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Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
from: Polygram Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028941455925
Label: Polygram Records
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Polygram Records
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Polygram Records
Sales Rank: 376960
Disc 1:- Act One, Scene One: Introd/Jasbo Brown Blues - Cleveland Chor/Joela Jones
- Act One, Scene One: Summertime/Oh, nobody knows when the Laws is goin' to call... - Barbara Hendricks/James Vincent Pickens/Samuel Hagan
- Act One, Scene One: A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo' daddy warn you) - Arthur Thompson
- Act One, Scene One: Here come de honey man - William Brown/Arthur Thompson
- Act One, Scene One: They pass by singin'/Here comes Big Boy!/Don't you ever let a woman grieve you - Willard White/James Vincent Pickens
- Act One, Scene One: Oh, little stars/Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd! - Willard White/McHenry Boatwright
- Act One, Scene One: Wake up an' hit it out/That you, Sportin' Life? - Leona Mitchell
- Act One, Scene Two: Gone, gone, gone (Where is brudder Robins?) - Barbara Conrad
- Act One, Scene Two: Overflow, overflow/Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer - Barbara Conrad/Florence Quivar/Cleveland Chor/Willard White
- Act One, Scene Two: Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see - Robert Snook
- Act One, Scene Two: My man's gone now/How de saucer stan' now, my sister? - Florence Quivar/James Vincent Pickens
- Act One, Scene Two: Headin' for the Promis' Lan' (Oh, the train is at the station) - Leona Mitchell
Disc 2:- Act Two, Scene One: It takes a long pull to get there (Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks) - Arthur Thompson
- Act Two, Scene One: Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'/Lissen there, what I tells you - Willard White/Barbara Conrad
- Act Two, Scene One: I hates yo' struttin style/Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?... - Barbara Conrad/Donald Zucca
- Act Two, Scene One: Buzzard Song (Look out, dat's a buzzard!)/Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic? - Willard White/Francois Clemmmons
- Act Two, Scene One: Bess, you is my woman now - Willard White
- Act Two, Scene One: Oh, I can't sit down - Willard White/Leona Mitchell/Cleveland Chor
- Act Two, Scene Two: I ain't got no shame - Willard White/Leona Mitchell/McHenry Boattwright/Florence Quivar/Barbara Hendricks...
- Act Two, Scene Two: It ain't necessarily so/Shame on all you sinners/Bess!...Crown!... - Francois Clemmons/Florence Quivar/McHenry Boatwright/Leona Mitchell
- Act Two, Scene Two: Oh...What you want wid Bess? - Leona Mitchell
- Act Two, Scene Three: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for/Take yo' han's off me, I say - Arthur Thompson/Leona Mitchell
- Act Two, Scene Three: Oh, doctor Jesus - Florence Quivar
- Act Two, Scene Three: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine/I'm talkin' about devil crabs - Barbara Conrad/Samuel Hagan
- Act Two, Scene Three: Porgy, Porgy, dat you there - Leona Mitchell
- Act Two, Scene Three: I loves you, Porgy - Leona Mitchell
- Act Two, Scene Three: Why you been out on that wharf - Barbara Conrad
Disc 3:- Act Two, Scene Four: Oh, Doctor Jesus - Alpha Floyd/Isola Jones/Barbara Conrad/William Brown/James Vincent Pickens/Christopher Deane
- Act Two, Scene Four: Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens/One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin' - Willard White/Leona Mitchell/McHenry Boattwright/Florence Quivar/Barbara Hendricks...
- Act Two, Scene Four: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'/You is a nice parcel of Christians... - Willard White/Leona Mitchell/McHenry Boattwright/Florence Quivar/Barbara Hendricks...
- Act Two, Scene Four: A red-headed woman/Jake's boat in de river/Oh, Doctor Jesus - McHenry Boatwright/Leona Mitchell/Sextet
- Act Three, Scene One: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted/Crown, Crown, don't you.../Summertime - Cleavland Chor/Leona Mitchell
- Act Three, Scene One: Interlude (Death of Crown) - Willard White
- Act Three, Scene Two: Intro/Wait for us at the corner, Al/What is your name? - Robert Snook/Alan Leatherman
- Act Three, Scene Two: You've got to go, Porgy/Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look - Leona Mitchell/Francois Clemmons
- Act Three, Scene Two: There's a boat dat's leavin' - Francois Clemmons
- Act Three, Scene Three: Intro - Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel
- Act Three, Scene Three: Good mornin', sistuh!/Thank Gawd I's home again! - Sam Hagen/Willard White
- Act Three, Scene Three: Dem white folks sure ain't put nuthin' - Willard White
- Act Three, Scene Three: Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess - Willard White
- Act Three, Scene Three: Bess is gone - Isola Jones
- Act Three, Scene Three: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way - Willard White
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I've heard many versions of this work, but this Grammy-award winning recording (1976 Best Opera Recording) stands out as having the best performances. Francois Clemens (from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!) shows some real chops as Sportin' Life (hitting all the high notes), and Florence Quivar sings the BEST "My Man's Gone Now" ever recorded, not being afraid to drop to her chest voice for intense dramatic effect. Maazel brings out all the sparkle in Gershwin's long orchestral sequences.
I've had this on LP for years, and finally found a used library CD. It's the only Porgy I can really listen to - the others pale in comparison.
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Having listened to and been at many performances of Porgy and Bess, this really is the best recording.
The voices, the caricatures of the characters sparkle. The music comes alive. The conductor, solo artists and chorus shine.
As far as CD MANIAC is concerned, I don't think there is an understanding that the performance was to have been as a true, full-blown opera performed to the extent of Carmen or La Boheme. I think this is where the mis-understanding.
Gershwin, being that absolute genius he was, shows categorically in this performance that his "folk" opera could dazzle as well as any other in the showcase of "traditional" operas. So what a composer, what a piece!
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This CD was the first to present all 3 hours of music that Gershwin wrote for "Porgy and Bess", and it claims that this is how Gershwin intended it to be performed. However, this is not the truth.
Gershwin always worked on his music in rehearsals to make it better, and Porgy and Bess was not different. He made many cuts, changes and additions to his score before the final 1935 version his Broadway, whittling down the music to jsut 2 hours and 20 minutes. What resulted was a much tighter story, dramatically.
It is definitely interesting to hear all 3 hours (best not taken all at one time). However, Maazel is not likely to be remembered as a great Gershwin conductor.
The other main drawback is the Cleveland ... Read More:
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Have had this for years on LP and am astonished to learn that it's not in stock on CD. For Gershwin fans it's a "must own", in my opinion the best Porgy & Bess ever recorded. It's the full score, apparently the first ever, and some of the greatest music in the opera is not familiar. Please Amazon.com - tell me it's now on CD and you will ship it to me. PLEASE!
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