Tabloid Suite (Metropole Orkest; Jan Stulen) (2002)

"This exemplary two-disc set by the Metropole includes the Grand Canyon Suite (1931), the lesser-known (but thoroughly engaging) four-movement Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of a Modern Newspaper (1932), and Gershwin's visionary (for its time) Concerto in F (1925) with Jan Willem Nelleke at the piano. This is the first recording in more than seventy years of the Grand Canyon Suite as written for the Whiteman Orchestra (Grofé later re-scored the work for symphony orchestra). For this (and the other masterworks presented here) we must thank Gert-Jan Blom, a longtime admirer of Whiteman and Grofé who is dedicated to documenting the musical treasures of the past, especially those (like the Tabloid Suite ) that have inadvertently eluded history's dragnet. In doing so, he takes every conceivable step to preserve their integrity, relying not on transcriptions but going directly to the original handwritten scores whenever possible to reconstruct the pieces as accurately as one can." (Allaboutjazz)