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Gershwin - Concerto in F, Rhapsody, I Got Rhythm | Naxos - American Classics 8559705

Gershwin - Concerto in F, Rhapsody, I Got Rhythm

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559705

Barcode: 0636943970522

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th January 2012

Contents

Artists

Orion Weiss (piano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

JoAnn Falletta

Works

Gershwin, George

I Got Rhythm Variations
Piano Concerto in F major
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody'

Artists

Orion Weiss (piano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

JoAnn Falletta

About

George Gershwin’s Concerto in F was a response to demands for a ‘proper concerto’ after the success of Rhapsody in Blue, avoiding programmatic content while providing a feast of tunes both uplifting and nostalgic.

Originally intended as music for a film, his up-beat Rhapsody No.2 describes the bustling Manhattan cityscape while under construction. Sourced from his hit musical Girl Crazy, I Got Rhythm Variations was Gershwin’s last full score.

Young soloist Orion Weiss is already established in the US and is rapidly making a name on the world concert stage. Weiss holds a leading position among American musicians of his generation. His impressive list of awards includes the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year Award, the Gilmore Young Artist Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Gina Bachauer Scholarship at The Juilliard School and the Mieczysław Munz Scholarship.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, lead by JoAnn Falletta already has a large Naxos following through acclaimed releases such as Corigliano’s The Red Violin (8.559671). Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony in the United States and Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Northern Ireland. Her Naxos recordings include the double Grammy Award winning disc of works by John Corigliano and Grammy nominated discs of works of Tyberg, Dohnányi, Fuchs, Schubert, and Respighi.

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