GERSHWINRhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in FThe London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn

Marek Koszur — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:35:18 +0000

Limited Edition Hybrid SACD!
Featuring ESOTERIC’s Proprietary Re-Mastering Process to Achieve the Highest Level of Sound Quality!
Japanese Pressing, Deluxe Digi-pak Packaging, THE Definitive Classical Performance on SACD!

André Previn performs Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris with the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded June 4 & 6, 1971 at No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

Classical masterpiece collection
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid Super Audio CD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release. These new audio versions feature ESOTERIC’s proprietary re-mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.
Experience by yourself…
Experience the legendary performance in this new Super Audio CD/CD format. Not only for new followers, but also for well experienced followers of these recorded materials. All will be equally impressed by the „soul“ hidden within the notes, but never before found in previously released recordings in any format.

Re-mastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Touno (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Manager: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

ESOTERIC equipment used for re-mastering
The criterion of re-mastering is to faithfully capture the quality of the original master. ESOTERIC’s flag ship D/A converters, model Grandioso D1X, Master clock generator model Grandioso G1X and ESOTERIC MEXCEL interconnect cables and power cords, were all used for this re-mastering session. This combination of highly advanced technology greatly contributed to capturing the high quality sound of the original master.

Artykuł GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F
The London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

JOPLIN, GERSHWIN, ELLINGTON, Marco FumoRhapsody in Black and White

Marek Koszur — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:33:37 +0000

The present CD features five great works by five great Afro-American musicians. The first piece is the Overture from the opera Treemonisha, which Scott Joplin completed in 1911, centred on the fight between good and evil, between the light of reason and the darkness of superstition, which obsessed Joplin in the last years of his life.
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue voices the youthful self-confidence of the new era, it exudes modernity, rhythm and speed. By James P. Johnson there follows the rhapsody Yamekraw (1927), a piece of monumental beauty and power thanks to Johnson’s granitic piano writing – which in passages makes the piano vibrate like an organ – and the stately efficiency of his themes. Africa by William Grant Still, the greatest Afro-American symphonic writer of the 1900s, draws the picture of an imaginary Africa using the music material at hand: the work’s fabric is woven with beautiful themes, often in the fashion of blues or spirituals. Last in chronological order, New World a-Comin‘, is one of the most admired works by the mature Ellington, that of the great „suites“. This work beautifully blends a noble inspiration and the graceful humour of everyday life, sharing, with the works of Joplin, Johnson and Still, a powerful religious inspiration.

Artykuł JOPLIN, GERSHWIN, ELLINGTON, Marco Fumo
Rhapsody in Black and White pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

GERSHWIN - Cleartone

GERSHWINRhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in FThe London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn

JOPLIN, GERSHWIN, ELLINGTON, Marco FumoRhapsody in Black and White