Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue – Cuban Overture - SASF (1957 & 1962)
Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue – Cuban Overture - SASF (1957 & 1962)
Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue – Cuban Overture – Stars And Stripes Forever – Howard Hanson – Eugene List – The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (1957 & 1962)
Mercury Living Presence | 1957 & 1962 | Classical | EAC RIP | FLAC+CUE+LOG+HQ-Covers (400Dpi) | 333Mb+16Mb
This is one of the best recordings I've heard of Gershwin's two big piano works. Eugene List is just phenomenal. He plays with a big, steely sound, but has plenty of feeling for the jazzy accents of both works. I can't praise Howard Hanson's contribution enough. The orchestra simply speaks Gershwin, in a manner that only a great conductor who absorbed this music and the influences on it in his youth could bring off. Hearing Hanson conduct Gershwin is like hearing Serafin conduct Verdi, so complete is the identification with the composer. The sound engineering is some of the best Mercury produced in Rochester, wide ranging with plenty of detail. I do question what Stars and Stripes is doing here, although it is a good performance with a student orchestra. Nevertheless, this is essential listening for the Gershwinaholic, as iconic in its way as Oscar Levant's performances.
Personnel:
The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson - Conductor
Eugene List – Piano
Tracklist:
George Gershwin:
01. Concerto in F for Piano & Orchestra: 1. Allegro
02. Concerto in F for Piano & Orchestra: 2. Adagio; Andante con moto
03. Concerto in F for Piano & Orchestra: 3. Allegro agitato
04. Rhapsody in Blue
05. Cuban Overture
John Philip Sousa:
06. The Stars & Stripes Forever - Eastman Philharmonia
Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue were recorded on May, 4, 1957.
The Cuban Overture, on October 20, 1957.
All were recorded using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones.
The Stars and Stripes Forever was recorded on May 8, 1962, using three 201
microphones.
All works were recorded on three-track half-inch tape in the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York.
Recording Director & Executive Producer: Wilma Cozart
Chief Engineer & Technical Supervisor: C. Robert Fine
Sound Quality: 8/9
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
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Gershwin / Rhapsody In Blue - Cuban Overture - Hanson - List
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EAC extraction logfile from 18. October 2009, 14:42
Gershwin / Rhapsody In Blue - Cuban Overture - Hanson - List
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 12:15.40 | 32 | 55196
2 | 12:15.72 | 11:35.63 | 55197 | 107384
3 | 23:51.60 | 6:44.67 | 107385 | 137751
4 | 30:36.52 | 15:16.30 | 137752 | 206481
5 | 45:53.07 | 11:07.33 | 206482 | 256539
6 | 57:00.40 | 3:19.35 | 256540 | 271499
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Range quality 99.9 %
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