The Rhapsody, too, is given a strong, swaggering but solid reading from that famous opening clarinet Glissando onwards (it began its life, by the way, as a bit of tongue - in - cheek rehearsal mischief from Ross Gorman, the clarinettist of the Whiteman band; the delighted Gershwin insisted on retaining it).
The Rhapsody, too, is given a strong, swaggering but solid reading from that famous opening clarinet Glissando onwards (it began its life, by the way, as a bit of an odd manner rehearsal mischief from Ross Gorman, the clarinettist of the Whiteman band; the delighted Gershwin insisted on retaining it).