Rhapsody In Blue & An American In Paris Gershwin/Leonard Bernstein SKU: MS6091 Barcode: 4260019714510 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner Released Date: 30th January 2014 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info This fast and furious orchestral work with piano, which begins with what must surely be the most famous clarinet glissando of modern times, was composed with the intention of presenting as many facets as possible of music from the New World in short space of around 15 minutes. In his “Rhapsody In Blue”, Gershwin wanted to “paint a musical kaleidoscope of America – our enormous melting pot, our typical national traits, our blues, our seething city life”. With this in mind, Leonard Bernstein made a number of recordings of the work and among the many excellent recordings that he made as a conductor or as a soloist, this present version, with the Columbia Symphony from 1959, is especially of note. Bernstein takes on a double function as conductor and soloist and maneuvers his way safely and surely through the highly diversified score to create a well-rounded picture filled with hefty orchestral dynamics and finely chiseled solo playing. In Gershwin’s freely composed work the soloist and orchestra do not resort to bombastic shock effects or egomaniac keyboard acrobatics, and so this the work can be described as rhapsodic in the very best sense of the word. Most fittingly, on the B side, there is another freely composed work – the autobiographical sketch entitled An American in Paris. The superb New York Philharmonic paint the impressions of a visitor to the hectic French capital city – that too is the sound of America. Musicians: New York Philharmonic The Columbia Symphony Leonard Bernstein, conductor Artist Gershwin/Leonard Bernstein Genre Classical Label Speakers Corner Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Track Listings Rhapsody In Blue An American In Paris Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Classical View Product Quick View Grieg/Oivin Fjeldstad Peer Gynt Classical | ORG | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 13th April 2013 £68.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grieg/Oivin Fjeldstad Peer Gynt £68.00 Genre: Classical Label: ORG SKU: AORG011045 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 13th April 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Maria Callas Mad Scenes Classical | Testament | 180g, 1LP Released 25th June 2011 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maria Callas Mad Scenes £21.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament SKU: SAX2320 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th June 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View The Kanneh Masons, Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Coleman Carnival Classical | Decca | 180g, 2LP Released 31st January 2021 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders The Kanneh Masons, Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Coleman Carnival £38.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca SKU: ADEC27301 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 31st January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Classical | Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 12th January 2024 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 £43.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4864514 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 12th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Strauss Waltzes 200g Classical | RCA Living Stereo | Miscellaneous Released 23rd September 2006 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Strauss Waltzes 200g £28.00 Genre: Classical Label: RCA Living Stereo SKU: LSC2500 Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 23rd September 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Schubert - LSO/Josef Krips Symphony No 9 (The Great) Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 18th September 2006 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Schubert - LSO/Josef Krips Symphony No 9 (The Great) £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SXL2045 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th September 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alexander Gibson Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 And Karelia Suite Classical | Analogue Productions | 1LP, 200g Released 22nd December 2017 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alexander Gibson Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 And Karelia Suite £35.00 Genre: Classical Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPC2405 Formats: 1LP, 200g Released Date: 22nd December 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rachel Portman Beyond The Screen Classical | Sony Classical | 2LP Released 10th March 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rachel Portman Beyond The Screen £25.00 Genre: Classical Label: Sony Classical SKU: 19439936051 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 10th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich Dvorák: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op.104, B. 191 Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th August 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich Dvorák: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op.104, B. 191 £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4797726 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rimsky Korsakov/Beecham Scheherazade, Op.35 – RP0 Classical | Testament | 180g, 1LP Released 8th July 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rimsky Korsakov/Beecham Scheherazade, Op.35 – RP0 £21.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament SKU: ASD251 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Classical Start again
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