The Gents - Gershwin: Works (2012) [Hi-Res]

To celebrate the music of George Gershwin, Channel Classics brings us this album featuring The Gents, a male vocal ensemble, soprano Johannette Zomer, the Haags Saxophone Quartet with conductor Beni Csillag.

Beni Csillag says “After recordings of English Renaissance and German romantic music, and twentieth-century works from France, we venture across the ocean to the new world, with an album that takes us to Broadway.

Jetse Bremer has specially arranged the last compositions by George Gershwin for this combination of soloist, choir, and instruments. I am delighted that the flexibility and homogeneous sound of The Gents matches these songs so well.

For all of us with a classical background this repertoire is a special challenge, raising the question where classical stops or changes into something else. It is our pleasure to leave the answer to you.”