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Grammy Awards, Gershwin (composer)
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Special offer. Crazy Girl Crazy: Music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio
Recommendedincluding bonus documentary DVD
Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor)
Ludwig Orchestra
Crazy Girl Crazy is an album that – just like its muse and protagonist – flouts the rules…The litheness of Hannigan’s voice beguiles, so that the near-segue into the Lulu Suite (1934) comes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Recording of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - voice (Oratorio/Concert/Lied)
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Essential George Gershwin
RecommendedGeorge Gershwin (piano), Ethel Waters (vocal), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Mannie Klein (trumpet), Ben Selvin (violin), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet), Buck & Bubbles, Buck Washington (vocal, piano), John "Bubbles" Sublett (vocal), Joe Bushkin (piano), Artie Shaw (clarinet), Bunny Berigan (trumpet), Cozy...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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His interpretation [of the Gershwin] is exceptionally clear (the crystalline recorded sound helps a great deal), and dances and shimmies without getting carried away. Some may find it a tad... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (highlights)
RecommendedDonnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Wilma Shakesnider (Serena), Carol Brice (Maria), Andrew Smith (Crown), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Betty Lane (Clara), Larry Marshall (Sportin’ Life)
Houston Grand Opera, John DeMain
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Best Opera Recording
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Leontyne Price - Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
RecommendedLeontyne Price (soprano), William Warfield (baritone), McHenry Boatwright (baritone), John W. Bubbles (tenor), Barbara Webb (soprano), Berniece Hall (soprano), Maeretha Stewart (soprano), Miriam Burton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Henson (tenor), Alonzo Jones (baritone)
Skitch Henderson
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard White (Porgy), Leona Mitchell (Bess), McHenry Boatwright (Crown), Florence Quivar (Serena), Barbara Hendricks (Clara), Barbara Conrad (Maria), Arthur Thompson (Jake), François Clemmons (Sporting Life)
The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel
The first essentially complete Porgy remains one of the finest, with maximally polished orchestral playing and arguably the strong vocal line-up yet assembled. Maazel is at his most committed. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Opera Recording
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedEric Owens (Porgy), Angel Blue (Bess), Latonia Moore (Serena), Golda Schultz (Clara), Denyce Graves (Maria), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin’ Life), Alfred Walker (Crown), Ryan Speedo Green (Jake), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, David Robertson
The chorus supplies precision and refulgent tone, while the orchestral playing is clean and idiomatic, with conductor David Robertson shaping an interpretation that is well-paced and offers... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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