Cole Porter's songs have a unique charm. Whether conveying the bantering, urbane wit of "I Get a Kick out of You" or the affecting depths of sentiment in "Every Time We Say Goodbye," his lyrics are matched to his melodies with a conversational ease. No matter how hard Porter might have worked at those effects, his efforts are invisible. That seeming nonchalance is conveyed magnificently here by a complement of wonderful singers, including Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, … mehrand Shirley Horn. Drawn largely from Verve's immense store of 1950s and 1960s recordings, the CD presents some ideal matches of singer and song, from the rhythmic vitality of Louis Armstrong's "Let's Do It" to the glorious depths of Billy Eckstine's "In the Still of the Night." --Stuart Broomer weniger
CD 1
01 - I've Got You Under My Skin
02 - Love for Sale
03 - Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
04 - Anything Goes… mehr
05 - What Is This Thing Called Love?
06 - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
07 - At Long Last Love
08 - I Love You
09 - Just One of Those Things
10 - It's De-Lovely
11 - Always True to You in My Fashion
12 - I Concentrate on You
13 - I Get a Kick Out of You
14 - In the Still of the Night
15 - Easy to Love
16 - Night and Day
17 - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye weniger