Wayne Marshall, Andy Miles & WDR Funkhausorchester – Wayne Marshall Born to Play Gershwin (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wayne Marshall, Andy Miles & WDR Funkhausorchester – Wayne Marshall Born to Play Gershwin (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:51 minutes | 735 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Wayne Marshall was eight years old when, at home in England, he heard a Gershwin concert broadcast on the radio – a pivotal listening experience, as he recalled fifty years later in a WDR video clip. It may have set his life in a new direction, eventually leading to Cologne as Chief Conductor of the Funkhausorchester. It comes as no surprise that outstanding recordings from those six years at WDR include productions of great Gershwin works. And Marshall has already released a complete recording of Gershwin’s output for piano and orchestra with the Aalborg Symphony – assuming the double role of conductor and pianist like André Previn in the Concerto in F with the London Symphony Orchestra, a disc that made a lasting impression upon him.

Wayne Marshall called it to an end, after ten years of being chief conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchestra, the second orchestra of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk broadcast station. Wayne just wanted to look out for new challenges, internationally and worldwide, being an independent musician, mainly organ player. This CD is a document of his work with the WDR Funkhausorchestra.

Tracklist:
1-1. Andy Miles – Corcovado (06:16)
1-2. Andy Miles – Doce di Coco (04:25)
1-3. WDR Funkhausorchester – Um a zero (04:08)
1-4. WDR Funkhausorchester – Rhapsody No. 2 (13:02)
1-5. WDR Funkhausorchester – The Elephant and the Clown (11:19)
1-6. WDR Funkhausorchester – Strike Up the Band: Ouverture (06:42)
1-7. WDR Funkhausorchester – Girl Crazy / Act I: Ouverture (05:42)
1-8. WDR Funkhausorchester – Of Thee I Sing: Ouverture (04:24)
1-9. WDR Funkhausorchester – Rhapsody in Blue (17:50)

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