JEROME KERN OVERTURES. John McGlinn conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI CDC 7-49630-2 (compact disc).

These are world premiere recordings of the original versions of eight overtures (composed between 1914 and 1939) and selections from the film score for “Swing Time” (1936). Though well played, the music is mostly second rate and seriously dated and will interest mainly the nostalgic and the musicologists.