Leonard Bernstain Rhapsody In Blue...

This is the one I remember and was somewhat popular at the time. Don't know how to compare it to others.

Thanks! I like this issue as well. Looking for NM condition only...

Bernstein's relationship with Gershwin's music is interesting and a bit curious; especially since, as Czarivey points out, he recorded it a few times. He often disparaged Gershwin's music and famously said of "Rhapsody" : "It is not a composition at all, but a string of terrific tunes stuck together with a thin paste of flour and water". It should be remembered that the piano part was simply improvised by Gershwin himself (he was a great improviser) at the work's premiere lending some credence to Bernstein's comment. Also curious to me is the fact that he never recorded Gershwin's piano masterpiece "Concerto In F". I would agree that Mapman's choice is probably the best (by Bernstein) of the bunch. But for a different take on the music (more introspective and slower tempos) try his recording with the LA Philharmonic on DG.