Maurizio Zaccaria - Gershwin: Complete Piano Works (2017)

The complete published works by Gershwin are quite extraordinary for their invention. His jazz bubbles over with clever ideas for piano (Gershwin was, after all, a true virtuoso of the piano). His compositions have an abundance of colours and genres that blend, bind and burst into new and spacious musical language.

Young talent, Maurizio Zaccaria (AE16003 J. Massenet: Integrale Piano Works), plays with a secure and natural touch. The album - and also the album in HD 88.2/24-bits - includes the transcriptions of the Gershwin' Songs (18), the Three Preludes, the Uncategorised Preludes, the pianistic transcription (by the composer) of the famous 'Rhapsody in Blue', the innovative (Double) Waltzes, and some other pieces, including original transcriptions from 'Porgy and Bess', 'Shall We Dance', and 'Rosalie'.

The recording is fully natural with no mastering additions, made with 4 microphones (2 close, 2 far).

TRACKLIST
01. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 1. Clap Yo' Hands
02. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 2. Do-Do-Do
03. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 3. Do It Again
04. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 4. Fascinating Rhythm
05. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 5. I Got Rhythm
06. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 6. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
07. Porgy and Bess, Act I: Jazzbo Brown Blues (version for piano)
08. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 7. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
09. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 8. The Man I Love
10. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 9. My One and Only
11. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 10. Nobody But You
12. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 11. Oh, Lady Be Good
13. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 12. Somebody Loves Me
14. Impromptu in 2 Keys
15. 3 Preludes: No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
16. 3 Preludes: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Blue Lullaby: Andante con moto e poco rubato
17. 3 Preludes: No. 3 in E-Flat Minor: Spanish Prelude: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
18. Promenade, "Walking the Dog" (version for piano)
19. Novelette in Fourths
20. Prelude (unnumbered)
21. Prelude (fragment)
22. Melody No. 17, "Sleepless Night"
23. Rosalie: Merry Andrew (arr. for piano)
24. Rhapsody in Blue (version for piano)
25. Rialto Ripples
26. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 13. Strike Up the Band
27. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 14. Swanee
28. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 15. Sweet and Low-Down
29. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 16. 'S Wonderful
30. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 17. That Certain Feeling
31. George Gershwin's Song-Book: No. 18. Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)
32. Swiss Miss
33. Three-Quarter Blues, "Irish Waltz"
34. 2 Waltzes in C Major