Jesús María Sanromá - The complete Boston ‘Pops’ recordings

The Puerto Rican pianist Jesús María Sanromá (1902-1984) came to the USA to study and subsequently built his career there. He had a very wide repertoire and gave the US premieres of many contemporary works, including Ravel’s G major Concerto, but was equally at home in the classics or Gershwin. He had a long association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their summer festival brand the ‘Pops’, resulting in the series of concertos reproduced here. His Gershwin Rhapsody was a huge hit, and the MacDowell and Paderewski were first recordings.

APR6045  154 minutes 50 seconds (2 discs)