Gershwin / Oscar Levant Piano Eugene Ormandy Conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski Conducting Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York - Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris
Genre: Classical
Singer: Gershwin
Title: Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris
Short-info: Label: Columbia Masterworks ‎– ML 4026
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 1950
Category: Classical
Style: Modern
MP3 album size .rar: 1681 mb
APE album size .rar: 1635 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC AUD XM MP4 MP2 AIFF DTS XM

Tracklist Hide Credits

A An American In Paris
Conductor – Artur RodzinskiOrchestra – Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*
B Rhapsody In Blue
Conductor – Eugene OrmandyOrchestra – The Philadelphia OrchestraPiano – Oscar Levant

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Columbia Records, Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Columbia Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Composed By – Gershwin*
  • Conductor – Artur Rodzinski (tracks: A), Eugene Ormandy (tracks: B)
  • Cover – Steinweiss*
  • Liner Notes – Paul Affelder
  • Piano – Oscar Levant (tracks: B)

Notes

Rhapsody in Blue performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting with Oscar Levant playing piano.
An American in Paris performed by Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York with Artur Rodzinski conducting.

Cover is blue, black, white, and red with images of Gershwin conducting at an upright piano to the left and, to the right, a man seated at an outdoor cafe.

The 1949 12" LP versions have solid colored cover with column. See: Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski - Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris, red cover and Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski - Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris, green cover.

The 12" 78 RPM album, mx-251 that included only "Rhapsody In Blue" included the image of Gershwin at the piano composing. That cover was also designed by Alex Steinweiss.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A) Label): XLP 374
  • Matrix / Runout (B) Label): XLP 373
  • Matrix / Runout (A) Runout / stamped [variant 1]): XLP 374-2B
  • Matrix / Runout (B) Runout / stamped [variant 1]): XLP 373-2D
  • Matrix / Runout (A) Runout / stamped [variant 2]): xʟᴘ 373-2D
  • Matrix / Runout (B) Runout / stamped [variant 2]): xʟᴘ 374-2E

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ML 4026 Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski - Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris ‎(LP, Gre) Columbia Masterworks ML 4026 US 1949
ML 4026 Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski Gershwin* - Oscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York*, Artur Rodzinski - Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris ‎(LP, Red) Columbia Masterworks ML 4026 US 1949
QS 6002 George Gershwin Un Americano A Parigi / Rapsodia In Blue ‎(10", Album) Columbia QS 6002 Italy Unknown
33S 1003 Gershwin* - Oscar Levant (piano), with Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra - Artur Rodzinski conducting Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York* Gershwin* - Oscar Levant (piano), with Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra - Artur Rodzinski conducting Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York* - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue - An American In Paris ‎(10", Album, Mic) Columbia 33S 1003 Netherlands Unknown
33 - QS 6002 George Gershwin - Oscar Levant , Piano W/ The Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted By Eugene Ormandy ; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York* Conducted By Artur Rodzinski George Gershwin - Oscar Levant , Piano W/ The Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted By Eugene Ormandy ; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York* Conducted By Artur Rodzinski - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue - An American In Paris ‎(LP, Album) Columbia 33 - QS 6002 Italy 1951
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