[78-L] Bernstein's Rhapsody

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Thank you, I fully agree. There are so many clams in the piano 
performance you coulda made a nice stew (try at 3:18, 3:38, 7:44 and 
8:04, for instance). I consider Lennie's version the aural equivalent of 
"Hamlet" for over emoting.
If you want to listen, here it is: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BceRaRpUnLg
Mal

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On 7/6/2013 7:24 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> One of the worst performances, for my money, and it's Lenny himself. Bernstein
> showed a surprising misunderstanding of things jazzy. Previn's performances are
> even more self-indulgent.
>
> Iturbi started the precedent of conducting the Wrapsidney while mangling the
> piano part in 1937.
>
> dl
>
> On 7/6/2013 1:19 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> Somewhat off topic as this is a 33rpm performance, but who was the
>> pianist on Lennie Bernstein's 1960 rendition of the "Rhapsody In Blue"
>> on Columbia (rec. Brooklyn, NY on 06/23/59)? "An American In Paris" is
>> on the other side. Was it actually LB himself? And if so how does one
>> conduct a full orchestra while simultaneously playing the piano parts?
>> The piece is complicated enough, already.
>> Although many consider this to be the ne plus ultra of the Rhapsody,  I
>> still prefer Levant's 78rpm interpretation.
>> Mal
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