Classic Gershwin | 
 enlarge | Creators: Allen Walley, Andy Simpkins, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Tilson Thomas, Michel Colombier, William Goodchild, Zubin Mehta, Harold Jones, Vince Colaiuta, Jean-pierre Rampal, John Williams, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, George Gaffney, Laurie Holloway, Randy Kerber, Robbie Buchanan
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42516
UPC: 074644251623
EAN: 0074644251623
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Rhapsody in Blue (Original Version) - Gershwin, George | | • | An American in Paris - Gershwin, George | | • | Medley from Woody Allen Film "Manhattan" | | • | Medley from Woody Allen Film "Manhattan" | | • | Medley from Woody Allen Film "Manhattan" | | • | Medley from Woody Allen Film "Manhattan" | | • | 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso | | • | 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato | | • | 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso | | • | Embraceable You - Gershwin, George | | • | Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | | • | A Foggy Day - Gershwin, George | | • | Overture | | • | Medley from Porgy and Bess - Gershwin, George | | • | It Ain't Necessarily So | | • | I Loves You, Porgy |
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| Customer Reviews:
 CLASSIC PLASTIC July 21, 2005
Guy De Federicis (east of here)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gershwin CD is strangely lacking in atmosphere and reference, with over an hour of Gershwin's more classical side, including Michael Tilson Thomas conducting The Columbia Jazz Band's "Rhapsody in Blue", featuring Gershwin's original 1925 piano roll, Leonard Bernstein conducting The New York Philharmonic's "An American in Paris", and composer John Williams on guitar in "A Foggy Day". With song titles like, "Medly From The Woody Allen Film 'Manhatten", at just over three minutes, and "Medly From 'Porgy and Bess'", the CD is a classy cash cow thrown together by CBS Records. Tilson Thomas' "Three Preludes for Piano", stops and takes a dramatic musical breath in the context of these slam-bang offerings. Truly bland CD liner notes by Bobby Finn and Kay Swift, whoever they may be.
 Musical pleasure July 16, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have always loved the Gershwin music. It seems to Americana. When I first heard the recordings of the music from the piano rolls, I was fascinated. When I then heard this album with the jazz sound and the symphony sound combined with the pure sounds from the piano rolls, I was captured by the sound. The mighty ending of The Rhapsody in Blue is as powerful as this music can be. Add songs like Summertime and the Porgy N' Bess favorites and I find that this album is just the right combination of composer, performer and directors. Michael Tilson Thomas pulls forth from the group he is directing, a crisp and powerful sound. Bernstein needs no critique. If you are a lover of Gershwin and piano music, you can't miss with this.
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