Rhapsody in blue gershwin download

oboe, 2 clarinets (2nd also E♭ clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 saxophones*
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba (also double bass)
timpani, percussion**, piano (also celesta), tenor banjo, 8 violins

*2 alto saxs (1 also soprano, 2 also bass, tenor), tenor sax (also E♭ clarinet)
**drum set, glockenspiel, triangle, gong, bass drum, snare drum,
cymbals (crash, suspended, turkish cymbal)

Theatre Orchestra (1926 orchestration by Grofé)

flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 3 saxophones (AAT)
2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone
timpani, percussion*, tenor banjo, strings

*bass drum, snare drum, cymbals (crash, suspended), glockenspiel, triangle, gong

Symphonic Orchestra (1942 orchestration by Grofé)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 saxophones (AAT)
3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion*, tenor banjo, strings

*bass drum, snare drum, cymbals (crash, sus

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Rhapsody in Blue

Reviewer:littleoak01- favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite- November 3, 2009
Subject:Enthralled, Yet Puzzled.

It is difficult to use words to describe this masterpiece. I am no musicologist, but I feel it safe to speculate that the discussions and debates as to ... what Gershwin created continue to this day. What puzzles me is the relatively sparse number of downloads and reviews for this rendition compared to the '24 acoustic recording. There is no doubt that is the crown jewel in so many respects. Perhaps it is because this 'cleaner' version sounds more like current recordings which are pretty much clones. No affront to those involved for they do what properly trained musicians do: follow the score, especially in cases such as this. Yet this recording still has the 'Master's Touch' indelibly stamped upon it. And like the '24 version, I believe that his mere presence during the session inspired and extracted that 'more' out of the others(perhaps to a s

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George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Hayman, piano

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