George GERSHWIN

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Porgy and Bess

 Sony, 1951

 EMI, 1988

 

* Sony, 1951           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York

Recording date : 05-13 April 1951

 

Lawrence Winters

Camilla Williams

Inez Matthews

Avon Long

Warren Coleman

June McMechen

Helen Dowdy

Eddie Matthews

William A. Glover

Irving Washington

Harrison Cattenhead

J. Rosamond Johnson

Sadie McGill

George Fisher

Hubert Dilworth

Ray Yeats

Robert Carroll

George Matthews

Peter Van Zant

– Porgy

– Bess

– Serena

– Sportin' Life

– Crown

– Clara

– Maria / Lily / Strawberry Woman

– Jake

– Mingo

– Robbins

– Peter

– Frazier

– Annie

– Jim

– Undertaker

– Nelson / Crab Man

– Mr. Archdale

– Detective

– Policeman / Coroner

 

Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Lehman Engel

 

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* EMI, 1988           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London, Abbey Road, Studio No. 1

Recording date : 08-19 February 1988

 

Willard White

Cynthia Haymon

Cynthia Clarey

Damon Evans

Gregg Baker

Harolyn Blackwell

Marietta Simpson

Maureen Brathwaite

Camellia Johnson

Bruce Hubbard

Barrington Coleman

Johnny Worthy

Mervin Wallace

William Johnson

Paula Ingram

Curtis Watson

Autris Paige

Colenton Freeman

Ted Maynard

Alan Tilvern

Ron Travis

Billy J. Mitchell

Linda Thompson

Wayne Marshall

– Porgy

– Bess

– Serena

– Sportin' Life

– Crown

– Clara

– Maria

– Lily

– Strawberry Woman

– Jake

– Mingo

– Robbins

– Peter

– Frazier

– Annie

– Jim

– Undertaker

– Nelson / Crab Man

– Mr. Archdale

– Detective

– Policeman

– Coroner

– Scipio

– Jasbo Brown

 

Glyndebourne Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

conducted by Simon Rattle

 

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