Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Willard 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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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- William Brown (tenor), Robert Snook (singer), Christopher Deane (baritone), Willard White (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Ralph Neally (singer), Alpha Floyd (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Hagan (tenor), Alan Leatherman (singer), Barbara Conrad (mezzo-soprano), Florence Quivar (contralto), Isola Jones (mezzo-soprano), Leona Mitchell (soprano), Francois Clemmons (tenor), McHenry Boatwright (baritone), John Buck (singer), James Vincent Pickens (tenor), Arthur Thompson (baritone), Donald Zucca (singer)
- Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus
- Lorin Maazel
- Recorded: 1975-08-18
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
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