Fazil Say, Kurt Masur - Gershwin / Fazil Say, New York PO
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Artist: Fazil Say, Kurt MasurPerformer: George Gershwin
Composer: George Gershwin
Conductor: George Gershwin
Performer: Stanley Drucker
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Orchestra: Kurt Masur
Performer: James Saporito
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Performer: Fazil Say
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Music Label: Warner Music France
Soundtracks:
- I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
- Summertime (I)
- Summertime (II)
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Rialto Ripples, Rag
- Impromptu In Two Keys
- Merry Andrew
- Three-Quarter Blues
- Promenade
- 'I Got Rhythm' Variations
- Sleepless Night
- Novelette In Fourths
- Rubato
- Prelude I
- Blue Lullaby
- Spanish Prelude
Music reviews of Gershwin / Fazil Say, New York PO
Music Review: This is one of my absolute favorite Gershwin CD's
Rating: 5 Stars
There's some rather rare pieces on this CD--including the wonderful cakewalk Novelette in Fourths. Gershwin wrote some wonderful jazz-style preludes for piano, but usually only three are recorded. There are a number of other short piano works that are delightful and practically impossible to find on CD. Fortunately, they are here, along with some favorites from Porgy and Bess and other piano arrangements of Gershwin songs such as the virtuoso "I Got Rhythm" variations. What's really great is that Fazil Say plays these with humor and lightness. No heavy, pseudo-scholarly seriousness here. He makes the most of his pianistic skill and yet retains the spirit of Gershwin's playfulness and fun. This is definitely a must-have if you love Gershwin.
Description of Gershwin / Fazil Say, New York PO
Nobody can accuse Fazil Say of having a bad time while recording this disc of Gershwin classics. He brings a jazzy improvisation and plenty of spunk to these well-worn tunes, creating one of the most enthralling Gershwin piano discs around. Some pianists make Gershwin sound grandiose (Helen Grimaud, for instance), but Say makes this music fun. His alternating takes on "Summertime"--one slow and pensive, the other dizzying and swinging--are unforgettable, while his "It Ain't Necessarily So" is spiky and mischievous. A small rhythm and horn section keeps up with the pianist on a few of the shorter works, while Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic get in on the action for Rhapsody in Blue and the lesser-heard "'I Got Rhythm' Variations." Featuring some of Gershwin's most technical, modernist writing, "Variations" is a real discovery, as are Say's inventive interpretations of the shorter solo miniatures. Throughout, he's clearly in his element, having a blast and showing off. Gershwin seldom sounds this good. --Jason VerlindeGeneral CDs
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