Opera, Opera Arias, Gershwin (composer)
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There's scrupulous attention to words, elegant phrasing, and a happy partnership with the pianist Kevin Miller, handsomely on show in three demanding Vocalises by Carlos Simon. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th July 2026
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Essential George Gershwin
RecommendedGeorge Gershwin (piano), Ethel Waters (vocal), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Mannie Klein (trumpet), Ben Selvin (violin), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet), Buck & Bubbles, Buck Washington (vocal, piano), John "Bubbles" Sublett (vocal), Joe Bushkin (piano), Artie Shaw (clarinet), Bunny Berigan (trumpet), Cozy...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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The Gershwin Moment
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano), Storm Large (vocals), Gary Burton (vibraphone)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson
What [Gerstein] serves up here is living, breathing Gershwin that doesn’t shy from improvisation and yet retains all the crystal clarity and architectural cohesion of his interpretations of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Porgy & Bess Revisited
Nicolas Dautricourt (violin), Pascal Schumacher (vibraphone), Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass)
Gershwin’s opera is not so much as Revisited as reimagined and refracted on this rather weird and wonderful sequence of improvisations and composed responses to some of its best-known themes,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Rangwanasha’s vocal vocabulary is dominated by her lush legato and a healthy vibrato that could easily steamroller everything she sings – but does not. Meaning isn’t aggressively articulated... —
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Don’t be put off by the glitz surrounding this new release from superstar violinist Ray Chen…there’s no false glitter to his playing…[the Bruch is] performed with splendid warmth and character... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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