It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection

Cole Porter - It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection

It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection
List Price: $8.99
Our Price: $6.64
You Save: $2.35 (26%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.89 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

Music CD Cover

Artist: Cole Porter
Brand: RCA
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks
CD Release Date: 2004-06-22
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. Anything Goes - Vince Giordano, , Cole Porter
  2. You're the Top - Vince Giordano, , Cole Porter
  3. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
  4. From This Moment On - Lena Horne
  5. You Do Something to Me - Sonny Rollins
  6. It's De-Lovely
  7. Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
  8. Let's Misbehave - Irving Aaronson & His Commanders
  9. Don't Fence Me In - Roy Rogers
  10. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Dinah Shore
  11. I Love Paris - Manny Albam, Coleman Hawkins
  12. Easy to Love
  13. Just One of Those Things - Lena Horne
  14. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
  15. I've Got You Under My Skin - Paul Desmond
  16. I Get a Kick Out of You - Tommy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey
  17. Night and Day [*] - Fred Astaire, Joe Reisman
  18. You Do Something to Me [*] - Rosemary Clooney, P?rez Prado
  19. Night and Day [*] - Esquivel

Free Music Notes for It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection

Free Music Review: Very good Porter collection, wide range of artists and musical styles
Hit: 4 Stars

This collection presents a wide array of top jazz and jazz/pop artists performing some of Cole Porter's best songs, in recordings from 1928 to 1962.

The recordings range from late 20s and early 30s renditions that were probably some of the first recordings of those songs (Irving Aaronson & His Commanders on the excellent "Let's Misbehave"; Fred Astaire's masterful "Night and Day," which he introduced on Broadway) TO 40s swing and 50s pop (very young Frank Sinatra on "Night and Day"; Roy Rogers' "Don't Fence Me In"; Rosemary Clooney on a latin-tinged "You Do Something To Me") TO straight jazz and jazz/pop from the 50s and early 60s (Lena Horne, "Just One of Those Things"; Sonny Rollins, "You Do Something to Me").

The tracks on this CD aren't chronologically ordered by recording date, so, for example, you jump from Paul Desmond's 1962 sax/strings arrangmement of "I've Got You Under My Skin" back to Tommy Dorsey's late big-band version of "I Get a Kick Out of You" from 1950. While it can be fun to go from one style to another and then back around again, I also like programming the disc to play according to the recording dates, which produces a more consistent development of jazz-based styles.

I understand how the significant variations in style and genre brought on by the broad range of recording dates may dismay folks who were looking for a collection of, maybe, the earliest versions of each of these songs, which would have been more consistent in style. If you want something that's more strictly chronological and historical, I'd strongly recommend looking for a used copy of the Smithsonian's excellent (but out-of-print) 4-CD Cole Porter box set from the early 90s, or maybe one of the 3-CD boxes that the Indiana Historical Society and Koch issued (although the cuts are arranged by the date of the song, not the dates of the recordings). There's also "Cole Sings Porter," out-of-print but available used, which has Porter's own recordings of his songs. Or, look for a single-artist Porter collection that will be more stylistically consistent, like the excellent Sinatra/Porter disc on Sony/Columbia, one of Bobby Short's Porter albums, or Ella Fitzgerald's "Cole Porter Songbook."

One of the unusual aspects of the "De Lovely" disc is that it has Cole Porter's original 1934 voice/piano recordings of "Anything Goes" and "You're The Top" with an instrumental backing added in 2004 by Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks. I usually don't like tampering with original recordings, but here, Giordano has done an outstanding job of embellishing Porter's bare-bones recordings with historically accurate arrangements and a recording production that comes close to blending seamlessly with the originals. Since I have the unembellished recordings in the Smithsonian box set mentioned above, I like having the Porter/Giordano "collaborations" here.

Although Porter is remembered primarily for his work in the 30s and 40s, he lived into the 60s, so he was indeed around when all of the renditions on this disc were recorded. I don't know whether he actually did listen to these artists, but he might well have admired their undoubtedly superb artistry. Although some of the recordings here are instrumental and therefore omit Porter's marvelous lyrics, I'd like to think that Porter might have enjoyed jazz renditions of his songs, like his peer George Gershwin did.

These are all great artists, so if you want a collection that shows the wide-ranging jazz and pop styles that have been applied to Cole Porter's songs, this is a very good one.

Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs

Music Genres
Top music charts in CHRISTMAS 2009 GIFTS OF GREAT STANDARDS
Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday ImageBillie Holiday - Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
Sony; Release date: 2001-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $12.92
Price in other shops: $15.99
My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast) ImageMy Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast)
Sony; Release date: 2002-05-28; Music CD
Best price: $78.24
Singin in the Rain/Show Boat ImageSingin in the Rain/ Show Boat
Release date: 2006-11-28; Music CD
Best price: $4.80
Price in other shops: $10.98
We Are in Love ImageHarry Connick Jr. - We Are in Love
Sony; Release date: 1990-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $3.90
Price in other shops: $7.99
Call Me Irresponsible ImageMichael Bubl? - Call Me Irresponsible
BUBLE,MICHAEL; Release date: 2007-05-01; Music CD
Best price: $5.93
Price in other shops: $18.98
Gene Kelly At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 'S Wonderful - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology ImageGene Kelly - Gene Kelly At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 'S Wonderful - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology
Release date: 1996-05-21; Music CD
Best price: $11.40
Price in other shops: $18.98
Songs That Got Us Through WWII ImageSongs That Got Us Through WWII
SONGS THAT GOT US THROUGH WWII; Release date: 1990-03-16; Music CD
Best price: $7.29
Price in other shops: $11.98
Hollywood's Best: The Forties - '40s - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology ImageVarious Artists - Soundtracks - Hollywood's Best: The Forties - '40s - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology
Release date: 1997-10-28; Music CD
Best price: $29.99
Hollywood's Best: The Thirties - '30s - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology ImageVarious Artists - Soundtracks - Hollywood's Best: The Thirties - '30s - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology
Release date: 1997-10-28; Music CD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: $11.98
That's Entertainment!: The Best Of The M-G-M Musicals - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology ImageThat's Entertainment!: The Best Of The M-G-M Musicals - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology
Release date: 1996-07-16; Music CD
Best price: $67.06
Top Rated Albums
Cole Porter ImageCole Porter
by William McBrien
Vintage; Published: 2000-12-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.90
Price in other shops: $16.95
Essential George Gershwin ImageEssential George Gershwin
Release date: 2003-01-14; Music CD
Best price: $12.07
Price in other shops: $15.93
I Get A Kick Out Of You: Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 2 ImageI Get A Kick Out Of You: Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 2
Release date: 1991-10-22; Music CD
Best price: $6.92
Price in other shops: $11.98
Ultra-Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter ImageUltra-Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter
Release date: 2004-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops: $18.98
De-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story ImageDe-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-12-21; DVD
Best price: $2.65
Price in other shops: $14.98
Cole Porter: A Centennial Celebration ImageCole Porter: A Centennial Celebration
RCA; Release date: 1991-07-01; Music CD
Best price: $5.57
Price in other shops: $7.99
Sinatra Sings Cole Porter ImageFrank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
Release date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $3.84
Price in other shops: $6.99
Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook ImageNight and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
Release date: 1990-10-05; Music CD
Best price: $6.73
Price in other shops: $11.98
De-Lovely ImageCole Porter - De-Lovely
Sony; Release date: 2004-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $5.85
Price in other shops: $8.99
The Very Best of Cole Porter ImageCole Porter - The Very Best of Cole Porter
Porter; Release date: 2004-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $10.34
Price in other shops: $13.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles