Various - George Gershwin: The Birth of 'Rhapsody in Blue' (Paul Whiteman's Historic Aeolian Hall Concert of 1924)

These performances of Gershwin classics and hard-to-find rarities capture the 1920's and 30's jazz age style and offers a gamut of lesser known keyboard works, as well as Gershwin's only known works for violin and piano and for string quartet. The three orchestral works include Mr. Peress' theater orchestration of Gershwin's Strike Up the Band Overture, and the I've Got Rhythm Variations recorded in its original orchestration for the first time. [Maurice Peress]