2. Also premiered in Aeolian Hall in November of 1924, Still’s attempt to speak in both symphonic and jazz languages was received more coldly than Gershwin’s. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. The solo piano stuff is wonderfully done, and then the other orchestral concertos - well, it's just one great performance after another and pure Levant every step of … Korngold’s delightful Straussiana waltzes us into a program of Piano Powerhouses performed by two extraordinary pianists! 2 and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, an album where two classical masters of the 20th century meet.

presents his first recording with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Alan Gilbert, with Rachmaninoff's famous Piano Concerto No. The first performance of Rhapsody in Blue took place on February 12, 1924, at a lengthy concert by Paul Whiteman and his band called An Experiment in Modern Music.The big finish was Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No.

The strongest response to the call of Rhapsody in Blue, however, was William Grant Still’s symphonic poem Darker America.

Likewise Rhapsody in Blue, with Ormandy - it, too, is fantastic, as are the I Got Rhythm Variations and the Second Rhapsody, both under Morton Gould. 1.Just before it, just as the audience was succumbing to restlessness and grumpiness, the penultimate work on the program was Gershwin’s new Rhapsody.