Rhapsody in Navy Blue: Originals
£14.49
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Channel Classics
Cat No: CCS42920
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 9th October 2020
Contents
Artists
George Gershwin (piano roll)Jan Bouman (pianola)
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Conductor
Arjan TienArtists
George Gershwin (piano roll)Jan Bouman (pianola)
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Conductor
Arjan TienAbout
In American music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, these cultures and styles seem to encounter one another and intermingle, stretching from Charles Ives through Aaron Copland to John Adams. In contrast to Europe, traditions in America are less firmly anchored historically, since the nation is relatively young and its musical history much shorter. Classical music in Europe was once something of a sacred bastion, as became quite clear in the 1920s and 1930s, when that world was often shaken up by composers who liked to dilute their classical creations with generous dashes of jazz. Among them were Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Paul Hindemith. At first there was resistance in the USA to the influence of jazz and blues on classical music, as experienced by Aaron Copland, who decamped for some time to Mexico. But the crossing between ‘serious’ and ‘light’ gradually became fluent in America, and audiences generally came to acknowledge that music may be well-sounding and rhythmically catching.
This recording offers a fine sampling of music from the USA for military band, and illustrates this typical, multicoloured American amalgam of folk music, religious hymns, jazz, blues, marches and other military music.
On the present recording, Rhapsody in Blue is heard in the original version, as performed at the 1924 premiere by Paul Whiteman’s jazz band, and scored for two clarinets, oboe, three saxophones, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, percussion, banjo, violins and double bass.
A piano roll made in 1925, featuring the composer as soloist, was discovered by chance. There was just one problem, however, for the roll comprised not only the solo part but also the accompanimental (piano) part. The approximately 5000-6000 little perforations were sealed by Jan Bouman, and the result is nothing less than a revelation.
Reviews
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here