Cy Walter: Sublimities – Centennial Tribute, Vol. 2

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Label
Harbinger Records
Release Date
November 13, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERLIN RODGERS ARLEN CHOPIN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Walter, Carmichael, Sinatra, Astaire, Dietrich, Mercer, Tatum, Wils
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 13, 2015
    • UPC
      832433310421
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HCD3104
    • LABEL
      Harbinger Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Blue Skies

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Performer: Cy Walter, Walter Gross, Earl Wild

    2. Intro to Lover by Milton Cross

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Milton Cross

    3. Love me Tonight: Lover

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: ABC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Cy Walter, Stan Freeman, Teddy Wilson

      Conductor: Glenn Osser

    4. The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Performer: Cy Walter, Stan Freeman

    5. Inside U.S.A.: Rhode Island Is Famous for You

      Composer: Arthur Schwartz

      Performer: Cy Walter, Stan Freeman

    6. Alexander's Ragtime Band

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Performer: Milton Cross, Stan Freeman, Cy Walter, Liberace

    7. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)

      Composer: James Price Johnson

      Performer: Cy Walter, Forrest Perrin, Margaret Perrin

    8. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Cy Walter

    9. Lady, Be Good!: Oh, Lady Be Good - Swing Time: Waltz in Swing Time

      Composer: George Gershwin, Jerome Kern

      Performer: Cy Walter

    10. Introduction by Hoagy Carmichael and Cy Walter

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Performer: Cy Walter

    11. Canyon Passage: Ole Buttermilk Sky

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Performer: Cy Walter

    12. Introduction by Hoagy Carmichael and Cy Walter

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Performer: Cy Walter

    13. Lazy River

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Performer: Cy Walter

    14. Annie Get Your Gun: The Girl That I Marry - Blue Moon - Oh, Kay!: Someone to Watch Over Me

      Composer: Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin

      Performer: Cy Walter

    15. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Audrey Christie, Cy Walter, Gil Bowers

    16. With a Twinkle in Your Eye

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Wynn Murray, Cy Walter

    17. Porgy and Bess: Summertime

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Performer: Cy Walter

    18. The King and I: Getting to Know You

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Cy Walter

    19. A Guy Is a Guy

      Composer: Oscar Brand

      Performer: June Valli, Cy Walter

    20. While We're Young

      Composer: Alec Wilder, Morty Palitz

      Performer: Helen Carroll, Cy Walter

    21. Don't Think It Wasn't Lovely

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter

    22. I Wish, I Wish, I Wish

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter

    23. Some Fine Day

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter

    24. The Next Time Around

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter

    25. Moonbeam

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Doug Bowles, Alex Hassan

    26. See a Ring Around the Moon

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Steve Ross

    27. Time and Tide

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter, Buddy Barnes, Stan Freeman

    28. Intro to The Astaire by Les Griffith

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Les Griffith

    29. The Astaire

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Performer: Cy Walter

    30. The Astaire (orchestral version)

      Composer: Cy Walter

      Ensemble: Benny Goodman Orchestra

      Performer: Fred Astaire, Cy Walter

      Conductor: Benny Goodman


On the eve of his centenary, the pianist/composer Cy Walter's 2 CD retrospective commemoration continues with Volume 2 celebrating his remarkable career and talents focusing on Walter as accompanist and composer. Considered one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Walter considered himself a "stylist of show tunes" and this second volume presents another rare collection of classic song performances with a staggering roster of guest performers attesting to the respect Walters' held among his peers including Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Mabel Mercer, Benny Goodman, Art Tatum, and more, Sublimities brings deserved attention to Walters' near 40 year career. With a 24 page booklet with essays by contemporary pianists and music historians including Michael Feinstein, Peter Mintun, Maggie Perrin, Richard Behrens, and more.