Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The 100th anniversary of the Rhapsody in Blue premiere has produced a flood of new recordings of that masterwork, but this isn't one of them; the Rhapsody in Blue shows up only in a couple of snatches in an opening medley. Instead, what is on offer is a kind of meeting of the minds between musicians from two different worlds, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the versatile Michael Feinstein on piano and vocals. Gershwin's songs are presented in various arrangements, for piano solo (Thibaudet is a fine Gershwin pianist), two pianos, or voice and piano. Several times the two musicians present the same song in two different guises, bringing home the fact that Gershwin, with only Bach and perhaps Astor Piazzolla as competition, retains his essence as his music reworked more than any other composer. Feinstein is a veteran with an appealing conversational way in the songs, and the varied arrangements by Tedd Firth, with some by Feinstein himself or Earl Wild, keep things constantly shifting. In fact, one of the few possible complaints here is that Gershwin himself addressed his songs' malleability in the George Gershwin Song-Book, an underrated collection in which he showed how he might have played these songs in performance. At only 47 minutes plus, the album had room for a few of these, and they might have added another layer. As it stands now, however, the album is a unique entry in the 2024 Gershwin market, nicely recorded at the Colburn School's Zipper Hall in Los Angeles.
© James Manheim /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From kr133.33/month
George Gershwin, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Michael Feinstein, Arranger, Piano, Voice, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Michael Feinstein, Arranger, Piano, Voice, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
7 Virtuoso Etudes (Earl Wild)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Wild, Composer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Michael Feinstein, Arranger, Piano, Voice, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
Vincent Youmans, Composer - Irving Caesar, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Donaldson, Composer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Feinstein, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tedd Firth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Frederick Vogler, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
The 100th anniversary of the Rhapsody in Blue premiere has produced a flood of new recordings of that masterwork, but this isn't one of them; the Rhapsody in Blue shows up only in a couple of snatches in an opening medley. Instead, what is on offer is a kind of meeting of the minds between musicians from two different worlds, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the versatile Michael Feinstein on piano and vocals. Gershwin's songs are presented in various arrangements, for piano solo (Thibaudet is a fine Gershwin pianist), two pianos, or voice and piano. Several times the two musicians present the same song in two different guises, bringing home the fact that Gershwin, with only Bach and perhaps Astor Piazzolla as competition, retains his essence as his music reworked more than any other composer. Feinstein is a veteran with an appealing conversational way in the songs, and the varied arrangements by Tedd Firth, with some by Feinstein himself or Earl Wild, keep things constantly shifting. In fact, one of the few possible complaints here is that Gershwin himself addressed his songs' malleability in the George Gershwin Song-Book, an underrated collection in which he showed how he might have played these songs in performance. At only 47 minutes plus, the album had room for a few of these, and they might have added another layer. As it stands now, however, the album is a unique entry in the 2024 Gershwin market, nicely recorded at the Colburn School's Zipper Hall in Los Angeles.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:29
- Main artists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Michael Feinstein
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
Playlists