Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

This page lists all recordings of It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess), by George Gershwin (1898-1937) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Works for Violin & Piano

Works for Violin & Piano


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Bloch, E:

Nigun (Baal Shem No. 2)

Debussy:

Beau Soir

Fauré:

Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Heuberger:

Midnight Bells (From 'the Opera Ball')

Hubay:

Hejre Kati

Krein:

Gypsy Carnival

Kreisler:

La Gitana

Monti:

Czardas

Ponce, M:

Estrellita (My little star)

Ravel:

Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Suk:

Balada

trad.:

Orange Blossom Special


Katharine Gowers (violin) & Charles Owen (piano)

Katharine Gowers studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Guildhall School of Music (where she won the Gold Medal). In 1997 she won the International Parkhouse Award with pianist Charles Owen. She has toured with Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra playing Bach’s Double violin concerto, and in 2001/2 with Alfred Brendel on a world-wide chamber music tour.

Somm Céleste - New Horizons - SOMM064

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Best of Broadway

Best of Broadway

A Selection of Music from Classic Broadway Shows


 

Some Enchanted Evening; Bali Ha’I; I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair; This Nearly Was Mine

South Pacific

I Whistle A Happy Tune; Getting To Know You; Shall We Dance

The King And I

Ol’ Man River ; Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man

Show Boat

Baubles, Bangles And Beads; Stranger In Paradise

Kismet

The Hostess With The Mostes’; It’s A Lovely Day Today; You’re Just In Love

Call Me Madam

What Comes Natur’lly; You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun; There’s No Business Like Show Business; Anything You Can Do

Annie Get Your Gun

Papa, Won’t You Dance With Me

High Button Shoes

Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Heather On The Hill; Almost Like Being in Love

Brigadoon

So In Love; Always True To You

Kiss Me, Kate

I Could Be Happy with You; A Room In Bloomsbury

The Boy Friend

Once In Love With Amy

Where’s Charley?

Bernstein:

Some Other Time (from On the Town)

A Quiet Girl (from Wonderful Town)

Gershwin:

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin (Porgy and Bess)

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy)

Loesser:

The Oldest Established (Guys and Dolls)

I’ll Know (Guys and Dolls)

A Bushel And A Peck (Guys and Dolls)

Guys And Dolls (Guys and Dolls)

Luck Be A Lady (Guys and Dolls)

Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat (Guys and Dolls)

Rodgers:

Oklahoma: O what a beautiful morning

The Carousel Waltz

Carousel

The Surrey With A Fringe On Top from Oklahoma

The Farmer And The Cowman from Oklahoma

If I Loved You from Carousel

June Is Bustin’ Out All Over from Carousel

Carousel : You'll never walk alone


Naxos Nostalgia - 8120873-74

(CD - 2 discs)

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's Wonderful - Songs of George Gershwin

's Wonderful - Songs of George Gershwin

Original recordings 1920-1949


Gershwin:

I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise

Swanee

Fascinatin' Rhythm

Someone to Watch Over Me

Oh Kay! Medley

'S Wonderful

The Man I Love

Liza

Strike Up the Band

I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy)

Embraceable You

Bidin' my time (Girl Crazy)

My cousin in Milwaukee

Mine

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Love Walked In

They Can't Take That Away From Me

Rhapsody In Blue


Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, Ethel Merman

Naxos Nostalgia - 8120828

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Itzhak Perlman - Violin Encores

Itzhak Perlman - Violin Encores


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Albéniz:

Sevilla (Suite española, Op. 47)

Arensky:

Serenade for Violin & Piano, Op. 30 No. 2

Bazzini:

La Ronde des lutins, Op. 25

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Tango

Debussy:

La plus que lente

Petite Suite: Menuet

Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner)

En Bateau

Drigo:

Valse Bluette for Viola & Piano

Elgar:

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Fauré:

Berceuse, Op. 16

Foster, S:

I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Preludes Nos. 1-3

Godowsky:

Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien'

Grasse:

Wellenspiel (Waves at Play)

Halffter, E:

Danza de la gitana

Mendelssohn:

Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1 in E 'Sweet Remembrance'

Paganini:

Sonata for violin & guitar in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6

Rachmaninov:

Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Melody, Op. 21 No. 9

How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Rameau:

Rigaudon

Ravel:

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 6 in C major

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 7 in A minor

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Sarasate:

Danza Española No. 4: Jota Navarra, Op. 22, No. 2

Danza Española No. 2: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2

Danza Española No. 5: Playera Op. 23 No. 1

Schumann:

The Prophet Bird Op. 82 No. 7

Stravinsky:

Chanson Russe

Suk:

Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17: Nos. 3 & 4

Taeye:

Humoresque

Tchaikovsky:

Melodie

trad.:

Deep River

Vale:

Prelude No. 15 'Ao pé da fogueira'

Wieniawski:

Polonaise brilliante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21

Obertas

Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4

Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16


Itzhak Perlman & Sam Sanders

EMI Gemini - 4769572

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American Classics

American Classics


Adams, J:

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

anon.:

Steal Away to Jesus (American Spiritual)

Barber:

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

‘Must the winter come so soon?' from Vanessa

Vanessa - Intermezzo

Bernstein:

Riffs from Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

America (from West Side Story)

Blues from Divertimento

Copland:

Fanfare for the Common Man

Mvt II from Concerto for Clarinet

Simple Gifts (from Old American Songs, Set I)

Ellington:

Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me

‘Giggling Rapids' from The River

Solitude

‘Meander' from The River

‘Riba' from The River

Gershwin:

Promenade (Walking the Dog)

Girl Crazy Overture

Rhapsody in Blue

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

‘Porgy Sings' from Catfish Row

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Strike up the Band Overture

Gould, M:

Gospel Train

Menotti:

Pavane from Sebastian

Reich:

Nagoya Marimba

Sousa:

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Washington Post

The Liberty Bell

Still:

Mvt II from Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race)

Mvt III from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)


Chandos Bear Essentials 241 - CHAN241-23

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Heifetz - In Performance

Heifetz - In Performance


Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Bruch:

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Debussy:

La fille aux cheveux de lin

Dinicu:

Hora Staccato

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Mozart:

Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner' - Rondo

Prokofiev:

The Love for Three Oranges: March

Rachmaninov:

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3


Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Malcolm Sargent

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

RCA - 82876638869

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

$21.49

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Gershwin for Trumpet

Gershwin for Trumpet

Songs arranged for trumpet by Peter Breiner


Gershwin:

But Not For Me

They Can't Take That Away From Me

The Man I Love

How Long Has This Been Going On

Embraceable You

A Foggy Day (In London Town)

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Love is here to stay

By Strauss


Juraj Bartos (trumpet), Peter Breiner (piano)

Naxos - 8554302

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Tango Song and Dance

Tango Song and Dance


Brahms:

Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor

Hungarian Dance No. 6 in B flat

Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major

Fauré:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13

Gershwin:

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

My man's Gone Now

Kreisler:

Schön Rosmarin

Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

Liebesleid

Previn:

Tango Song and Dance

(dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter)


Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), André Previn, Lambert Orkis (piano)

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - June 2003

DG - 4715002

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Virtuoso Violin Encores

Virtuoso Violin Encores

Heifetz Transcriptions


Borodin:

Petite Suite

Brahms:

Contemplations (Wie melodien zieht es mir)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Tango

Chopin:

Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2

Debussy:

Beau Soir

Dinicu:

Hora Staccato

Foster, S:

I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

Gershwin:

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

A woman is a sometime thing

My man's Gone Now

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York

Godowsky:

Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien'

Khachaturian:

Sabre Dance from Gayane

Medtner:

Skazka (Fairy Tale), Op. 20 No 1 in B flat minor

Mendelssohn:

Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1 in E 'Sweet Remembrance'

Ponce, M:

Estrellita

Prokofiev:

The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33a: March

Rachmaninov:

Melody, Op. 21 No. 9

How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7

Ravel:

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 1

Turina:

La Oración del torero, Op. 34


Aaron Rosand (violin)

Vox - ACD8201

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Sarah Chang Debut

Sarah Chang Debut


Chopin:

Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.

Elgar:

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Khachaturian:

Sabre Dance from Gayane

Kreisler:

Tempo di menuetto (in the style of Pugnani)

Liszt:

Consolation No. 3 in D flat major

Paganini:

Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 1 in E major 'The Argeggio'

Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 15 in E minor

Prokofiev:

The Love for Three Oranges: March

Sarasate:

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Shostakovich:

24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 34: . No. 10: Prelude in C sharp minor

24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 34: No. 15 in D major

Tchaikovsky:

Melodie from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 No. 3


Sarah Chang (violin), Sandra Rivers (piano)

EMI - 7543522

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$16.99

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