View basket “Espana – A Tribute To Spain : Binaural Recording” has been added to your basket. 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 Riccardo Muti Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 35 & 39 Classical | Decca (Pro-Ject Audio) | 180g, 2LP Released 26th October 2017 £64.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Riccardo Muti Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 35 & 39 £64.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca (Pro-Ject Audio) SKU: ADEC82624 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 26th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rachmaninoff -LSO/Dorati Piano Concerto No 3 Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 22nd September 2006 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rachmaninoff -LSO/Dorati Piano Concerto No 3 £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SR90283 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 22nd September 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sarah Neufeld Detritus Classical | One Little Independent | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th May 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sarah Neufeld Detritus £19.00 Genre: Classical Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1643 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 / Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | 3LP Released 16th October 2020 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 / Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter £29.00 Genre: Classical Label: Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4839176 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 16th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jóhann Jóhannsson Fordlândia Classical | 4AD | 180g, 2LP Released 6th December 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jóhann Jóhannsson Fordlândia £23.00 Genre: Classical Label: 4AD SKU: CAD2812LP Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rachmaninoff/Antal Dorati Concerto No 2 in C Minor Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 30th January 2008 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rachmaninoff/Antal Dorati Concerto No 2 in C Minor £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SR90260 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th January 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Francis Macdonald Hamilton Mausoleum Suite Classical | Creative Scotland | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 26th January 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Francis Macdonald Hamilton Mausoleum Suite £19.00 Genre: Classical Label: Creative Scotland SKU: TRLP18001 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hiromi + Hiromi's Sonicwonder Sonicwonderland Classical | Concord | 1LP Released 10th November 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hiromi + Hiromi's Sonicwonder Sonicwonderland £30.00 Genre: Classical Label: Concord SKU: 7254744 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Faure/David Willcocks/King's College Choir Requiem Classical | Hi Q | 180g, 1LP Released 15th May 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Faure/David Willcocks/King's College Choir Requiem £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Hi Q SKU: HIQLP017 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th May 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joseph Keilberth Wagner – Götterdämmerung Classical | Testament | 6LP, Box Set Released 8th July 2016 £120.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joseph Keilberth Wagner – Götterdämmerung £120.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament SKU: SBTLP61393 Formats: 6LP, Box Set Released Date: 8th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Classical Start again
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