Gershwin: Songbook, 18 song transcriptions for piano (Donohoe)
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- 0:00 - Swanee
0:33 - Nobody but You
1:26 - I'll build a Stairway to Paradise
2:05 - Do it Again
3:41 - Fascinating Rhythm
4:28 - Oh, Lady be Good
5:35 - Somebody Loves Me
6:22 - Sweet and Low Down
7:44 - That Certain Feeling
8:52 - The Man I Love
10:44 - Clap yo' hands
11:19 - Do-do-do
12:06 - My One and Only
12:48 - 'S Wonderful
13:35 - Strike up the Band
14:22 - Liza (All the Clouds roll away)
16:50 - I Got Rhythm
17:55 - Who Cares (So long as you care for me?)
(sorry for the editing mistakes in some parts)
George Gershwin (1897-1937) compiled the Songbook in the early 1930's at the invitation of his publisher, selecting his favourite 18 among the hundreds of songs he had composed up to that point and producing piano-only transcriptions which bear mark of his pianistic heritage and education in both classical and popular spheres, from Rachmaninoff to Zez Confrey. Jazz, ragtime and klezmer all inflect these songs with their own unique harmonies, but ever since their composition of they have transcended national and cultural boundaries to win the hearts of anyone who appreciates a melody, whether jaunty or melancholy or erotic.
Performer: Peter Donohoe 
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What energy! We have ample recorded evidence that Gershwin played his fast tempi *really* fast. Donohoe captures his virtuosity in fast transcriptions, particularly in the accompaniments. From these rhythmic displacements, he creates contrapuntal lines from the broken chords, rather than a series of offbeat harmonizations. There's also a clear deliniation between the accompaniments and melody that can be lost. With all of the great playing, several of the slower songs are simply too fast, in particular "Somebody Loves Me" and "The Man I Love."
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Swanee was played incredibly fast, slow down!
I totally agree.
Agree, Marc-André Hamelin played that one (and all the others as well) much better than this pianist.
It's still a nice recording though!
I feel that most of the pieces are rushed. "I got rhythm" sounds an awful mess played at that speed, it misses out all the subtleties that are in the original composition by being played way too fast.
@@AsrielKujo Yooo, nice to see you here
i think it was sped up. who do yo know of tha can play that fast?
thx for uploading
Thank you very much for this video.
Thanks for sharing
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Grazie! È un bel regalo sentire G. In originale!
Gershwin the G
The best.
Indescribable feeling
The best Swanee
Why don’t we get pop song or disney song arrangements as good as these
He can play , but some of the pieces were played at an absurdly fast tempo, I wonder if he ever listen to the original versions.....
Not sure what's meant by "original versions"? Gershwin never recorded his "Song Book" arrangements (1932), but they are plainly based on the his own style of playing. To my ear, this recording seems mostly in line with Gershwin's tempos . (To take one instance, Gershwin's 1926 version of "Sweet and Lowdown" -- recorded a few months after it premiered in "Tip-Toes" is faster than here. The earlier, band version by the Whiteman Orchestra, may be what you're referring to as the original version, but even that is faster than what is played here!
Wow! I love the use of chromatism throughout these miniature compositions!
The pianist sounds like a classical musician
And that’s a GOOD thing! 😊