Interlude: Rhapsodies

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We hear four famous rhapsodies in vintage performances.

Playlist:
12:00 pm
  • Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 D major , Op. 11
  • Composer: George Enescu
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Record co./Cat #: Mercury 434326
  • Release Year: 1993
12:13 pm
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Oscar Levant, piano
  • Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
  • CD/Album: Levant Plays Gershwin
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 42514
  • Release Year: 1944
12:27 pm
  • Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
  • Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Soloists: Leon Fleisher, piano
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • CD/Album: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Leon Fleisher
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 456775
  • Release Year: 1998
12:49 pm
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Vladimir Horowitz, piano
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60523
  • Release Year: 1991

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