Gramophone Awards - Gershwin (composer) (page 1 of 1)

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Recommended

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Bruce Hubbard, Marietta Simpson & Gregg Baker

Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Glyndebourne's epoch-making production, taken to the recording studio two years later, helped cement the work's reputation as one of the greatest 20th-century operas. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, More…

Release Date: 5th Sep 2005
Catalogue No: 4768362
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Great Recordings of the Century
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Recommended

Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Gregg Baker (Crown), Harolyn Blackwell (Clara), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life), Bruce Hubbard (Jake)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle

In an ideal world, operatic recordings would always evolve in this way...We've a real sense here of Gershwin's community, a feeling of oneness with the piece from singers who've not only lived... — Gramophone Magazine, June 1989 More…