{"product_id":"gershwin-leonard-bernstein-rhapsondy-in-blue-an-american-in-paris","title":"Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein Rhapsondy In Blue \/ An American In Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 the 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 Orchestra, from 1959, is especially of note. Bernstein takes on a double function as conductor and soloist and manoeuvres his way safely and surely through the highly diversified score to create a well-rounded picture filled with hefty orchestral dynamics and finely chiselled 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost fittingly, on the B side there is another freely composed work – the autobiographical sketch entitled “An American In Paris”. The superb New York musicians paint the impressions of a visitor to the hectic French capital city – that too is the sound of America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e180 gram LP w\/ Standard Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRecording: June 1959 and December 1958 at St George Hotel, Brooklyn, New York, by Fred Plaut and Frank Bruno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Columbia MS 6091 -Artist-Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 8\/28\/19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425248141496,"sku":"KIFDXV-W1HF-II","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/gershwin-leonard-bernstein-rhapsondy-in-blue-an-american-in-paris_5Tt2O.png?v=1777604593","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/gershwin-leonard-bernstein-rhapsondy-in-blue-an-american-in-paris","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}