1998-04-28
Country: Canada
Barcode: 372911400126
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Producer: David Lennick (24), Gormick. Greg
Mastering: David Lennick (24), Graham Newton (5)
Liner Notes: David Lennick (24), Greg Gormick (6)
# Tracks: 27
Length: 2:26:06
Lists: 19 collectors / 4 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl9541]

1. Opening Comments
2. Prelude #2
3. Commentary
4. An American In Paris
5. Commentary
6. Eulogy
7. Swanee
8. The Man I Love
9. They Can't Take That Away From Me
10. Station Identification : Commentary
11. 1st Movement : Allegro
12. 2nd Movement : Andate con moto
13. Concerto In F: 3rd Movement : Allegro con brio
Disc: 2
1. Intermission : Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish; Oscar Hammerstein Tribute; Edward G. Robinson Tribute; Commentary
2. Introduction To The Second Half
3. Anthology : The Man I Love, Liza, Lady Be Good, Somebody Loves Me, Do It Again, I Got Rhythm, Wintergreen For President, Strike Up The Band
4. Commentary
5. Porgy And Bess: Introduction And Summertime
6. Commentary
7. Porgy And Bess: My Man's Gone Now
8. Porgy And Bess: The Buzzard Song
9. Porgy And Bess: The Train Song
10. Porgy And Bess: I've Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
11. Porgy And Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
12. Porgy And Bess: I'm On My Way
13. Commentary
14. Rhapsody In Blue