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Background:

• A 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and premiered in Aeolian Hall, New York on February 12, 1924. Gershwin played the piano with Whiteman’s band.
• Ferde Grofe orchestrated the 1924 original scoring, the 1926 pit orchestra, and the 1942 symphonic scoring.
• It defined the Jazz Age, and became one of the most popular concert works.

Recordings:

• Rachmaninoff, Gershwin.
  Martin James Bartlett.
  London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Joshua Weilerstein.
  Warner Classics.
  Gramophone Magazine (2022): Editor’s Choice.
  Presto recordings of the Year (2022): Finalist.

• Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm.’
  Mark Bebbington.
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Leon Botstein.
  Somm.

• Rhapsody in Blue & Concerto in F.
  Rhapsody in Blue (Original 1924 Jazz Band Version, Orch. F. Grofe).
  Kirill Gerstein (piano), Scott Andrews (clarinet).
  Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
  David Robertson.
  Myrios.
  Gramophone Magazine (2018): Editor’s Choice.
  Presto Editor’s Choice (2018).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2018): Finalist.

• Saint-Saens, Ravel, Gershwin.
  Benjamin Grosvenor.
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
  James Judd.
  Decca.
  Gramophone Magazine (2012): Editor’s Choice.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2012).

• Complete Piano Works.
  Rhapsody in Blue ( Version for Piano).
  Maurizio Zaccaria.
  Aevea.

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