Wolf Trap Opera/Judd - Leonard Bernstein: Songfest, George Gershwin: An American in Paris, Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Adventure

An American in Paris is one of Gershwin�s most vivacious works, an orchestral ballet saturated in homesickness and the blues. This recording, however, uses the new 2019 critical edition and offers Gershwin�s original orchestration, unheard for 75 years � leaner, more angular and transparent, it also employs the correct use of the iconic taxi horns, for a new sonic experience. The breezy vitality of Copland�s An Outdoor Overture is balanced by Bernstein�s Songfest � written to celebrate the Bicentennial Year in America, setting the verses of 13 of the country�s poets.