Hammer, Levi

Gershwin In Vienna

Between jazz and twelve-tone - and on the tennis court: Gershwin in Vienna tells the surprising yet true story of the friendship between George Gershwin and Arnold Schoenberg, who in 1930s California were connected not only artistically but also as tennis partners. Levi Hammer follows this trail, placing Gershwins piano works in a compelling dialogue with Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, making audible just how closely the American superstar was intertwined with the aesthetics of the Second Viennese School. Encounters such as Gershwins legendary visit to Alban Berg in Vienna or Schoenbergs moving 1937 tribute open up a fascinating panorama of mutual influence. The result is a portrait of Gershwin as a modernist - and of a Viennese avant-garde that suddenly seems strikingly close to Broadway.

Price

Genre

(neo-)Classical music

Format

CD - 1 disk

Release date

17-04-2026

Label

Decurio

Item-nr

612847

EAN

4255839900151

Availability

Exp. 17-04-2026

TRACKS

Disk 1

1. LEVI HAMMERJAZZBO BROWN BLUES 02:31
2. LEVI HAMMERTHREE PIANO PIECES, OP. 11 - 1. M:18
3. LEVI HAMMERTHREE PIANO PIECES, OP. 11 - 3. BEWEGT 02:46
4. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
5. SWANEE 00:38
6. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
7. NOBODY BUT YOU 00:50
8. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
9. I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE 00:38
10. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) - DO
11. IT AGAIN! 01:29
12. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
13. FASCINATING RHYTHM 00:52
14. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
15. OH, LADY BE GOOD! 00:59
16. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
17. SOMEBODY LOVES ME 01:01
18. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
19. SWEET AND LOW DOWN 00:51
20. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
21. THAT CERTAIN FEELING 01:14
22. LEVI HAMMERPIANO SONATA, OP. 1 12:44
23. LEVI HAMMERVARIATIONS FOR PIANO, OP. 27 - 1. SEHR MASSIG 01:53
24. LEVI HAMMERVARIATIONS FOR PIANO, OP. 27 - 2. SEHR SCHNELL 00:50
25. LEVI HAMMERVARIATIONS FOR PIANO, OP. 27 - 3. RUHIG FLIESSEND 03:19
26. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
27. THE MAN I LOVE 02:07
28. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
29. CLAP YO' HANDS 00:48
30. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) - DO
31. DO DO 00:54
32. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) - MY
33. ONE AND ONLY 00:48
34. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) - 'S
35. WONDERFUL 00:58
36. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
37. STRIKE UP THE BAND 00:52
38. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
39. LIZA 02:03
40. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) -
41. WHO CARES' 01:08
42. LEVI HAMMERGEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONGBOOK (18 PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY GERSHWIN) - I
43. GOT RHYTHM 01:20
44. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 1. LEICHT, ZART 01:39
45. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 2. LANGSAM 00:49
46. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 3. SEHR LANGSAME VIERTEL 01:03
47. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 4. RASCH, ABER LEICHT 00:27
48. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 5. ETWAS RASCH 00:36
49. LEVI HAMMERSIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES, OP. 19 - 6. SEHR LANGSAM 01:30
50. LEVI HAMMERTHREE PRELUDES - 1. ALLEGRO BEN RITMATO E DECISO 01:33
51. LEVI HAMMERTHREE PRELUDES - 2. ANDANTE CON MOTO E POCO RUBATO 03:17
52. LEVI HAMMERTHREE PRELUDES - 3. ALLEGRO BEN RITMATO E DECISO 01:11
53. ARNOLD SCHOENBERGTRIBUTE TO GEORGE GERSHWIN 01:05