{"product_id":"42920-rhapsody-in-navy-blue","title":"Rhapsody In Navy Blue","description":"What makes American music so recognizably American, including the compositions for wind instruments on this special recording? Is it because it mirrors a multicultural nation? A nation of migrants from across the world, of slaves, and, not to forget, of the original Indian inhabitants?\r\n\r\nIn American music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, these cultures and styles encounter one another and intermingle, stretching from Charles Ives through Aaron Copland to John Adams. In contrast to Europe, traditions in America are less firmly anchored historically, since the nation is young and its musical history much shorter. Classical music in Europe was once something of a sacred bastion, as became quite clear in the 1920s and 1930s when that world was often shaken up by composers who liked to dilute their classical creations with generous dashes of jazz. Among them were Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, and Paul Hindemith.\r\n\r\nAt first, there was resistance in the USA to the influence of jazz and blues on classical music, as experienced by Aaron Copland, who decamped for some time to Mexico. But the crossing between ‘serious’ and ‘light’ gradually became fluent in America, and audiences came to acknowledge that music may be well-sounding and rhythmically catching.\r\n\r\nThis recording offers a fine sampling of music from the United States for military band and illustrates this typical, multicolored American amalgam of folk music, religious hymns, jazz, blues, marches, and other military music.\r\n\r\nOn the present recording, Rhapsody in Blue is heard in the original version, as performed at the 1924 premiere by Paul Whiteman’s jazz band, and scored for two clarinets, oboe, three saxophones, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, percussion, banjo, violins, and double bass.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eA piano roll made in 1925, featuring composer George Gershwin as the soloist (!) was discovered by chance. \u003c\/strong\u003eThere was just one problem, however, for the roll comprised not only the solo part but also the accompaniment (piano) part. The 5,000 to 6,000 little perforations were sealed by Jan Bouman, and the result is nothing less than a revelation.\r\n\r\nRead more details about this release in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/recording-reports\/george-gershwin-is-the-soloist-on-new-rhapsody-in-blue-recording\/\"\u003ethis blog post.\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\r\nWatch \"The Making Of\" video of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with George Gershwin's own performance of the piano solo!\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Gershwin, Piano Solo on Rhapsody In Blue (from the Original 1925 Piano Roll)\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eArjan Tien, Conductor\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nXT0yaUJ9Jw","brand":"Channel Classics","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412246852,"sku":"42920-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412279620,"sku":"42920-9","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412312388,"sku":"42920-10","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412345156,"sku":"42920-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412377924,"sku":"42920-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412410692,"sku":"42920-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412443460,"sku":"42920-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412476228,"sku":"42920-18","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412508996,"sku":"42920-19","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412541764,"sku":"42920-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739412574532,"sku":"42920-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739412607300,"sku":"42920-23","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57311032639812,"sku":"42920-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57338542391620,"sku":"42920S1417","price":28.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57338542424388,"sku":"42920S1517","price":30.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57338542457156,"sku":"42920S1617","price":34.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/42920-1.jpg?v=1790540762","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/42920-rhapsody-in-navy-blue","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}