Release Date: 01 December 2018
Label: Somm / Somm Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 748871500327
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: George Gershwin
Description
The recording followed a concert in London (the capital’s only official celebration in the centenary year of Gershwin’s birth) organised by the composer’s formidable sister, Frances – 96 at the time – who invited Serebrier to conduct An American in Paris, the Concerto in F (with Godowsky as soloist), and, in specially commissioned orchestrations by Serebrier, the Three Preludes and Lullaby – both of which are issued on disc for the first time here. The programme shows Gershwin at his inimitable, era-defining best. Composed as an extended ballet sequence for the 1951 MGM musical starring Gene Kelly, An American in Paris is a buoyant, Technicolor-bright tribute to the French capital shot through with jazz-accented vitality.
Tracklisting
Emma Halnan; Ulster Orchestra; Jac van Steen
Bebbington/Rpo/Latham-Koenig
Williamson:Orch.Swan:Curtis
Bebbingto:Cbso:Williams
Various
Lynex Cello:Wells Pno
Innovation Chamber:Collett
Brighton Fest Chor/Bbc Co
