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Born: 1898   Died: 1937   Country: USA   Period: 20th Century
In a career tragically cut short in mid-stride by a brain tumor, George Gershwin (1898-1937) proved himself to be not only one of the great songwriters of his extremely rich era, but also a gifted "serious" composer who bridged the worlds of classical and popular music. The latter is all the more striking, given that, of his contemporaries, Gershwin was the most influenced by such styles as jazz and blues.

Gershwin's first Read more major hit, interpolated into the show Sinbad in 1919, was "Swanee," sung by Al Jolson. Gershwin wrote both complete scores and songs for such variety shoes as George White's Scandals (whose annual editions thus were able to introduce such songs as "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" and "Somebody Loves Me").

After 1924, Gershwin worked primarily with his brother Ira as his lyricist. The two scored a series of Broadway hits in the '20s and early '30s, starting with Lady Be Good (1924), which included the song "Fascinatin' Rhythm." 1924 was also the year Gershwin composed his first classical piece, "Rhapsody in Blue," and he would continue to work in the classical field until his death.

By the '30s, the Gershwins had turned to political topics and satire in response to the onset of the Depression, and their Of Thee I Sing became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize. In the mid '30s, Gershwin ambitiously worked to meld his show music and classical leanings in the creation of the folk opera Porgy and Bess, with lyrics by Ira and Dubose Heyward. The Gershwins had moved to Hollywood and were engaged in several movie projects at the time of George Gershwin's death. Read less

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Matsuev, Gilbert
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Matsuev, Gilbert
Release Date: 05/28/2013   Label: Rca  
Catalog: 549260   Number of Discs: 1
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Russo: Street Music; Gershwin / Ozawa, Corky Siegel, Et Al
Russo: Street Music; Gershwin / Ozawa, Corky Siegel, Et Al
Release Date: 07/16/2002   Label: Dg The Originals  
Catalog: 463665   Number of Discs: 1
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Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell, Litolff, Liszt
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell, Litolff, Liszt
Release Date: 05/08/2002   Label: London/Decca Jubilee  
Catalog: 430726   Number of Discs: 1
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Classic Library - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Etc
Classic Library - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Etc
Release Date: 07/13/2004   Label: Rca Victor Red Seal  
Catalog: 60862   Number of Discs: 1
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Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto In F / List, Hanson
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto In F / List, Hanson
Release Date: 09/16/2008   Label: Mercury Living Presence  
Catalog: 434341   Number of Discs: 1
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    Icon - Alexis Weissenberg: The Champagne Pianist
    Icon - Alexis Weissenberg: The Champagne Pianist
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 6790862 Release Date: 03/13/2012   Number of Discs: 10
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Frédéric Chopin,  Johannes Brahms,  César Franck  ... 
    Performer:  Alexis Weissenberg
    Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini,  Herbert von Karajan,  Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,  Leonard Bernstein  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Orchestre de Paris,  Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris  ... 
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    Music & Painters - Music Of The Era Of Monet, Chagall, Courbet & Picasso
    Music & Painters - Music Of The Era Of Monet, Chagall, Courbet & Picasso
    Label: Naive   Catalog: 5283 Release Date: 01/31/2012   Number of Discs: 7
    Composer:  Maurice Ravel,  Claude Debussy,  Gabriel Fauré,  Ernest Chausson  ... 
    Performer:  Anne Gastinel,  Daniel Blumenthal,  Marie-Nicole Lemieux,  Noel Lee  ... 
    Conductor:  Dmitry Yablonsky,  Christoph Eschenbach,  Alain Lombard,  Bernard Haitink  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kasbek Ensemble,  Russian State Symphony Orchestra,  Orchestre de Paris  ... 
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    Trumpet In Blue
    Trumpet In Blue
    Label: Ligia   Catalog: 105231 Release Date: 01/10/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Guy Touvron,  Daniel Guyot,  Leonard Bernstein
    Performer:  Guy Touvron,  Chantal Riou,  Patrice Fontanarosa,  Hervé Moreau  ... 
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    The Legacy Of George Gershwin / United States Army Field Band
    The Legacy Of George Gershwin / United States Army Field Band
    Label: Altissimo   Catalog: 63402 Release Date: 10/25/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Philip Sparke,  Unspecified
    Performer:  Jennifer Everhart,  Robert McIver Jr.,  Meghan Whittier
    Conductor:  Thomas H. Palmatier
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Army Field Band,  Marcus Roberts Trio
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    Joanna Macgregor Plays Gershwin
    Joanna Macgregor Plays Gershwin
    Label: Warner Classics   Catalog: 678306 Release Date: 09/27/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Cole Porter,  Jerome Kern,  Richard Rodgers  ... 
    Performer:  Joanna MacGregor
    Conductor:  Carl Davis
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris, The Man I Love / Tilson Thomas, Kostelantz
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris, The Man I Love / Tilson Thomas, Kostelantz
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 64349 Release Date: 06/27/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  George Gershwin,  Harold Jones,  Sarah Vaughan,  George Gaffney  ... 
    Conductor:  Michael Tilson Thomas,  Morton Gould,  Andre Kostelanetz,  Eugene Ormandy  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Jazz Band,  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,  Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Bernstein: West Side Story
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Bernstein: West Side Story
    Label: Kml Recordings   Catalog: 1121 Release Date: 06/14/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Leonard Bernstein
    Performer:  Katia Labèque,  Marielle Labèque,  Raphaël Séguinier,  Gonzalo Grau  ... 
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    Celibidache - The Complete Rias Recordings
    Celibidache - The Complete Rias Recordings
    Label: Audite   Catalog: 21406 Release Date: 05/31/2011   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Maurice Ravel,  Ferruccio Busoni,  Luigi Cherubini  ... 
    Performer:  Gerhard Puchelt,  Siegfried Borries,  Gustav Scheck
    Conductor:  Sergiu Celibidache
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    Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversay Concert
    Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversay Concert
    Label: Ondine   Catalog: 1190-2 Release Date: 05/31/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Leonard Bernstein,  Peter Lieberson,  George Gershwin,  John Stafford Smith  ... 
    Performer:  Richard Dreyfuss,  Tzimon Barto,  Earl Wild
    Conductor:  Christoph Eschenbach,  Howard Mitchell
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Symphony, Washington, D. C.
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    Gershwin / K. & M. Labeque, Chailly, Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra [7-CD Collector's Edition]
    Gershwin / K. & M. Labeque, Chailly, Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra [7-CD Collector's Edition]
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001546202 Release Date: 04/19/2011   Number of Discs: 7
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer:  Katia Labèque,  Marielle Labèque,  Ralph Votapek,  Peter Jablonski  ... 
    Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly,  Arthur Fiedler,  Vladimir Ashkenazy,  John Mauceri  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra,  Boston Pops,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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    George Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Piano Concerto; Porgy & Bess - A Symphonic Picture
    George Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Piano Concerto; Porgy & Bess - A Symphonic Picture
    Label: Transart Live   Catalog: 155 Release Date: 04/12/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Bruno Fontaine
    Conductor:  David Wroe
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    Eldar Djangirov - Three Stories
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 54862 Release Date: 04/05/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sammy Cahn,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Chick Corea,  Alexander Scriabin  ... 
    Performer:  Eldar Djangirov
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Piano Concerto / Stefano Bollani, Riccardo Chailly
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Piano Concerto / Stefano Bollani, Riccardo Chailly
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001531102 Release Date: 03/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Stefano Bollani
    Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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    Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos Of The Jazz Age / Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival
    Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos Of The Jazz Age / Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8559647 Release Date: 02/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  James P. Johnson,  Harry Reser,  George Gershwin,  Dana Suesse
    Performer:  Gary Hammond,  Don Vappie,  Tatiana Roitman,  Peter Minton  ... 
    Conductor:  Richard Rosenberg
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra,  Creole Serenaders
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    Rhapsodies For Two Pianos
    Rhapsodies For Two Pianos
    Label: Roméo Records   Catalog: 7276 Release Date: 02/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov,  George Gershwin,  Franz Liszt,  Florent Schmitt  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo
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    Mozart To Gershwin
    Mozart To Gershwin
    Label: Aca Digital   Catalog: 20110 Release Date: 02/08/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Frédéric Chopin,  Claude Debussy  ... 
    Performer:  Margery McDuffie Whatley,  Steven Hesla
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  • 42.
    The 20th Century Piano Concerto Vol 1 - Prokofiev, Falla, Gershwin, Bartok, Stravinsky, Ravel
    The 20th Century Piano Concerto Vol 1 - Prokofiev, Falla, Gershwin, Bartok, Stravinsky, Ravel
    Label: Philips   Catalog: 462859 Release Date: 01/26/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Prokofiev,  Manuel de Falla,  George Gershwin,  Béla Bartók  ... 
    Performer:  Byron Janis,  Clara Haskil,  Eugene List,  Stephen Kovacevich  ... 
    Conductor:  Kiril Kondrashin,  Igor Markevitch,  Howard Hanson,  Sir Colin Davis  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,  Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra,  Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    111 - The Collector's Edition 2 [56-CD Set - Limited Edition]
    111 - The Collector's Edition 2 [56-CD Set - Limited Edition]
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 4779142 Release Date: 11/09/2010   Number of Discs: 56
    Composer:  Georges Bizet,  Sergei Prokofiev,  Maurice Ravel,  Ludwig van Beethoven  ... 
    Performer:  Stuart Harling,  Robert Lloyd,  Sherrill Milnes,  Placido Domingo  ... 
    Conductor:  Claudio Abbado,  John Nelson,  Leonard Bernstein,  Jerzy Semkow  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Ambrosian Singers,  George Watson's College Boys' Chorus  ... 
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    David Greilsammer Plays Tansman, Boulanger & Gershwin
    David Greilsammer Plays Tansman, Boulanger & Gershwin
    Label: Naive   Catalog: 5224 Release Date: 09/28/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Nadia Boulanger,  George Gershwin,  Alexandre Tansman
    Performer:  David Greilsammer
    Conductor:  Steven Sloane
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto In F / Katia & Marielle Labeque
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto In F / Katia & Marielle Labeque
    Label: Newton Classics   Catalog: 8802004 Release Date: 07/27/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Marielle Labèque,  Katia Labèque
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Piano Concerto In F; Second Rhapsody; 'i Got Rhythm' Variations
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 88697707352 Release Date: 07/27/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Michael Boriskin,  Todd Levy
    Conductor:  Jonathan Sheffer
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    A Touch Of Class / Rachel & Vanessa Fuidge
    A Touch Of Class / Rachel & Vanessa Fuidge
    Label: Divine Art   Catalog: 24146 Release Date: 06/08/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Paolo Di Biase,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Charles Camilleri,  George Gershwin  ... 
    Performer:  Rachel Fuidge,  Vanessa Fuidge
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; An American In Paris; Gould: Latin-american Symphonette
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; An American In Paris; Gould: Latin-american Symphonette
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 06691 Release Date: 05/04/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Morton Gould,  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Leonard Pennario
    Conductor:  Felix Slatkin
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    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Piano Concerto / Thibaudet, Alsop, Baltimore SO
    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Piano Concerto / Thibaudet, Alsop, Baltimore SO
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001409102 Release Date: 04/27/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Jean-Yves Thibaudet
    Conductor:  Marin Alsop
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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    Gershwin By Grofe - Original Orchestrations & Arrangements
    Gershwin By Grofe - Original Orchestrations & Arrangements
    Label: Harmonia Mundi   Catalog: 907492 Release Date: 04/13/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin
    Performer:  Lincoln Mayorga,  Alfred Gallodoro
    Conductor:  Steven Richman
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Harmonie Ensemble
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