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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book | 
| Artist: Ella Fitzgerald Nelson Riddle
Label: Universal Classics
Category: Music
Buy New: £40.98
New (5) Used (3) from £39.63
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 44777
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 251
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.7 x 1.5
UPC: 731453975927
EAN: 0731453975927
ASIN: B000006P6L
Release Date: May 25, 1999
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Ambulatory Suite - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | The Preludes - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | Sam And Delilah | | • | But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | My One And Only | | • | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | | • | (I've Got) Beginner's Luck | | • | Oh, Lady Be Good | | • | Nice Work If You Can Get It | | • | Things Are Looking Up | | • | Just Another Rhumba | | • | How Long Has This Been Going On? - Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | 'S Wonderful | | • | The Man I Love | | • | That Certain Feeling | | • | By Strauss | | • | Someone To Watch Over Me | | • | The Real American Folk Song - Nelson Riddle, Ella Fitzgerald |
Disc 2
| • | Who Cares? | | • | Looking For A Boy | | • | They All Laughed | | • | My Cousin In Milwaukee | | • | Somebody From Somewhere | | • | A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle, Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | Clap Yo' Hands | | • | For You For Me For Evermore | | • | Stiff Upper Lip | | • | Boy Wanted | | • | Strike Up The Band | | • | Soon | | • | I've Got A Crush On You | | • | Bidin' My Time | | • | Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did? | | • | Of Thee I Sing | | • | The Half Of It Dearie Blues | | • | I Was Doing All Right | | • | He Loves And She Loves | | • | Love Is Sweeping The Country | | • | Treat Me Rough |
Disc 3
| • | Love Is Here To Stay | | • | Slap That Bass | | • | Isn't It A Pity | | • | Shall We Dance? | | • | Love Walked In | | • | You've Got What Gets Me | | • | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | • | Embraceable You | | • | I Can't Be Bothered Now | | • | Boy What Love Has Done To Me | | • | Fascinating Rhythm | | • | Funny Face | | • | Lorelei | | • | Oh So Nice | | • | Let's Kiss And Make Up | | • | I Got Rhythm |
Disc 4
| • | Somebody Loves Me | | • | Cheerful Little Earful | | • | But Not For Me | | • | Lorelei | | • | Love Is Here To Stay | | • | Oh, Lady, Be Good! | | • | Oh, Lady, Be Good! | | • | Oh, Lady, Be Good! | | • | But Not For Me | | • | Fascinating Rhythm | | • | They All Laughed | | • | The Man I Love | | • | Nice Work If You Can Get It | | • | Clap Yo' Hands | | • | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | | • | I Was Doing All Right | | • | He Loves And She Loves | | • | (I've Got) Beginner's Luck |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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| Customer Reviews:
 Top of the bill (six stars) December 30, 2008
Seldom if ever was there a more felicitous collaboration between a couple of tunesmiths like the Gershwins, a female warbler like Miss Fitzgerald and a rapier waver like Nelson Riddle than on this set. While there may be more jazz on the Mercer Songbook, more incisive lyrics on the Arlen Songbook, more variety in the accompaniment on the Rodgers & Hart Songbook etc., none of the other albums have the same unique sense of 'rightness', when everything falls into place, where all details fit together like pieces of a big jigsaw puzzle to make one satisfying whole.
This set has a slight edge over the earlier three disc album (which is still available) in that there are some alternative versions added on disc four and some extra music (two orchestral pieces, which are not all that interesting, and one tune which in the narrow sense doesn't belong here, but which is one of the most famous Gershwin tunes: "Somebody Loves Me"), but most of all because of the digital restoration, the extensive liner notes and the complete discographical data (including orchestral personel).
Very warmly recommended!
The best of the best July 12, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Wonderful songs and a seemingly effortless delivery. The best of the songbooks series by a mile. Aural sunshine!
 What a great combination November 20, 2001
29 out of 39 found this review helpful
Fans of Gershwin and Ella are in for a treat with this special box set. It totally fits the bill for a chilled out evening or lazy Sunday. Her velvety voice and the familiar hum-a-long tunes of George and Ira are a marriage made in heaven. Can't recommend it enough!
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