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Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words

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Title
Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words
Additional title: American Airlines classical concert : opera without words
Names
Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991 (Performer)
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Performer)
Serafin, Tullio, 1878-1968 (Conductor)
Dorati, Antal (Conductor)
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 (Conductor)
Karajan, Herbert von (Conductor)
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- (Conductor)
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- (Commentator)
Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy), Orchestra (Performer)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
National Philharmonic Orchestra (Great Britain) (Performer)
Berliner Philharmoniker (Performer)
Columbia Jazz Band (Performer)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer)
Collection

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978
Table of Contents
Overture to The Barber of Seville / G. Rossini (Rome Opera Orchestra ; T. Serafin, conductor) -- 3 mvmts from Suite from The love for three oranges: Scherzo, Prince and Princess, The flight / S. Prokofiev (BBC Symphony Orchestra, A. Dorati conductor) -- Selections from Carmen / G. Bizet (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; L. Stokowski) -- Concert paraphrase on the quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto / F. Liszt (C. Arrau, piano) -- Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde / R. Wagner (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Commentary on Gershwin / M.T. Thomas -- Rhapsody in blue / G. Gershwin (the 1925 piano roll (G. Gershwin at the piano) accompanied by M.T. Thomas conducting the Columbia Jazz Band) -- Commentary on G. Gershwin / M.T. Thomas -- An American in Paris / G. Gershwin (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ; M.T. Thomas, conductor) -- Commentary on G. Gershwin / M.T. Thomas -- Overture to Girl crazy / G. Gershwin (M.T. Thomas, conductor).
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2960
Topics
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
Composers -- United States
Overtures
Operas -- Excerpts
Piano music, Arranged
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged
Piano with orchestra
Rhapsodies (Music)
Symphonic poems
Musicals -- Excerpts
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Sinfonia
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Li︠u︡bovʹ k trem apelʹsinam. Suite. Selections
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Selections
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Paraphrases de concert. Rigoletto
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod; arranged
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Rhapsody in blue
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. American in Paris
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Girl crazy. Overture
Genres
Music
Notes
Source note: Title from audition; date, from the original container.
Performers: Claudio Arrau, George Gershwin, piano ; Rome Opera Orchestra ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Columbia Jazz Band ; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Tullio Serafin, Antal Dorati, Leopold Stokowski, Herbert von Karajan, conductors ; Michael Tilson Thomas, commentator and conductor.
Venue: Recorded for American Airlines United States 1978 March-April- May.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 90 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track stereo ; 7 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 908044289
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20611475
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d0ba320-b8be-0133-1595-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1903: Creator Born
  • 1978: Created
  • 1991: Creator Died
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0aa08e0-b8be-0133-2a02-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0aa08e0-b8be-0133-2a02-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1978). Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0aa08e0-b8be-0133-2a02-60f81dd2b63c

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Music in the air, 1978 : American Airlines classical concert : opera without words