Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - George Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 425 Mb | Total time: 59:12+51:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BMG Classics | # 09026 68931 2 | Recorded: 1997-1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 425 Mb | Total time: 59:12+51:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BMG Classics | # 09026 68931 2 | Recorded: 1997-1998
Michael Tilson Thomas's Gershwin credentials are second to none, and include several recording premieres, most notably the first modern version of the original jazz band orchestration of Rhapsody in Blue (for Sony/Columbia). This new double-CD set offers an impressive selection of Gershwin favorites and rarities: the Second Rhapsody, with Tilson Thomas himself at the piano; An American in Paris; the Concerto in F, this time with Garrick Ohlssohn as soloist; and finally, Gershwin's own Catfish Row suite from Porgy and Bess, here fleshed out with the best and most popular songs from the opera, ably sung by Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell.