Serebrier conducts Gershwin: An American in Paris, Piano Concerto, 3 Preludes
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Label: Somm
Cat No: ARIADNE5003
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 30th November 2018
Contents
Works
An American in ParisLullaby (orch. Serebrier)
Piano Concerto in F major
Preludes (3) (orch. Serebrier)
Artists
Leopold Godowsky III (piano)Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor
Jose SerebrierWorks
An American in ParisLullaby (orch. Serebrier)
Piano Concerto in F major
Preludes (3) (orch. Serebrier)
Artists
Leopold Godowsky III (piano)Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor
Jose SerebrierAbout
Originally released on Dinemec Classics, the Gershwin Centennial Edition features the composer’s nephew and Frances’ son, pianist Leopold Godowsky III, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier.
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.
Orchestrating the Three Preludes, he recalls, “was great fun” – a feeling thrillingly in evidence on the surface of the vigorous and dancelike first and third preludes framing a “blues lullaby” that is altogether more gentle and intimate.
The never before re-issued recording – produced by the legendary Paul Myers – is a brilliant reminder of one of the most remarkable talents of the 20th century in performances by one of his greatest interpreters.
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