Was George Gershwin (1898-1937) the twentieth-century’s greatest melodist? Certainly, a strong case could be made for it when the ‘highlights’ version of Porgy and Bess (1935) presents one illustrious classic after another. Morris Williams, Jr., & Accordant Advisors The original concerts were sponsored by Elaine W. This album was recorded live in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, in March 2020, in the last concerts performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra in front of a public audience before the COVID-19 pandemic Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka (Soundmirror) George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and DuBose Heyward Memorial Fund, administrated by WB Music CorpĪ co-production of the San Francisco Classical Recording Company and The Philadelphia Orchestra Matías Tarnopolsky (The Philadelphia Orchestra) & Job Maarse (San Francisco Classical Recording Company, SFCRC) Lester Lynch and Kevin Short both enjoy a flourishing stage career, as well as several Pentatone albums available from NativeDSD Music.Īssistant Conductor: Lina González-GranadosĭSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHzĢch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch SurroundĪngel Blue, Chauncey Packer, Kevin Short, Lester Lynch, Marin Alsop, Morgan State University Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra Chauncey Packer is one of the greatest and sought-after Sportin’ Life interpreters today. Multi-award-winning soprano Angel Blue is one of the most promising voices of her generation. The Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the world’s preeminent orchestras. Marin Alsop is one of today’s most acclaimed conductors, and the first woman to serve as the head of a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Austria, and Britain. The hard-knock life at a Charleston waterfront tenement in Porgy & Bess is presented here by an outstanding cast including Lester Lynch (Porgy), Angel Blue (Bess, Clara, and Serena), Chauncey Packer (Sportin’ Life) and Kevin Short (Crown and Jake). It has also proven to be a powerful catalyst for bringing more diverse casts to the opera stage. Since its premiere in 1935, Porgy and Bess has been one of the most significant attempts to – following Antonin Dvořák’s famous instruction of 1893 – create American classical music inspired by Afro-American styles such as Jazz, Spirituals, and the Blues. The album features a stellar cast and the Morgan State University Choir.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin’s American “Folk Opera” Porgy and Bess. Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess – The Ultimate American Folk Opera
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