Track Listings (37) - Disc #1| All Artists: George Gershwin, Joan Morris, William Bolcom Title: Gershwin: Piano Music Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Nonesuch Release Date: 4/9/1992 Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 075597915129 |
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William Bolcom is my kind of musician. He writes music that is sometimes adventurous but always based in a recognizable American idiom. And he's a terrific ragtime pianist, the best Joplin player I've heard. With these cre... more » |
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Amazon.com William Bolcom is my kind of musician. He writes music that is sometimes adventurous but always based in a recognizable American idiom. And he's a terrific ragtime pianist, the best Joplin player I've heard. With these credentials, of course he's a wonderful Gershwin player. These are the best piano performances of Gershwin I know. After you hear those, Bolcom joins his wife Joan Morris for very flavorful versions of 10 George and Ira Gershwin songs. The whole disc is a delight, and the original analog recordings still sound fine. Highly recommended to all Gershwin lovers. --Leslie Gerber Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGershwin Never Sounded Better! Cowboy Buddha | Essex UK | 06/25/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is a fantastic CD! Back in the 70's, pianist William Bolcom and his singer wife Joan Morris made a delightful series of albums on the Nonesuch label of old songs from the first half of the twentieth century - just glorious voice backed by brilliant piano. As Ira Gershwin might say - who could ask for anything more? The music is not only beautifully performed, you can hear the joy of the performance in every note. And Bolcom and Morris were never better than when doing Gershwin.A combination of two albums, the first part of this CD is all piano. The Gershwin Songbook consists of brief (some under a minute) versions of some of his more popular songs in the way that Gershwin himself famously played them at parties. They demonstrate that Gershwin was as gifted a pianist as he was a composer. The other instrumental tracks are some of Gershwin's solo piano pieces, including the wonderful Rialto Ripples, a rag written when he was just seventeen. For me, the pinnacle of both Gershwin's and William Bolcom's artistry is reached on the second of the three preludes - a classic study of a bluesy mood.Just when you think things can't get any better, Joan Morris arrives. She effortlessly sings and swings her way through ten of Gershwin's best songs from the cheeky comedy of By Strauss to the smoky moodiness of Someone To Watch Over Me. Maybe I'm just an incurable old romantic, but the ballads are the best of all.No Gershwin collection can be complete without this CD. Now if only I could find a copy of that Bolcom/Morris song about Humphrey Bogart..." Peculiar Richard Wirtz | Knoxville, TN USA | 01/25/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "I can see how someone might enjoy this album. William Bolcom is a top-flight pianist and the idea of playing the tunes as George Gershwin played them at parties is intriguing. Because my ear is used to it, I guess, I would like to have heard longer performances of fewer songs. Each one sounded to me like a snippet -- over too soon. Because of that, plus the fact that I'm not a fan of Joan Morris' showy voice, I give the album one thumb up." Great -- but not for everyone J. BURGESON | Stratford, CT USA | 07/05/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "No doubt the Gershwin Bros. would approve of this gem from the 1970s. The vocals and the piano are both top flight. One of my favorites. But then, I have eclectic tastes in music, and not everyone on the room will approve of Joan Morris' operatic treatment of the material. Still, if your friends can't at least appreciate songs like "Just Another Rumba," maybe you might want shop around for new friends."
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