Columbia Record Catalog (1942)

oe GERLIN, RUGGERO (Conductor) see: Sonata in C for Organ & Orchestra (Mozart)..... plains ae oor clever sak *P-69625-D Sonata in F for Seah SE SUFATICS PERAGZGITT) Mess cate Sie oreo 0 6 miles *P-69625-D GERSHWIN, GEORGE (Composer-Pianist) (1898-1937) The world was shocked by the untimely death of George Gershwin on the eleventh of July, 1937. Gershwin’s career is the tale of a poor boy’s rise to the top of the musical world. As a lad, he studied the piano in his father’s restaurant, becoming a brilliant virtuoso, and as a young man he worked as a “‘song-plugger”’ for a publishing house where his first successful tunes were written. His musical comedies are among the best-loved, and his haunting, original style, combining the blues with other more serious forms, has produced creations which are often considered the epitome of American music. Although Gershwin wrote for Broadway, his ambition was to “make” 57th Street. This he did; in fact, he took it by storm with the Rhapsody in Blue, and later, the American in Paris, and finally, the Piano Concerto in F. In his short career of thirty-nine years he also wrote an overwhelmingly popular opera, Porgy and Bess, the libretto derived from DuBose Heyward’s play, “Porgy.” Gershwin Recordings: Andante—Rhapsody in Blue.7192-M Love Walked In.......... 7377-M Bess, You Is My Woman...69194-D_ Man | Love, The......... 69193-D in set X-95 in set X-95 Concerto in F for Piano & Man | Love, The............ 36076 : Creo: Pee ee ees Mort} dove, shes, 655.00 55001 ie eee soars eee ee “es pereManl foventhe men es eee 7346-M in set X-95 69193-D Fascinating Rhythm ...... 69193-p My One And Only..... pe A in set X-95 in set X-95 Gershwin Collection...... set X-95 Preludes Nos. 1,2 &3..... 7192-M Gershwin Memories........ 7346-M Rhapsody in Blue....... set X-196 Half Of It, Dearie, Blues. ..69193-D Summertime .............. 36079 in set--X-95, Summertime —. ..0 6....%. 69194-D Highlights from ‘Porgy and ; in set X-95 BESS tines iotebatie coc par ones toa 7362-M 1: Downie... 69193-D | Got Plenty Oo Nuttin’ See 35971 Pe no TOW. in set X-95 Got Plenty O' Nuttin’:.....-69194-D S’Wonderful, .. 2... 22s ee ees 69193-D in set X-95 ; . | Got Rhyth 4268-M nigel 2 ot ythm....... etiee® SEVMOTICLE TICLE me Ae fete Wateics) & eyes ag see 7346-M in set M-430 ; B Dats Le in! It Ain’t Necessarily So....... 35971 + There’s A Boat Dat's Leav 69194-D It Ain’t Necessarily So....69194-D Soon For New York..... 5 in set X-95 in set X-95 Let’s Call The Whole Thing They Can‘t Take That FER ante ate? Fake eyes are Ve eee 96-M Away From Me....2....296-M GIELGUD, JOHN (Actor) see: Wa Cen GOLmOCLLY ae nV Ole hadetestocticts preted sickeve strcsiie. siege ales ogens set M-419 _ GIESEKING, WALTER (Piano) Few pianists tower so clearly above their fellowartists as does Walter Gieseking, whose incredible artistry magnetizes audiences wherever he performs. _ Gieseking is doubtless the greatest living keyboard _ master so far as subtlety, delicacy and nuance are concerned. This is achieved principally through his wonderful command of the dynamics, which enables him to give different weights to each tone produced. : He was born at Lyons in 1895, and studied under Karl Leiner at the Conservatory in Hanover. Since 1923 he has concertized throughout the world. Gieseking is best known for his interpretations of Debussy and other impressionists, but he is equally celebrated for his performances of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Liszt. 319