Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Strike Up The Band - Oscar Peterson ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Man I Love, The - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Someone To Watch Over Me - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Our Love Is Here To Stay - Shirley Horn ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Funny Face - Fred Astaire ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Audrey Hepburn ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. 'S Wonderful - Joe Williams/Count Basie ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Foggy Day, A - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. I Loves You, Porgy - Nina Simone ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. For You, For Me, Forever - Morgana King ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Who Cares? - Anita O'Day ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. I've Got A Crush On You - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. They All Laughed - Bing Crosby/Buddy Bregman ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Embraceable You - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Rhapsody In Blue - Ivan Davis/Cleveland Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Cuban Overture - Cleveland Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Suite From Girl Crazy - Boston Pops Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Funny Face (Overture) - Boston Pops Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. American In Paris, An - Cleveland Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Second Rhapsody For Piano & Orchestra - Boston Pops Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Suite From Porgy And Bess - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Oh, Kay! (Overture) - Boston Pops Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Piano Concerto In F - Peter Jablonski/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Lullaby - Cleveland Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Three Preludes - Boston Pops Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Full title: George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection. | | Performers include: Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Bing Crosby, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra. | | George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection is a nice double-disc set that collects definitive performances of Gershwin standards from Rhapsody in Blue to Funny Face. It's a wildly eclectic collection, containing cuts from Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and the Boston Pops Orchestra, thereby offering a good portrait of the depth of Gershwin's material and the way it lends itself to so many different styles. It's not necessarily a definitive collection -- he wrote so much great music, it's nearly impossible to condense it all into one set -- but it's one terrific sampler. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 05/12/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1998 | | Catalog ID : 460 002 | | Label : London (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00028946000229 |
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