“Eric Himy belongs to that school of virtuoso musicians who extend their skills and musical awareness by going through the same process as the composer when he writes or orchestrates music, the art of transcription. His world premiere recording of his own personal transcription of Rhapsody in Blue is based on Gershwin's original unpublished manuscript, and contains sections of music that were later cut off by publishers. Now, almost 80 years later, we have a unique piano rendition closest to the original intentions of the composer…”
Marc-Henri Cykiert