Back in the Limelight
Hear early Broadway brought back to life in this CD of 11 four-hand
piano selections from vintage musicals, as played by Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson. Included are little-known gems of George Gershwin (Song of the Flame), Jerome Kern (The Night Boat), and Harry Ruby (The 5 O’Clock Girl), as well as charming rarities by less-well-known composers Louis Hirsch (The Grass Widow), Milton Schwarzwald (Flora Bella), Harry Carroll (Oh, Look!), and others.
Piano Selections – Four Hands – From Early Broadway Musicals
Pianists: Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson
1. A Lonely Romeo
(M: Malvin Franklin and Robert Hood Bowers L: Robert B. Smith)
2. Half a King
(M: Ludwig Englander L: Harry B. Smith)
3. Song of the Flame
(M: George Gershwin and Herbert Stothart L: Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II)
4. The Night Boat
(M: Jerome Kern L: Anne Caldwell)
5. Flora Bella
(M: Milton Schwarzwald L: Percy Waxman and Earl Carroll)
6. The Red Widow
(M: Charles Gebest L: Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf)
7. Oh, Look!
(M: Harry Carroll L: Joseph McCarthy)
8. The Grass Widow
(M: Louis Hirsch L: Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf)
9. Take It from Me
(M: Will R. Anderson L: Will B. Johnstone)
10. Queen O’ Hearts
(M: Lewis Gensler and Dudley Wilkinson L: Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
11. The 5 O’Clock Girl
(M: Harry Ruby L: Bert Kalmar)