Gershwin: Complete Piano Works

Featuring

Dag Achatz
George Gershwin

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Gershwin believed American popular music rhythms should be "brittle," made to "snap, and at times to crackle," and played sharply for maximum effect.

Performer Biography

Dag Achatz, the performer on this album, was born in Stockholm in 1942 to musician parents and has won first prizes in the Rudolf Ganz and Maria Canals competitions.

Composer Biography

Gershwin began his piano career at age 15 as a "song plugger," playing new songs in a shop to promote sheet music.

Composer Biography

George Gershwin died at 38 years old from a severe brain tumor in July 1937, after experiencing a blackout during a performance of his Concerto in F.

Composition History

In 1932, Gershwin published George Gershwin's Song Book to sustain interest in his songs, presenting both simplified versions and his own improvisational variations.