Porgy and Bess - Original Cast Recording, 47 minutes
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Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by the American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel of the same name. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on S... [Read More]
THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS has been reimagined and reinvigorated for the modern stage by a team that includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, musical adapter Diedre L. Murray and director Diane Paulus. PS Classics proudly presents the New Broadway Cast Recording starring four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, Drama Desk-... [Read More]
RCA's 1963 highlights disc brought the stars of the early-1950s revival of the work, Leontyne Price and William Warfield, together again. By this time, however, Price was well advanced on her meteoric rise to operatic stardom and Warfield was gaining renown as a recitalist. Both are glorious here and Price's shimmering "Summertime" is worth the pri... [Read More]
19 Tracks 1/Summertime 2/My Man's Gone Now 3/A Woman is a Sometime Thing 4/They Pass by Singin 5/What you Want Wid Bess? 6/I got Plenty O' Nuttin' 7/Buzzard Song 8/Bess, You is My Woman 9/Oh, Doctor Jesus 10/Crab Man 11/Here Come De Honey Man 12/Strawberry Woman (instru.) 13/Strawberry Woman 14/It Ain't Necessarily So 15/There's A Boat Dat's Leavin... [Read More]
George Gershwin's folk opera has been a source of inspiration for countless jazz musicians. This 1959 recording with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen (who had replaced guitarist Herb Ellis the previous year) features some of Peterson's most impassioned and bluesy playing. With the addition of a drummer, he was liberated from rhythm duties t... [Read More]
19 Tracks CD / An Original Sound Track (OST) Recording The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin / ⓟ 1959 Samuel Goldwyn Productions. ⓒ 1959 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and SONY MASTERWORKS are trade marks of Sony Corporation. Manufactured in Australia. Printed in Holland. / Track Lists: 01. Overture... [Read More]
Of Thee I Sing/Let 'Em Eat Cake was one of the leading recordings during the Gershwin CD revival of the late 1980s. Led by Gershwin expert Michael Tilson Thomas using some newly discovered materials, it resuscitated two nearly forgotten satires from the 1930s sung by casts who were better able to capture the spirit of the music than the opera stars... [Read More]
Digitally remastered edition of the 1959 motion picture soundtrack. Originally a 1935 opera written by George Gershwin, Porgy And Bess was made into a film with Sidney Poitier playing Porgy and Dorothy Dandridge as Bess. These are not the voices you will hear on this album, however, for Robert McFerrin dubbed the singing voice of Sidney and Adele A... [Read More]
track listing: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing/Summertime/Oh, I Got Plenty of Nothin'/I Wants to Stay Here/Bess, You Is a Woman/It Ain't Necessarily So/Street Calls: Strawberry Woman-The Honey Man-Crab Man/My Man's Gone Now/Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?/There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York
Limited edition CD boxset containing 20 iconic original albums from the Jazz great in mini LP replica sleeves, presented in a rigid case lift off lid box with a 30 page booklet and discography. Includes the albums 'Round About Midnight Miles Ahead, Miles, Porgy And Bess, Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, Someday My Prince Will Come, Seven Steps to H... [Read More]
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