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George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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Release DateJuly 8, 2008
UPC Code795754231427
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Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Act 1. Scene 1. Introduction - Summertime
  2. Act 1. Scene 1. A woman is a sometime thing
  3. Act 1. Scene 1. Here comes de honey man
  4. Act 1. Scene 1. They pass by singin'
  5. Act 1. Scene 1. Oh, little stars; Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd
  6. Act 1. Scene 1. Wake up an' hit it out
  7. Act 1. Scene 2. Gone, gone, gone
  8. Act 1. Scene 2. Overflow, overflow
  9. Act 1. Scene 2. Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see
  10. Act 1. Scene 2. My Man's gone now
  11. Act 1. Scene 2. How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
  12. Act 1. Scene 2. Oh, the train is at the station
  13. Act 1. Scene 2. Oh, he's gone, gone, gone
  14. Act 2. Scene 1. It takes a long pull to get there
  15. Act 2. Scene 1. Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
  16. Act 2. Scene 1. Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
  17. Act 2. Scene 1. Bess, you is my woman now
  18. Act 2. Scene 1. I stayin' with Porgy
  19. Act 2. Scene 1. Oh, I can't sit down
  20. Act 2. Scene 1. Goodbye, Porgy!
Disc 2
  1. Act 2. Scene 2. I ain' got no shame
  2. Act 2. Scene 2. It ain't necessarily so
  3. Act 2. Scene 2. Tell me...
  4. Act 2. Scene 2. Oh... What you want wid Bess?
  5. Act 2. Scene 3. Interlude
  6. Act 2. Scene 3. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
  7. Act 2. Scene 3. Oh, doctor Jesus
  8. Act 2. Scene 3. O dey's so fresh an' fine
  9. Act 2. Scene 3. I'm talkin' about devil crabs
  10. Act 2. Scene 3. Porgy, Porgy, dat you there
  11. Act 2. Scene 3. I wants to stay here
  12. Act 2. Scene 3. What you stand and watchin' for, clara?
  13. Act 2. Scene 4. Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens
  14. Act 2. Scene 4. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
  15. Act 2. Scene 4. A red-headed woman
  16. Act 2. Scene 4. What's de matter?
  17. Act 3. Scene 1. Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted
  18. Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude (Death of Crown)
  19. Act 3. Scene 2. Wait for us at the corner, Al
  20. Act 3. Scene 2. Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
  21. Act 3. Scene 2. There's a boat dat's leavin'
  22. Act 3. Scene 4. Introduction
  23. Act 3. Scene 4. Thank Gawd I's home again!
  24. Act 3. Scene 4. Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess

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User Reviews

Average user review: 3.5 (2 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteA LONG AWAITED HISTORICAL ISSUE!!!Quote
This is a wonderful historical document of a famous revival of the great George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. It is a very good sounding performance of a famous production that toured the world for three years in the early 1950's featuring a very young Leontyne Price and a fine William Warfield. The sound is very good Mono Radio Broadcast. Now, for purists this is not a note complete studio recording; but, a working live performance edition. This is how the work was performed at this time, in this famous tour. The original opera was about four hours long and we will never know what changes or final thoughts the composer may have had as this score went through various productions. It was considered a bit too long and death took another true genius composer way too soon. The original clocked in at a little over four hours. Shades of Wagner and THE RING! Gershwin should have been alive and well when this production hit the roads and had considerable input.

Oh well, lets leave this and get to the performance at hand. It in many ways is excellent and very important. It introduces us to a very young and beautiful sounding Leontyne Price seven years before her famous Metropolitan Opera debut. A great voice and artist is heard in the very beginning of a phenomenal career. This role practically introduced her to the world and was an important triumph! The aria "Summertime" was always one of many encores in all her live recitals. I personally heard her sing this at least four times over her four decades career. It was always stunning with the most pure floated piano tones one will ever have the privilege to experience! Her highlights on RCA are also Spectacular! If you love or like this opera or are an unabashed fan of Leontyne Price, and I am, here is a rare chance to hear her in 1952 in a very important door opening role which she never recorded complete in the Studio. Don't pass this chance by. We have Guild Historical to thank for this special treat.

Now, not to slight the rest of the cast we also get Excellent performances from William Warfield and Cab Calloway. Again historic in the best sense of the word. The other female roles are everything from adequate to very good; some a bit shrill. We also get a lot of involvement this being a live performance. Finally, not an absolutely complete performance of this Masterpiece but, a very good sounding historic document of an important revival with some important career breakthroughs. Again, thank you GUILD HISTORICAL! November 20, 2008

rating: 2 QuoteGershwin lightQuote
Regardless of the claims being made, this does not even come close to being the complete opera. Nevertheless, it is an important document of the times, as Alexander Smallens conducts and the Eva Jessye choir perform. Of course, both Smallens and Jessye were involved in the opera's premiere, and there are many touches that strike me as deeply idiomatic, although so many cuts are made I cannot recommend this version. So much of the lovely recitative is missing, and Buzzzard Song is interpolated in the final scene, which makes little dramatic sense. Recommended only for the Gershwin scholar who has the Rattle or Maazel versions, both of which are complete. The sound is acceptable mono, although it is difficult to hear the orchestra over the singers. November 14, 2008

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