Porgy & Bess
by George Gershwin
- Type: Album
- Released: 1951
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Standing as the first complete, studio-recorded presentation of the groundbreaking American folk opera, this massive undertaking captures the score's brilliant synthesis of jazz, blues, and European symphonic traditions. The cast delivers a definitive, powerful interpretation of the complex, emotionally devastating narrative.
Genres
Descriptors: operatic, orchestral, choral, vocal, theatrical
Tracklist
- Act I, Scene 1 - Catfish Row, A Summer Evening
- Act I, Scene 2 - Serena's Room, The Following Night
- Act II, Scene 1 - Catfish Row, A Month Later
- Act II, Scene 2 - Kittiwah Island, Evening, The Same Day
- Act II, Scene 3 - Catfish Row, Before Dawn, A Week Later
- Act II, Scene 4 - Serena's Room, Dawn Of The Following Day
- Act III, Scene 1 - Catfish Row, The Next Night
- Act III, Scene 2 - Catfish Row, The Next Afternoon
- Act III, Scene 3 - Catfish Row, A Week Later
Credits
- George Gershwin - primary artist, music by
- Lawrence Winters - primary artist, baritone vocals
- Camilla Williams - primary artist, soprano vocals
- Inez Matthews - primary artist, soprano vocals
- Warren Coleman - primary artist, baritone vocals
- Avon Long - primary artist, tenor vocals
- Eddie Matthews - baritone vocals
- George Fisher - baritone vocals