Summertime

Sting interpreta George Gershwin aria da ópera Porgy and Bess (1935) Já que veio assinalar a Lua Cheia que hoje se completa, aproveita para celebrar também a entrada no Verão, com a interpretação de uma música que já aqui passei, com a Dutch Orchestra of the 21st Century em 1991. "Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush, little baby, don't you cry One of these mornin's, you're gonna rise up singin' you're gonna spread your wings and you'll take to the sky But 'til that mornin', there is nothin' can harm you With Daddy and Mummy, standing by Don't you, don't you cry". Summertime

I Wished on the Moon

Ralph Rainger (música) e Dorothy Parker (letra) I Wished on the Moon (1935) "Every night was long and gloomy Shadows gathered in the air No one ever listened to me No one wondered did I care None in all the world to love me None to count that stars that hung Then the moon came out above me And I saw that it was young I wished on the moon for something I never knew Wished on the moon for more than I ever knew A sweeter rose, a softer sky An april day that would not dance away I begged of a star to throw me a beam or two Wished on a star and asked for a dream or two I looked for ev'ry loveliness, it all came true I wished on the moon for you" Ruth Etting ‎(1935); Teddy Wilson (1935, com Billie Holiday / Brunswick); Bing Crosby (1936, I Wished On The Moon / With Every Breath I Take); Ella Fitzgerald ‎(1955); Billie Holiday (1957, Songs for Distingué Lovers); Coleman Hawkins (1959, The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins); Mel Tormé (1960, Swingin' On the Moon); Art Pepper (1960, Intensity); Frank Sinatra ‎(1966, Moonlight Sinatra); Oscar Peterson (1975, Norman Granz Montreux Concerts); Lena d'Água (2000, Lena Sings Billie @ Hot Clube Lisboa)

The Unanswered Question

Charles Ives The Unanswered Question (1908 e 1930-35) Originalmente apresentada em conjunto com Central Park in the Dark como Two Contemplations em 1908, esta peça foi revista por Ives em 1930-35. Aqui numa interpretação conduzida pelo maestro James Sinclair, pela Northern Sinfonia. The Unanswered Question

Summertime

George Gershwin aria da ópera Porgy and Bess (1935) "Summertime, And the livin' is easy" Com o Verão à porta, algumas das inúmeras versões de uma música que começa na ópera, passa pelo jazz, pelo cinema, e por aí vai, imparável... George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Summertime; Billie Holiday (1936); Sidney Bechet (1939); Charlie Parker (1949); Sam Cooke (1957); Ella Fitzgerald e Louis Armstrong (1958); Miles Davis (1958); Porgy and Bess (Otto Preminger, 1959); Nina Simone (1959); Billy Stewart (1966); Doors (1968); Keith Jarrett (1987); Angelique Kidjo (2002); Norah Jones (2003)