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I recently read that Whiteman didn't actually conduct the early electrical recording with Gershwin on the piano because they had a disagreement about the cuts necessary to fit the whole piece on a single 12 inch disc, so Nat Shilkret actually had to conduct it. db On Thursday, September 4, 2014 12:07:15 PM, Thom <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >Maybe the University of Maryland would have performance materials for >the version with the chorus, as they have the Earl Wild Collection. >They are not listed in any series I could detect. > >http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do?source=/MdU.ead.ipam.0012.xml&style=ead#series4.a > >Thom Pease >Library of Congress > > >On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I have a broadcast performance of an all-Gershwin concert from 12 July 1947; Paul Whiteman conducts. Earl Wild performs the Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F. Both feature a chorus! >> >> Karl >> >> >> On Thursday, September 4, 2014 9:08 AM, Paul Urbahns <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Ben Roth wrote: >> >>> I just discovered a 2-disc 78rpm set of the Rhapsody in Blue conducted by >>> Paul Whiteman with Earl Wild, AND A CHORUS in the background. >>> Does anyone know anything about this? >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXkyvh3XPc >> >> This You Tube video says it was issued in 1947. The "King of Jazz" as >> Whiteman credited himself frequently used chorus but it this case seems >> like a little overload where it comes in at 11 minutes and throughout the >> finale. I like it, but wish it was done in stereo so you can tell the >> chorus from the orchestra better. >> >> Paul Urbahns >> Radcliff, Ky > > >