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Here's another little lollipop of a quartet that and this time it's from George Gershwin. He composed the Lullaby in 1919 (whilst still a student) on the piano and then arranged it for string quartet. Its often better known these days in its orchestrated form but the original arrangement was...

'Summertime' is an extremely popular aria, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. More than 72 thousand various artists performed it over the years; there is around 48 thousand documented covers. The aria was composed by George Gershwin and most likely inspired by a...

...by way of a Youtube video of a Los Angeles Philharmonic performance of George Gershwin's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, one of my favorite pieces of non-vocal music: I'm someone who knows next to nothing about conducting, yet I just love the way the Maestro interacts with the orchestra, the pure...

If you're looking for a comprehensive recording of Gershwin, I recommend this one: MTT's Old Gershwin Recording