Transatlantic: Gershwin, Varese, Stravinsky | Fanfare Cincinnati FC016

Transatlantic: Gershwin, Varese, Stravinsky

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Label: Fanfare Cincinnati

Cat No: FC016

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st January 2020

Contents

Artists

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Louis Langree

Works

Gershwin, George

An American in Paris

Stravinsky, Igor

Symphony in C major

Varese, Edgard

Ameriques

Artists

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Louis Langree

About

The newest release from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Louis Langrée illustrates music transcending borders and composers drawing inspiration from the world around. The third CSO album with Langrée features the iconic American composer George Gershwin’s take on bustling Paris, the French composer Edgard Varèse’s take on New York’s soundscape, and Igor Stravinsky composing the same work across two continents. Recorded at Cincinnati Music Hall, the release marks the highly anticipated world premiere recording of the new critical edition of Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and also showcases the virtuosity and sound of the CSO through the original and rarely performed version of Edgard Varèse’s epic Amériques with 146 musicians, as well as Stravinsky’s Symphony in C.

Gershwin’s An American in Paris is one of the most famous pieces of American music, but according to The New York Times, recent research indicates “orchestras have been playing one of its best known effects wrong.” This Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra album features two versions of the new critical edition of An American in Paris – both world premiere recordings: the new critical edition of this iconic work, and an unabridged critical edition which includes two minutes of music that Gershwin decided to cut. The CSO received special permission from the Gershwin family to record the unabridged version.

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