Porgy and Bess
09/29/12 12:00PM
We'll be listening to gems, sung by a variety of singers, from the most beloved of all American operas, George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:03pm
Porgy and Bess: Introduction; "Summertime"; "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Houston Grand Opera |
| Conductor | John DeMain |
| Soloists | Betty Lane, soprano ; Alexander B. Smalls, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gershwin: Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 2109 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:20pm
Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New York Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| Soloists | Renée Fleming, soprano |
| CD/Album | Renée Fleming - By Request |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 1024 |
| Release Year | 2002 |
12:25pm
Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"; "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Skitch Henderson |
| Soloists | Leontyne Price, soprano ; William Warfield, bass-baritone |
| CD/Album | Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA LM-2679 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1963 |
12:32pm
Porgy and Bess: "A Woman is a Sometime Thing"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Robert Russell Bennett |
| Soloists | Robert Merrill, baritone |
| CD/Album | Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA LM-1124 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1950 |
12:37pm
Porgy and Bess: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Skitch Henderson |
| Soloists | Leontyne Price, soprano ; William Warfield, bass-baritone |
| CD/Album | Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA LM-2679 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1963 |
12:42pm
Porgy and Bess: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Robert Russell Bennett |
| Soloists | Risë Stevens, soprano ; Robert Merrill, baritone |
| CD/Album | Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA LM-1124 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1950 |
12:48pm
Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Skitch Henderson |
| Soloists | John W. Bubbles, tenor |
| CD/Album | Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA LM-2679 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1963 |
12:52pm
Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Jay Blackton |
| Soloists | Cab Calloway, tenor |
| CD/Album | A Collector's Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA AVM1-1742 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1976 |
12:55pm
Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Lorin Maazel |
| Soloists | François Clemmons, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gershwin: Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 4758663 |
| Release Year | 1976 |