Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935

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More interesting (and--predictably--less mechanical) than his piano rolls, Gershwin Performs Gershwin showcases the Gershwin-conducted rehearsal sessions for Second Rhapsody and Porgy and Bess along with two Gershwin radio specials recorded in the early '30s titled Music by Gershwin. These are period pieces, for sure--the sound is shoddy, and the radio spots' commercials are as entrancing as the music that's being played. But, yes, that is Gershwin conducting and playing piano, and this is as close as we'll get to hearing these familiar tunes being played the way he wanted them. --Jason Verlinde

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Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935
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    Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000000FMO
    Release Date: 1991-08-13

    Tracks:

    1. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Signature
    2. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Of Thee I Sing: Overture
    3. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: The Man I Love
    4. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: I Got Rhythm
    5. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Commercial
    6. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Swanee; Sign-off
    7. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Signature
    8. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Mine
    9. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
    10. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Love Is Sweeping The Country
    11. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Commercial
    12. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Wintergreen For President; Sign-Off
    13. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November 10, 1932: Variations On 'Fascinating Rhythm'.
    14. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: Second Prelude
    15. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: Interview
    16. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: I Got Rhythm
    17. Second Rhapsody Rehearsal Performance, June.26, 1931
    18. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Introduction; Summertime
    19. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
    20. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Act 1, Scene 1: Finale
    21. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: My Man's Gone Now
    22. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Bess, You Is My Woman Now

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    More interesting (and--predictably--less mechanical) than his piano rolls, Gershwin Performs Gershwin showcases the Gershwin-conducted rehearsal sessions for Second Rhapsody and Porgy and Bess along with two Gershwin radio specials recorded in the early '30s titled Music by Gershwin. These are period pieces, for sure--the sound is shoddy, and the radio spots' commercials are as entrancing as the music that's being played. But, yes, that is Gershwin conducting and playing piano, and this is as close as we'll get to hearing these familiar tunes being played the way he wanted them. --Jason Verlinde

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