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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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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…

Release Date: 20th Jan 2017
Catalogue No: 9029590064
Label: Warner Classics
Series: The Opera Series

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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…