The Gershwin Moment

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; Levant: Blame It on My Youth; Wild: Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin (selection)

Kirill Gerstein (piano);

St Louis Symphony Orchestra/

David Robertson

Myrios Classics MYR 022 73:45 mins Kirill Gerstein’s previous releases, heavy on Liszt, Schumann and the Russians, never suggested that a ‘Gershwin Moment’ might be imminent. But Gerstein came to America as a teenager to study jazz piano at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, and his affinity with this