This is the first George Gershwin album by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra it was originally recorded on a series of 78 RPM discs in November 1944 by which time the United States had been at war with the Axis powers for nearly three years. The second part of the disc features The Kostelanetz Orchestra performing some of the most memorable standards of the twentieth century, all of which are presented in the orchestra’s lush and inimitable way.