This page lists all recordings of Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin (1898-1937) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, production direction by Trevor Nunn | | | EMI - 4924979 (DVD Video) Normally: £14.99 (£12.76 ex. VAT) Special: £12.74 (£10.84 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | American Classics - Gershwin
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd "The New Zealanders cope splendidly with the Gershwin idiom - gone are the embarrassing days when orchestras couldn't swing - and bring a catchy rhythmic zip both to An American in Paris and the Cuban Overture...The recording is vivid."
- Peter Dickinson, Gramophone July 2002 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Wayne Marshall (piano) Aalborg Symphony [CD1] ‘Marvellously punchy and spontaneous... there is the thilling sense of risk in the whole performance which alerts the listener to the fun and colour of the Gershwin style... this collection is as good a Gershwin starter disc as any I have heard.’ Classic CD | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Live Recording - Titania Palast, Berlin 21 September 1952.
Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Cab Calloway Eva Jessye Choir, Rias-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens As George Gershwin celebrated his thirtieth birthday in 1928, he was at the height of his early maturity. It must have seemed to such a self-confident artist as he that there was nothing he could not achieve if he so wished. However, Gershwin at the age of thirty had not yet written his masterpiece, although he had had ideas for setting an operatic libretto to be fashioned from Du Bose Hayward's novel Porgy for some years, ever since he began reading it one night, unable to sleep, and – gripped by the telling – stayed awake until daybreak before he had finished it. Several factors conspired to delay the realisation of his dream. The musical theatre continued to beckon: in 1929, he wrote two Broadway shows – the first was Show Girl, a somewhat hastily put together vehicle which utilised An American in Paris as a ballet. This admixture did not work too well, and the second show was the revised version of Strike Up The Band, which opened early in January 1930, six months after Show Girl and over two years after the first version. | 
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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 (Lily/Strawberry Woman), Charles Parris (Jim/Undertaker) Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Chorus , Blair Children's Chorus & Tenessee State University Band, John Mauceri 'All of us hope to leave behind an authentic and vital text from which other performers can find inspiration. No masterpiece deserves less and surely Porgy & Bess is our great American opera.' | | Decca - 4757877 (CD - 2 discs) Normally: £25.99 (£22.12 ex. VAT) Special: £16.89 (£14.37 ex. VAT) |
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Wayne Marshall Aalborg Symphony | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Avon Long, Warren Coleman J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Lehman Engel Recorded 1951 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Milan Turkovic (bassoon) Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Martin Sieghart | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ortiz Cristina (piano) Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre, Andre Previn, Felix Slatkin | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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