CD 1. Rhapsody in blue (1924 recording) (George Gershwin, piano ; Paul Whiteman and his orchestra) (9:07) -- An American in Paris (George Gershwin, celesta solo ; Victor Symphony Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor) (16:06) -- Porgy and Bess: selections (Lullaby (Summertime) ; Summertime and Crap game ; A woman is a sometime thing ; My man's gone now ; I got plenty o'nuttin' ; The buzzard song ; Bess, you is my woman now ; It ain't necessarily so ; Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess?) (Helen Jepson, soprano ; Lawrence Tibbett, baritone ; Orchestra and chorus ; Alexander Smallens, conductor) (18:24) -- Strike up the band (The Boston Pops ; Arthur Fiedler, conductor) (2:17) -- Rhapsody in blue (1927 recording) (George Gershwin, piano ; Paul Whiteman and his orchestra) (8:44). -- CD 2. An American in Paris (RCA Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) (17:41) -- Rhapsody in blue (Morton Gould, piano ; Morton Gould and his orchestra) (16:05) -- Three preludes (6:25) ; Solo from Porgy and Bess (3:28) (Morton Gould, piano) -- Suite from Porgy and Bess / Morton Gould and his orchestra (29:08)
CD 2. An American in Paris (RCA Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) (17:41) -- Rhapsody in blue (Morton Gould, piano ; Morton Gould and his orchestra) (16:05) -- Three preludes (6:25) ; Solo from Porgy and Bess (3:28) (Morton Gould, piano) -- Suite from Porgy and Bess / Morton Gould and his orchestra (29:08).
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