Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue & Piano Concerto in F
Show me a pianist who knows how to play Johann Sebastian Bach, and I’ll be interested in virtually anything that s/he performs:
Here’s a new recording with Joanna MacGregor performing Gershwin:
Gershwin:
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Piano Concerto in F major
- A Foggy Day (In London Town)
- Fidgety Feet
- But Not for Me
- A Gershwin Songbook
- I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
- Do, Do, Do
- That Certain Feeling
- Liza
- I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy)
plus:
17. It’s Only A Paper Moon (Harold Arlen arr. Django Bates)
18. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Cole Porter arr. Gary Carpenter)
19. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Jerome Kern arr. Michael Finnissy)
20. Night & Day (Cole Porter arr. Gary Carpenter)
21. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over (Richard Rodgers arr. Django Bates)
22. Love For Sale (Cole Porter arr. Gary Carpenter)
23. I’ll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain arr. Alasdair Nicolson)
24. 42nd St. Stomp (Harold Arlen arr. Alasdair Nicolson)
25. Erroll’s Blues (Erroll Garner arr. Joanna MacGregor)
26. Erroll’s Bounce (Erroll Garner arr. Joanna MacGregor)
27. Monk’s Point (Thelonious Monk arr. Joanna MacGregor)
28. Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk arr. Joanna MacGregor)
Joanna MacGregor, pianist
This audio CD was issued on May 24, 2011
Here is Joanna MacGregor playing Bach: WTC Book I, Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major BWV 862:
Commissioned from Harold Budd for Bath International Music Festival’s 60th anniversary, the Bath Festival’s Artistic Director, Joanna MacGregor, plays this hauntingly beautiful piece by Harold Budd:
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