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Author: fluffy
Date: 2001-09-12 19:50
I've exhauated my resources, and I can't seem to find a recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" anywhere online! Help!
Fluffy
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-09-12 20:10
I just quickly checked www.barnesandnoble.com There are 33 !! versions of Rhapsody in Blue.
Did you also check Amazon , CD Now, etc...?
Probably just as many versions...
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Author: Ashley
Date: 2001-09-13 03:11
I got a recording of it, an mp3, from AudioGalaxy...you can get everything through it..you have to download a little satellite program, but its well worth it. very fast also.
~Ashley
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-09-13 03:17
I wouldn't put a piece of software like this on <b>my</b> system, and I'm a computer professional. From CNET:
"Editor's note: This download includes additional applications that are bundled within the software's installer file, some of which may be provided by parties other than the developer of this download. These applications may <b>deliver advertisements, collect information, overlay content or graphics on the Web site you are viewing, or modify your system settings.</b> <i>(emphasis mine)</i> As with all downloads, CNET recommends that you pay close attention to the options presented to you during the installation process. Known third-party applications bundled with this download include Gator.com and eAccelerator. For more information, please read CNET News.com's report on bundled software."
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Author: Jim
Date: 2001-09-13 04:04
Rhapsody is one of my favorite pieces (I have a lot of favorites!) It is one of the most recorded pieces ever, a trip to Tower, Barnes & Nobel, Borders etc should yield a number of recordings, many at bargain prices (mostly older analog based recordings, or European recordings.) The work exists in at least 2 versions, the origional jazz band version, and the more familar orchestration by Frede Grofe.
There are a few recordings with Gershwin actually playing the solo. It seems that he had cut a piano roll way back when. While this was a reduction of the entire piece, to make these recordings all of the holes in the roll not representing the solo were filled, and the solo then played on a "player piano." The first (and I think the best) of these was done in the 70s by Michael Tilson Thomas.
BTW on vinyl, the reverse side was usually American in Paris, another great piece. On CD it is sometimes available with 2nd Rhapsody or Concerto in F as well. The piece is often abridged, the full thing is about 14 - 16 mins. It fit on one side on vinyl.
(For the younger ones on this board should I explain what vinyl LPs are/ were? Or should I explain player pianos? I once had to teach a friend of my son's how to use my rotary phone so he could call home.)
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Author: fluffy
Date: 2001-09-13 04:11
sorry, i should have been more specific...i have a cd of it, i just can't find it, and i want to find it online(w/out buying it), just so i can hear it again.
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Author: Jim Lee
Date: 2001-09-13 12:36
Thank your Mark for the comment about the rights of the artist. Why have come to think that just because we have a computer we can break copyright laws with impunity.
Jim
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Author: fluffy
Date: 2001-09-13 18:03
that's not what i meant at all! gosh people....what i simply meant was that i would like to know where i could listen to an MP3 or something like that for the time being! Goodness...I never knew that my words would have been misconstrued in such a horrible fashion.....lighten up!! : )  : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
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Author: Jim Lee
Date: 2001-09-13 18:33
Fluffy,
Sorry if I misunderstood. It seems to me that for the sake of convience we, and I include myself, have forgetten that the artist must make a living or we will no longer have acess to geat music. I was not intending any personal attack on you or your motivies. Just an editorial comment that was made in the wrong context.
Please excuse me.
Jim
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Author: fluffy
Date: 2001-09-13 20:19
oh,please don't worry about. I understood where both of you were coming from!! Completely! I didn't take any offense to your comments...you made a very good statement as a matter of fact!
No harsh feelings,
Fluffy
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-09-15 00:48
By the way, which recording do you guys like for this piece? I really like Julius Katchen's with the LSO, it's not one of the really famous recordings but I think it's the best I've heard. I also have Michael Tilson-Thomas's recording of the Second Rhapsody which is only worse than the first in that it doesn't start with a clarinet solo.
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