<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/2/01 9:06:17 PM Central Standard Time, Dpshans@AOL.COM
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've been butchering my way through the piano solo version of "Rhapsody in
<BR>Blue," and I'd like to obtain a few of the better recorded versions, in order
<BR>to feel properly humbled. Any suggestions or favorites out there?
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<BR>How could you go wrong with the "Gershwin Plays Gershwin" rendition? You can get it on the Disklavier/Pianodisc version too where you can hear for yourself that the EBVT or any other Victorian temperament plays Gershwin superbly.
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Bill Bremmer RPT
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