Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Promenade (Walking The Dog)
2. March Of The Swiss Soldiers
3. Fidgety Feet
4. Prelude I
5. Prelude II
6. Prelude III
7. Sam And Delilah
8. But Not For Me
9. My One And Only
10. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
11. Beginner's Luck, (I've Got)
12. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It
14. Things Are Looking Up
15. Just Another Rhumba
16. How Long Has This Been Going On?
17. 'S Wonderful
18. Man I Love, The
19. That Certain Feeling
20. By Strauss
21. Someone To Watch Over Me
22. Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag), The

Disc 2:

1. Who Cares?
2. Looking For A Boy
3. They All Laughed
4. My Cousin In Milwaukee
5. Somebody From Somewhere
6. Foggy Day, A
7. Clap Yo' Hands
8. For You, For Me, For Evermore
9. Stiff Upper Lip
10. Boy Wanted
11. Strike Up The Band
12. Soon
13. I've Got A Crush On You
14. Bidin' My Time
15. Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?
16. Of Thee I Sing
17. "Half Of It Dearie Blues," The
18. I Was Doing All Right
19. He Loves And She Loves
20. Love Is Sweeping The Country
21. Treat Me Rough

Disc 3:

1. Love Is Here To Stay
2. Slap That Bass
3. Isn't It A Pity?
4. Shall We Dance?
5. Love Walked In
6. You've Got What Gets Me
7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
8. Embraceable You
9. I Can't Be Bothered Now
10. Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!
11. Fascinating Rhythm
12. Funny Face
13. Lorelei
14. Oh, So Nice!
15. Let's Kiss And Make Up
16. I Got Rythym

Disc 4:

1. Somebody Loves Me
2. Cheerful Little Earful
3. But Not For Me
4. Lorelei - (alternate take)
5. Love Is Here To Stay - (alternate take)
6. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - (alternate take)
7. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - (alternate take)
8. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - (alternate take)
9. But Not For Me - (mono)
10. Fascinating Rhythym - (mono)
11. They All Laughed - (mono)
12. Man I Love, The - (mono)
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It -(mono)
14. Clap Yo' Hands - (mono)
15. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - (mono)
16. I Was Doing All Right - (mono)
17. He Loves And She Loves - (mono)
18. Beginner's Luck, (I've Got) - (mono)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55929 in Music
• Released on: 1998-05-26
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .70 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
George and Ira Gershwin are probably the songwriters who have contributed the most standards to the American repertory, and Fitzgerald covers pretty much all of them in this mammoth enterprise. (The 53 songs were recorded in 1959 and originally came out in a five-LP box set.) Considering the scope of this collection, naming titles would be futile: rest assured that your favourite Gershwin tune is likely to be included. The singer's well-known versatility and musicality are in evidence, but what's especially amazing is the complete symbiosis between her and arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle. Fresh off injecting a shot of swing into Sinatra's career, Riddle enhances Fitzgerald's vocals rather than overwhelming them, and Fitzgerald, in turn, is stimulated by the musicians percolating behind her. Pure genius. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Amazon.com essential recording
George and Ira Gershwin are probably the songwriters who have contributed the most standards to the American repertory, and Fitzgerald covers pretty much all of them in this mammoth enterprise. (The 53 songs were recorded in 1959 and originally came out in a five- LP box set.) Considering the scope of this collection, naming titles would be futile: rest assured that your favorite Gershwin tune is likely to be included. The singer's well-known versatility and musicality are in evidence, but what's especially amazing is the complete symbiosis between her and arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle. Fresh off injecting a shot of swing into Sinatra's career, Riddle enhances Fitzgerald's vocals rather than overwhelming her, and Fitzgerald, in turn, is stimulated by the musicians percolating behind her. Pure genius. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Chronique amazon.fr
Quatre CD pleins pour évoquer un projet éditorial sans précédent : l'enregistrement du répertoire vocal des frères Gershwin (George et Ira) par une chanteuse, la volcanique et solaire Ella Fitzgerald. Norman Granz, son producteur, met les bouchées doubles en engageant l'orchestre de Nelson Riddle, alors au meilleur de sa forme (il a collaboré régulièrement avec Frank Sinatra). 59 thèmes inoubliables, éternels. La réédition Verve (son et packaging) est tout simplement exemplaire. --Eric Frank