Jesús María Sanromá
Jesús Maria Sanromá was a Puerto Rican pianist who was associated with conductor Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 20 years from the early 1930s. He performed as soloist on the original recording of Edward MacDowell's 'Second Concerto' with Fiedler and the Boston Pops in 1934 and on the original recording of 'Rhapsody in Blue' by George Gershwin in 1935. He had learned to play the piano as a child and performed in public for the first time in Puerto Rico's Fajardo Municipal Theater at the age of eleven. He went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and also studied in Paris and Berlin. In 1932 he performed in the debut of Maurice Ravel's 'Concerto in G' and over his career he worked with composers such as Pablo Casals, Carlos Chavez, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky.
He returned to Puerto Rico in 1952 to become musical consultant of the Department of Music of the University of Puerto Rico. He helped organise the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico in 1956 and performed regularly at the Pablo Casals Festivals. He died in 1984 aged 82. Albums released posthumously include 'Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Concerto for Piano and Orchestra/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue' (1997), 'Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Paderewski: Piano Concertos' (2006) and 'Gershwin in Symphony' (2012) plus two recordings on the Pearl label's Piano Masters series: 'Jesús Maria Sanromá' and 'Jesús Maria Sanromá Vol. 2'.
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Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue
Jesus Maria Sanroma / Earl Wild / Leonard Pennario / Felix Slatkin
Klassiek - Released by Les Indispensables de Diapason on 24 jan. 2014
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Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferde Grofe, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Everest on 6 okt. 2017
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Mozart, Schumann & Others: Works for String Quartet
The Primrose Quartet, Jesús María Sanromá, Oscar Shumsky, Josef Gingold, William Primrose, Harvey Shapiro
Kamermuziek - Released by Biddulph Recordings on 3 feb. 2023
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Franck, Granados & Others: Violin Works
Jacques Thibaud, Harold Craxton, Alfred Cortot, Jesús María Sanromá
Kamermuziek - Released by Biddulph Recordings on 19 jan. 1990
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Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor & Fauré: Piano Quintet in C Minor
The Budapest String Quartet, Clifford Curzon, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Urania on 5 feb. 2008
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An American In Paris / Rhapsody In Blue
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Everest Records on 1 aug. 1960
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 1
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Haydn, Schumann, Brahms & Smetana: Chamber Works
The Primrose Quartet, Jesús María Sanromá
Kamermuziek - Released by Biddulph Recordings on 20 feb. 1992
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Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferde Grofe, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Everest on 6 okt. 2017
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Hindemith, Bloch & Bax: Viola Works
William Primrose, Fritz kitzinger, Harriet Cohen, Jesús María Sanromá
Kamermuziek - Released by Biddulph Recordings on 23 mrt. 1999
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 1
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Música para piano
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 29 dec. 2017
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 6
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris (Mono Version)
Jesús María Sanromá, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
William Steinburg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 31 aug. 2020
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 7
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Vintage World No. 155 - EP: Danzas Portorriqueñas A Piano
Folk - Released by Vintage Music on 27 mrt. 1955
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Valses
Klassiek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 1 jun. 1974
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 9
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Danzas de Morel Campos Interpretadas al Piano por Sanromá, Vol. 10
Wereldmuziek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 21 sep. 2018
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Canciones de Arte Puertorriqueñas 2
Luisita Rodríguez, Jesús María Sanromá
Klassiek - Released by Grabaciones - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña on 5 jan. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo