Godowsky/Rsno/Serebrier - George Gershwin: Gershwin Centennial Edition

The recording followed a concert in London (the capital�s only official celebration in the centenary year of Gershwin�s birth) organised by the composer�s formidable sister, Frances � 96 at the time � who invited Serebrier to conduct An American in Paris, the Concerto in F (with Godowsky as soloist), and, in specially commissioned orchestrations by Serebrier, the Three Preludes and Lullaby � both of which are issued on disc for the first time here. The programme shows Gershwin at his inimitable, era-defining best. Composed as an extended ballet sequence for the 1951 MGM musical starring Gene Kelly, An American in Paris is a buoyant, Technicolor-bright tribute to the French capital shot through with jazz-accented vitality.