Conducts Gershwin

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1-1	An American In Paris
1-2 / 1-4	Concerto In F For Piano And Orchestra
2-1 / 2-8	Catfish Row Suite with Scenes From Porgy & Bess
2-9	Second Rhapsody For Orchestra With Piano
3-1	Rhapsody In Blue (Original Version - The 1925 Piano Roll)
3-2	An American In Paris
Broadway Overtures Arranged By – Don Rose
3-3	Oh, Kay!
3-4	Funny Face
3-5	Girl Crazy
3-6	Strike Up The Band
3-7	Of Thee I Sing
3-8	Let 'Em Eat Cake
4-1	Rhapsody In Blue (Original Version) Clarinet – Lorin Levee
4-2	Preludes For Piano
4-3	Short Story Score Editor – Michael Tilson Thomas
4-4	Violin Piece (Gershwin Melody No. 40) Arranged By – Michael Tilson Thomas
4-5	Second Rhapsody For Orchestra With Piano (Original Version)
4-6	For Lily Pons (Gershwin Melody No. 79) Realization – Michael Tilson Thomas
4-7	Sleepless Night (Gershwin Melody No. 17)
4-8	Promenade ("Walking The Dog")
5-1 / 5-22	Of Thee I Sing Orchestrated By – George Gershwin, Robert Russell Bennett, William Daly
6-1 / 6-30	Let 'Em Eat Cake Orchestrated By – Russell Warner
7-1	Medley from 'Porgy And Bess': Introduction / Summertime / It Ain't Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgy
7-2	Medley: But Not For Me / Love Is Here To Stay / Embraceable You / Someone To Watch Over Me From "Oh, Kay!"
7-3	Sweet And Low-Down
7-4	Fascinating Rhythm From 'Lady, Be Good!'
7-5	Do It Again!
7-6	My Man's Gone Now From 'Porgy And Bess'
7-7	The Man I Love
7-8	Medley: Nice Work If You Can Get It / They Can't Take That Away From Me / 'S Wonderful / Swanee / Strike Up The Band
7-9	Medley: I've Got A Crush On You / A Foggy Day

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment
• Recorded At – Davies Symphony Hall – 1-1 to 2-9
• Recorded At – Philharmonic Hall, New York – 3-2
• Recorded At – Kleinhans Music Hall – 3-3 to 3-8
• Recorded At – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – 4-1; 4-3 to 4-8; 7-1 to 7-9
• Recorded At – RCA Studio A – 4-2; 5-1 to 6-30

Credits

• Bass – Andy Simpkins* (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9)
• Chorus – New York Choral Artists (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Chorus Master – Joseph Flummerfelt (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Composed By – George Gershwin (tracks: 1-1 to 7-9)
• Conductor – Michael Tilson Thomas (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8; 3-2 to 4-1; 4-3 to 7-9)
• Creative Director – Michael Feldman (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Drums – Harold Jones (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9)
• Ensemble – Columbia Jazz Band (tracks: 3-1)
• Lyrics By – B.G. DeSylva* (tracks: 7-5), DuBose Heyward (tracks: 7-1, 7-6), Ira Gershwin (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30; 7-1 to 7-4; 7-6 to 7-9), Irving Caesar (tracks: 7-8 (Swanee))
• Music Director – Michael Tilson Thomas (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Music Director [Associate] – Robert Fisher (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Orchestra – Buffalo Philharmonic* (tracks: 3-3 to 3-8), Los Angeles Philharmonic* (tracks: 4-1, 4-3 to 4-8; 7-1 to 7-9), Orchestra Of St. Luke's (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), New York Philharmonic* (tracks: 3-2), San Francisco Symphony* (tracks: 1-1 to 2-9)
• Piano – Garrick Ohlsson (tracks: 1-2 to 1-4), George Gaffney (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Michael Tilson Thomas (tracks: 2-9; 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-7, 4-8; 7-3, 7-6, 7-7)
• Piano [Roll] – George Gershwin (tracks: 3-1)
• Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9)
• Text By [Book] – George S. Kaufman (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Morrie Ryskind (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)
• Vocals – Audra McDonald (tracks: 2-1, 2-4, 2-6), Brian Stokes Mitchell (tracks: 2-4, 2-7), Casper Roos (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), David Garrison (tracks: 6-1 to 6-30), Frank Kopyc (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), George Dvorsky (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Haskell Gordon (tracks: 6-1 to 6-30), Jack Dabdoub (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Jack Gilford (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Larry Kert (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Louise Edeiken (tracks: 5-1 to 5-22), Mark Zimmerman (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Maureen McGovern (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Merwin Goldsmith (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Paige O'Hara (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Raymond Thorne (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30), Sarah Vaughan (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Walter Hook (tracks: 5-1 to 6-30)

Notes

7 CD Box Set containing reissues of previous releases of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting various ensembles in the works of George Gershwin. Liner Notes are included.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8887517008265