Rhapsody In Blue

Vinyl LP pressing. The 2024 release from banjo great Béla Fleck expands and explores George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by paying homage to the legendary composer while redefining an American classic. Available February 12, 2024, a hundred years to the day Gershwin premiered the work at Aeolian Hall in New York City. Fleck's album includes three variations: "Rhapsody in Blue (grass)," "Rhapsody in Blue(s)," and the classic orchestration featuring banjo instead of piano, performed by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Eric Jacobson. It also features Gershwin's "Rialto Ripples" and the unrecorded gem "Unidentified Piece for Banjo," discovered at the Library of Congress.

• Format: Vinyl LP
• Release Date: February 12, 2024
• Featuring: Virginia Symphony Orchestra

• Genre: CLASSICAL
• Genre: Classical
• Label: BELA FLECK PRODUCTIO
• Label: BELA FLECK PRODUCTIO