Selections from Joshua Bell’s “Gershwin Fantasy” album

• The following are a collection of Gershwin songs¹ which were arranged for Joshua Bell’s album Gershwin Fantasy.
• The album includes (and was inspired by) Jascha Heifetz’s Gershwin arrangements.²
  • Heifetz and Gershwin used to improvise piano and violin duets together in the 1920s. Heifetz asked Gershwin to compose a piece for him, but Gershwin never did (possibly because of his early death).³
• The songs were arranged by Broadway arrangers: William David Brohn and Jonathan Tunick.⁴

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ENCO Cut # 41391: “I Got Rhythm”

• This song originally appeared in the Gershwins’ 1930 musical Girl Crazy.

ENCO Cut # 41392: “Embraceable You”

• This song originally appeared in the Gershwins’ 1930 musical Girl Crazy.

ENCO Cut # 41393: “Nice Work if You Can Get It”

• George and Ira Gershwin wrote this song in 1937.

ENCO Cut # 41394: “Liza”

• George and Ira Gershwin wrote this song in 1929.

ENCO Cut # 41395: “But Not for Me”

• This song originally appeared in the Gershwins’ 1930 musical Girl Crazy.

ENCO Cut # 41396: “Sweet and Low Down” (includes Gerhswin’s piano roll performance)

• Gershwin wrote this song in 1925.
• This arrangement by William David Brohn incorporates George Gershwin’s own piano roll recording of this song, so you can hear Gershwin “performing” with Bell on this track.⁵

ENCO Cut # 41397: “Love is Here to Stay”

• George and Ira Gershwin published this song in 1937. It was George Gershwin’s last published song.

1. Richard Crawford and Wayne J. Schneider, “Gershwin, George,” Grove Music Online (October 16, 2013), accessed October 9, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002252861.
2. Ibid.
3. Patrick O’Connor, “Gershwin Fantasy,” Gramophone, accessed October 8, 2019, https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/gershwin-fantasy.
4. Greg Sandow, liner notes to Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell, John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, Sony 60659, CD, 1998.
5. Ibid.