Fazil Say - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue/Porgy & Bess Arrangements/ Masur

180-gram vinyl

Fazil Say — Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue/Porgy & Bess Arrangements/ Masur

"Gershwin is really unique in the history of music. He wrote highly individual music that's instantly recognisable. (...) Gershwin's approach to tonality combines a whole series of harmonic and melodic ideas with new and exotic elements that few composers had thought of till then: jazz and classical music, America and Europe, black and white link hands here. (...) Porgy and Bess is my favourite opera in English. I wanted to produce an anthology of its most beautiful themes. I wrote these arrangements thinking of a small jazz band." — Fazil Say

One of Fazil Say's most exciting albums, recorded in New York at the end of the '90s. Virtuosity, rhythmic mastery, humour and the true Gerhswin spirit: everything is on this album. 

 

1. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (From "Porgy and Bess")

2. Summertime I (From "Porgy and Bess")

3. Summertime II (From "Porgy and Bess")

4. It Ain't Necessarily So (From "Porgy and Bess")

5. Rialto Ripples

6. Merry Andrew (From "Rosalie")

7. Three-Quarter Blues "Irish Waltz"

8. Walking the Dog

9. 3 Preludes: No. 1, Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso

10. 3 Preludes: No. 2, Andante Con Moto "Blue Lullaby"

11. 3 Preludes: No. 3, Agitato "Spanish Prelude"

12. Rhapsody in Blue (Orch. Grofé)

13. Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

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