1945 film featuring Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Hazel Scott, Anne Brown with Al Jolson, Paul Whiteman, and Oscar Levant. Directed by Irving Rapper. Newly remastered from 4K scans of ...

Rhapsody in Blue (Warner) is a finer memorial to the late, great George Gershwin than Hollywood, after its tinselly tributes to Chopin (A Song to Remember) and Victor Herbert (The Great Victor Herbert ...

I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which premiered 100 years ago this week, from start to finish. Snippets had played throughout the soundtrack of my life as a ...

Oscar Levant with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. side 1: Rhapsody in Blue [part 2]; side 2: Rhapsody in Blue [part 3] (Columbia 12127-D), from the album, Gershwin Rhapsody in ...

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First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...