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.
Porgy and Bess
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- 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
12:03 pm
- Porgy and Bess: Introduction; "Summertime"; "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera
- Soloists: Betty Lane, soprano ; Alexander B. Smalls, tenor
- Conductor: John DeMain
- CD/Album: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 2109
- Release Year: 1977
12:20 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: New York Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Renée Fleming, soprano
- Conductor: James Levine
- CD/Album: Renée Fleming - By Request
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 1024
- Release Year: 2002
12:25 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"; "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano ; William Warfield, bass-baritone
- Conductor: Skitch Henderson
- CD/Album: Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2679 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1963
12:32 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "A Woman is a Sometime Thing"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Robert Merrill, baritone
- Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
- CD/Album: Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-1124 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1950
12:37 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano ; William Warfield, bass-baritone
- Conductor: Skitch Henderson
- CD/Album: Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2679 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1963
12:42 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, soprano ; Robert Merrill, baritone
- Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
- CD/Album: Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-1124 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1950
12:48 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: John W. Bubbles, tenor
- Conductor: Skitch Henderson
- CD/Album: Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2679 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1963
12:52 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Soloists: Cab Calloway, tenor
- Conductor: Jay Blackton
- CD/Album: A Collector's Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA AVM1-1742 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1976
12:55 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra
- Soloists: François Clemmons, tenor
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- CD/Album: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758663
- Release Year: 1976