Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
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Special offer. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard 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. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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Special offer. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Bess), William Warfield (Porgy), Cab Calloway (Sporting Life), John McCurry (Crown)
Eva Jessye Choir, Rias-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
…this remarkable Porgy and Bess. It was made during the Berlin run of the famous 1952-3 European tour… of a production by Robert Breen, with an all-black company under the work's original conductor... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2019, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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Special offer. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Opera
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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
RecommendedDonnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Wilma Shakesnider (Serena), Carol Brice (Maria), Andrew Smith (Crown), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Betty Lane (Clara), Larry Marchsall (Sportin' Life)
Houston Grand Opera Orchcestra & Chorus, John Demain
a distinctive and colourful performance of a masterly and moving opera — More…
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended 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
3 CDs
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Special offer. Lawrence Tibbett - De Glory Road (1931-1936)
Selected works including 'The Song Is You', 'And Love Was Born' and more
Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Stewart Wille (piano)
Victor Studio Orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret, Alexander Smallens
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Alvy Powell (Porgy), Marquita Lister (Bess), Nicole Cabell (Clara), Robert Mack (Sportin' Life), Lester Lynch (Crown), Abigail Burke (Serena), Leonard Rowe (Jake), Linda Thompson Williams (Maria), Chauncey Packer (Mingo/Nelson/Crab Man), Calvin Lee (Peter), Tamica Harris (Annie), Tiffany Wharton...
… for the most part this version is extremely effective in removing the work's longueurs and heightening its theatricality. And it's very well served by the performance, with Powell and Lister... — More…
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