[78-L] Rhapsody

[David Lennick]

Rhapsody in Blue, Sanroma/Fiedler: July 1, 1935 (among 14 sides made that day)
Concerto in F, Sanroma/Fiedler: March 22/40 (with the BSO, not the Pops)

I picked up that Camden CD in Towers in Honolulu..it was just a straight 
reissue of the Camden LP, with hum added. Feh. And every reissue has dropped 
the filler, "Strike Up the Band". Great performance, if you ignore the fact 
that there's a xylophone playing and it's totally off mike. (Or it's on the -A 
take, which I've never seen, and which would make pstereo.)

dl

> David Weiner wrote:
>> The Sanroma was the first full-length recording - on three 12-inch sides,
>> believe it was recorded in 1940 (?). It's now on an RCA Camden CD, with
>> loads of echo.  I've always found it to be an incredibly sloppy performance,
>> full of mistakes by the pianist.  My favorite modern recording (for what
>> it's worth) is the Werner Haas/Edo De Waart/Monte Carlo Orchestra on Philips
>> - it was also the favorite of Gershwin friend, Kay Swift, who says it was
>> thoroughly idiomatic and "most like George." 
>>
>> Dave