Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
RiB is very good but I think the Concerto in F is just a bit better.
Rhapsody in Blue - I agree.
A man after my own heart, I can listen to Rhapsody In Blue every, single, solitary day and it never gets old to me. Let's see, I've got Bernstein's version with the CBS Orchestra, Oscar Levant's version with Eugene Ormandy conducting, James Levine's version, Mitch Miller's version with him conducting and David Golub on piano, the Erich Kunzel version with William Tritt on piano, Toscanini conducting it with Earl Wild on piano and Benny Goodman on clarinet (Benny hitting his famous bum note in the opening part) and a bizarro version from the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra from the 1950s, they even have a guitar playing along in the orchestra, but what saves it is Georges Cziffra, just an absoutely unbelievable musician, playing the piano, plus I have the version that was made using modern technology from piano rolls that Gershwin himself cut, which is like George himself playing it for you. All of them have their virtues, but I'd say my favorite is the Kunzel because he uses the original score, followed by the Toscanini version because it's exceptionally well done given the fact that it was not a style of music one would think the maestro would've conducted but he was right on it, and then the Cziffra/Hungarian version for the sheer audacity of it. The Gershwin piano roll version is in a different class but equally strong.
Yes, how could I forget!?