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    Default BaL 25.02.12 - Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F

    9.30 Building a Library: Geoffrey Smith with a personal recommendation from recordings of Gershwin's Piano Concerto


    Available versions:

    Roy Bargy
    Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra, with Bix Beiderbecke (cornet). Re-scored by Ferde Grofe

    Tzimon Barto (piano)
    National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

    Leonard Bernstein (piano & conductor)
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Stefano Bollani (piano)
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

    Michael Boriskin (piano)
    Eos Orchestra, Jonathan Sheffer

    Raimondo Campisi
    Russian Philharmonic, Dmitry Yablonsky

    Shura Cherkassky (piano)
    BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley

    Peter Donohoe (piano)
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle

    Bruno Fontaine (piano)
    Orchestre National de Lille, David Wroe

    George Gershwin (piano)
    Oscar Levant

    Héléne Grimaud
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

    Werner Haas (piano)
    Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Eliahu Inbal

    Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
    Russian National Orchestra, Dmitry Liss

    Katia and Marielle Labèque (version for 2 pianos)

    Alain Lefèvre (piano)
    Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Yoav Talmi

    Oscar Levant
    NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

    Dorothy Lewis-Griffith (Solo piano arrangement)

    Eugene List
    Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Adler

    Eugene List (piano)
    Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson

    Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano)
    Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel

    Anne Marie McDermott (piano)
    Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown

    Joanna MacGregor (piano)

    Wayne Marshall (piano/conductor)
    Aalborg Symfoniorkester

    Jon Nakamatsu (piano)
    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeff Tyzik

    Cristina Ortiz (piano)
    London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

    Cecile Ousset (piano)
    Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Neville Marriner

    Ian Parker (piano)
    London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis

    André Previn (piano & conductor)
    London Symphony Orchestra [BaL choice 2007]

    André Previn (piano & conductor)
    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
    RSO Stuttgart, Christoph Eschenbach

    Pascal Rogé (piano)
    RSO Wien, Bertrand de Billy

    Jesus Maria Sanroma
    Boston Promenade Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler

    Howard Shelley (piano)
    Philharmonia Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier

    Jeffrey Siegel (piano)
    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

    Kathryn Selby (piano)
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman

    Siegfried Stöckigt
    Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur

    Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

    William Tritt (piano)
    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel

    Boyan Vodenicharov (piano)
    Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jo Alfidi

    Donald Vorchees & Paul Whiteman

    Orion Weiss (piano)
    Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta

    Earl Wild (piano)
    Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fielder
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    I have a Pearl disc (GEM 0022) of Roy Bargy playing it with Paul Whiteman's concert orchestra, recorded in 1928. Bix Beiderbecke plays the trumpet solo. Another Pearl disc (GEM 0123) is Jesus Maria Sanroma with the Boston Promenade Orchestra and Arthur Fiedler in 1940. Both are still available: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gershwin-Gro...9535371&sr=1-9 and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jesus-Maria-...9535511&sr=1-5
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    But no mention of Earl Wild? That seems strange.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Op. XXXIX View Post
    But no mention of Earl Wild? That seems strange.
    Thanks Op. XXXIX and Pabmusic. The list is now duly updated.
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    Excellant choices there! I have the Previn/LSO recording, c/w An American in Paris and not forgetting Rhap in Blue!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
    Thanks Op. XXXIX and Phabmusic. The list is now duly updated.
    Good; your lists are always interesting and useful. Will you include the Bargy and Sanroma recordings, too? (post no. 2)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pabmusic View Post
    Good; your lists are always interesting and useful. Will you include the Bargy and Sanroma recordings, too? (post no. 2)
    Certainly, though please could you furnish me with more details (pianist, orchestra and conductor) of each. The first one suggests the composer as pianist on the CD cover...
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    There are lots of good recordings to choose from, but I would still go for Peter Donohoe with Simon Rattle on EMI. What a glorious piece of music this is!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel Danby View Post
    There are lots of good recordings to choose from, but I would still go for Peter Donohoe with Simon Rattle on EMI. What a glorious piece of music this is!
    I totally agree that the Gershwin is a glorious piece of music. But the Earl Wild recording has long been considered a classic, not only on the American side of the pond I should think. Would be curious to hear Richter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Op. XXXIX View Post
    I totally agree that the Gershwin is a glorious piece of music. But the Earl Wild recording has long been considered a classic, not only on the American side of the pond I should think. Would be curious to hear Richter.
    Earl Wild's version is still available: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhapsody-Blu...9548662&sr=8-4
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