Release Date: 01 June 2021
Label: The Lost Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 889854691622
Genres: Classical
Description
Live recorded at the Concertgebouw 1961.
10 February 1961, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. After a memorable performance in Berlin a year earlier, Fitzgerald was once again singing to a packed concert hall. Norman Granz, introduced the musicians. In her fresh, almost girlish voice and that hint of characteristic impertinence, she launched into "Too Close For Comfort". By now the singer had the audience firmly in the palm of her hand. Fitzgerald settled in as if she were in her living room, welcoming each spectator like a privileged guest and each song she sang, a gracefully proffered glass of champagne. Ranging from the melancholy of "Heart And Soul" to her teasing in the midst of "Lorelei", when she announced that she was about to strip, overall she was witty, dynamic and rousing. You u could count on Ella, always resourceful, always entertaining. As Bing Crosby so aptly said, "Man, woman, or child, Ella is the greatest of them all."
Tracklisting
Duke Ellington
Claudio Arrau
Henryk Szeryng, Gunther Ludwig, Marinus Flipse
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Sarah Vaughan
Thelonious Monk
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Anastasia Yasko
Hans-Jurg Strub; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christian Erny
Sinfonieorchester Gottingen
Mona Hartmann
Ignace Michiels
Anna Reichert
Tomasz Skweres, Ensemble Reconsil, Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
