'An American in Paris' is one of Gershwin's most vivacious works, an orchestral ballet saturated in homesickness and the blues. This recording, however, uses the new 2019 critical edition and offers Gershwin's original orchestration, unheard for 75 years - leaner, more angular and transparent, it also employs the correct use of the iconic taxi horns, for a new sonic experience. The breezy vitality of Copland's 'An Outdoor Overture' is balanced by Bernstein's 'Songfest' - written to celebrate the Bicentennial Year in America, setting the verses of 13 of the country's poets.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.An American in Paris

Various Performers

2.An Outdoor Overture

Various Performers

3.To the Poem

Various Performers

4.The Pennycandy Store Beyond the El

Various Performers

5.A Julia De Burgos

Various Performers

6.To What You Said

Various Performers

7.I, Too, Sing America - Okay 'Negroes'

Various Performers

8.To My Dear and Loving Husband

Various Performers

9.Storyette H.M.

Various Performers

10.If You Can't Eat You Got To

Various Performers

11.Music I Heard With You

Various Performers

12.Zizi's Lament

Various Performers

13.What Lips My Lips Have Kissed

Various Performers

14.Israfel

Various Performers

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