The New Princess Theater Orchestra, John McGlinn - Gershwin: Overtures (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 42:06 | 285 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI | Catalog: CDC-7 47977 2
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 42:06 | 285 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI | Catalog: CDC-7 47977 2
It's worth noting that all the music on this CD has been reissued on a budget priced two CD set of music by Gershwin, Porter, and Kern. The recording time on this CD is a little over 40 minutes, rather short measure. Nevertheless, what is here is enchanting. These were some of the earliest recordings of the original orchestrations of these Gershwin pieces. I have LPs of the later orchestrations of some of the overtures with Arthur Fiedler and Erich Kunzel, but McGlinn's CD is far superior in musical content. As for the performances, they are scintillating. The orchestra, filled with brilliant soloists, plays magnificently–with excitement and idiomatically.