Selections from the famous opera by George and Ira Gershwin from the novel 'Porgy' by DuBose Heyward. George and Ira Gershwin joined DuBose Heyward in Charleston to write the opera which had been germinating in George's imagination for several years. Porgy and Bess was George Gershwin's longest and most ambitious creation but it was not truly successful during his lifetime. Some of the songs had achieved popularity before Gershwin's death in 1937 but the work earned real approval and favor only after the 1940 Theater Guild presentation of a slightly revised version. For years it was performed more frequently in Europe where it was considered a true American opera than in America.

Ces arrangements art merveilleusement complexe, sophistiqué et élégant de la musique par le compositeur Richard Walters de chansons classiques par Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter et George Gershwin sont conçus pour flatter un pianiste et chanteur classique et ont été largement réalisées en Amérique du Nord et en Europe par des professionnels et des étudiants avancés. Comme un interprète, ' les arrangements sont tellement riches qu'ils deviennent des chansons de l'art sur leur propre. ' Initialement publié en 1992 comme des ensembles de livre/cassette (maintenant out of print), cette édition réimprimée rend ces arrangements distinctives à nouveau disponible./ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. / Classique / Date parution : 1905-06-24/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

4 Night Songs-These stylish and passionate songs present technical challenges for even accomplished singers though their cumulative effect is worthwhile.Twentieth century English composer singer and actress Madeleine Dring wrote songs that frequently employed jazz chords in their accompaniment which has been compared in the US to Gershwin though these evocative and emotional songs recall better the influence of Poulenc. They were composed in 1982. Her contemporary the poet Michael Armstrong lived on Jersey after his service in the World War II where he ran a small hotel with his wife as well as being a painter poet publisher and for a while a member of the staff of GeraldDurrell’s zoo.

13 Lieder von Mikis Theodorakis. Par THEODORAKIS MIKIS. Einige der bekanntesten Lieder von Theodorakis wie Nihtoni und Asteri mou werden hier in sensibler Neufassung von deutschem Text und Klavierarrangement zum 90. Geburtstag des großen griechischen Komponisten vorgelegt, zeitgleich mit ihrer Einspielung beim Label Wergo./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

From the classic 1954 remake of the 1937 film starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Arranged for Piano and Vocal with chord symbols for Ukulele.

Bess, You Is My Woman Now * I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' * I Loves You Porgy * It Ain't Necessarily So * My Man's Gone Now * Summertime * A Woman Is a Sometime Thing.

Book 2-8 songs from the 18th century selected for High Voice and Piano and edited by Michael Pilkington.