Comments | photosprout: that's the way

photosprout

that's the way

Jan 02, 2008 17:43

Having heard this version all the way through only once, I'm ready to say that it is THE definitive recording of Rhapsody in Blue. I'm biased, though. Fazil Say (fuh-ZEEL SIGH) gives it the same flavor I would, if I had finished the damn thing. I still feel like I let myself, and my uncle Ben, down by not performing the solo WB edition I was ( Read more... )

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pamc January 3 2008, 02:04:13 UTC

Bernstein! Leonard Bernstein doing Gershwin is the definitive.

photosprout January 3 2008, 02:08:21 UTC

Nope! Although I do loves me the Bernstein, this trumps it. Trust me! It is my fully objective verdict!

pamc January 3 2008, 02:10:34 UTC

What makes it better? I like the Berstein version because he's not strict with the metre, and rightly so... you can *see* the train, trolly, ocean waves, dapper gentlemen and ladies strolling down the NY streets...

photosprout January 3 2008, 02:19:01 UTC

Well, Say isn't strict with meter either... but eh, I can't put it into words. It just hits me in the gut, whereas the Bernstein... does not. It's like movie adaptations of books where the characters aren't what you pictured. Although I will be heretical and say that even if Bernstein is closer to Gershwin's own vision, Say is closer to mine.