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G. Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
“There is singing, shouting, crying, arguing, fighting, intermittent praying, dancing, howling, stamping […]. Nobody seems to be acting but simply offering their unique temperament, vitality and sheer existence.” (Berliner Kurier, 18 September 1952). Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin’s only... 
Leontyne Price | John McCurry | William Warfield | Eva Jessye | Helen Colbert | Cab Calloway | Alexander Smallens
RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester | Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production
George Gershwin
"This a sensational rediscovery of a recording that reveals the musical and dramatic intensity of a work that Gershwin considered his finest composition. This atmospheric release is an indispensable addition to the discography of a thrilling masterpiece." (new-classics)
G. Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
- Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene I
- Introduction (02:04)
- Summertime (02:20)
- Oh, nobody knows when de Lawd is goin‘ to call (01:33)
- I been sweatin’ all day (01:22)
- Summertime – Seven come, seven to pappy! (00:58)
- Lissen to yo‘ daddy – A woman is a sometime thing (03:01)
- Here’s the ol’ crap shark! (01:51)
- No, no, brother (01:41)
- Here comes Big Boy! (02:08)
- Don‘t you ever let a woman grieve you (02:03)
- Oh, little stars (01:57)
- Jesus, he’s killed him! (02:53)
- Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene II
- Gone, gone, gone (03:21)
- Come on sister – Overflow (02:11)
- A saucer-burial setup, I see (02:28)
- I ain‘t never done nuttin‘, Boss (I can‘t puzzle...) (01:12)
- My man’s gone now (03:26)
- How de saucer stand now my sister (01:47)
- Oh, the train is at the station (02:32)
- Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene III
- Oh, I‘m agoin‘ out – It take a long pull to get there (02:52)
- Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’ (02:36)
- Mornin’, Lawyer, lookin’ for somebody? (04:21)
- `Lo Bess, goin‘ to picnic? (02:39)
- Bess, you is my woman now (04:36)
- I stayin‘ with Porgy – Sho‘ you goin‘ (03:06)
- Goodby, Porgy (01:20)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene I
- I ain’ got no shame (01:44)
- It ain’t neccesarily so (05:48)
- Crown, I got something to tell yo (01:24)
- Oh, what you want wid Bess? (03:05)
- Interlude (02:58)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene II
- Honey, dat‘s all de breakfast I got time for (01:50)
- It take a long pull to get there, huh! (02:01)
- I think dat maybe she goin‘ to sleep now (00:54)
- Oh, Doctor Jesus (01:58)
- Oh dey‘s so fresh an‘ fine (02:04)
- I’m talkin’ about devil crabs (02:21)
- I lonesome here all by myself (01:42)
- I wants to stay here (02:50)
- Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara? (01:41)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene III
- The hurricane is rampaging violently (00:40)
- Oh, de Lowd shake de Heavens (01:17)
- One of dese mornings you goin‘ to rise up singin‘ (01:06)
- Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’ (02:25)
- If Gawd want to kill me (01:16)
- A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump (03:41)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene I
- Clara, don’t you be downhearted (03:29)
- Ha ha ha – You low-life skunk (01:24)
- Summertime (01:19)
- Interlude – Death of Crown (01:04)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene II
- Introduction (07:47)
- Turn me loose (01:34)
- There‘s a boat dat‘s leavin‘ soon for New York (03:31)
- Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene III
- Introduction (01:15)
- Dem white folks sure ain‘ put nuttin‘ (07:55)
- Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess (01:37)
- Where Bess gone? (00:57)
- Oh Lord, I’m on my way (02:55)
“There is singing, shouting, crying, arguing, fighting, intermittent praying, dancing, howling, stamping […]. Nobody seems to be acting but simply offering their unique temperament, vitality and sheer existence.”
(Berliner Kurier, 18 September 1952).
Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin’s only opera, the masterwork of American music theatre, had to fight hard on its way to its German audience as it was ostracised as “nigger music” in the Third Reich. The blockage was only broken by the legendary production by Robert Breen which was toured first in the US and then across Europe from 1952 until 1955. The present recording documents the guest performance of the ensemble at the Berliner Festwochen 1952.
The conditions were ideal: the music director, Alexander Smallens, had also conducted the New York premiere in 1935. He inspired a stellar cast of soloists to perform on the highest level. Amongst them are William Warfield, Cab Calloway and also the young Leontyne Price; this is probably the very first sound document on which she can be heard. Here is a captivating document of the highest musical and dramatic intensity, making the listener hold his breath atmospherically and dramatically from the first to the last minute.
The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature „1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications based on private recordings from broadcasts cannot be compared with these.
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| Brigitte Kempen | January 12, 2008
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| Olaf Wilhelmer/Claudia Dasche | November 20, 2008
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Diapason
| Michel Parouty | January 2, 2009
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Die Welt
| Manuel Brug | September 9, 2008
Manches CD-Ding will gut Weile haben. Ähnlich wie der jetzt schon...
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Fanfare
| Peter J. Rabinowitz | January 5, 2009
Starting in 1952, as a salvo in the cultural Cold War, the State Department sponsored a world tour of Porgy and Bess, choosing the work for reasons...
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Fono Forum
| Gerhard Persché | December 10, 2008
Sensation
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Hessischer Rundfunk
| Niels Kaiser | November 22, 2008
"Pory und Bess" wiederentdeckt
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Hessischer Rundfunk
| Niels Kaiser | November 21, 2008
„Porgy and Bess“ von George Gershwin gilt als das Meisterwerk des amerikanischen Musiktheaters. Seinen Weg nach Deutschland, wo es während des...
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hifi & records
| Stefan Gawlick | December 31, 2009
Die braunen Machthaber des Dritten Reichs verfügten über einiges Sendungsbewusstsein. Wie in vielen anderen Bereichen meinten sie, auch in der...
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klassik.com
| Benjamin Künzel | January 23, 2009
Ansteckend lebendig
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Le Monde de la Musique
| François Lafon | January 2, 2009
De la célèbre tournée mondiale de Porgy and Bess au début de années 1950, où la toute jeune Leontyne Price a fait sensation en compagnie de son... -
Neue Musikzeitung
| Juan Martin Koch | January 12, 2008
Offenbarungen, Begegnungen und Lebensgeschichten
Die Weihnachtsgeschenk-Tipps der nmz-Redaktion 2008
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
| tsr | June 26, 2009
Historisches Traumpaar
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Österreich
| E. Hirschmann-Altzinger | January 31, 2009
Schatz aus den Archiven
Gershwins American Folk Opera „Porgy and Bess“ mit Leontyne Price aus dem Jahr 1952
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Radio Stephansdom
| November 5, 2009
Mono-Aufnahme vom 21. September 1952, Berliner Festwochen, Titania-Palast. Behutsam aufbereitet, sensationell musiziert. Das macht zeitgerecht Lust... -
schallplattenmann.de
| Sal Pichireddu | January 19, 2009
Gershwins Oper bei ihrer Deutschlandpremiere: Ein wiederentdecktes Juwel aus den Radioarchiven (1952)
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Stereo
| Gerhard Persché | January 11, 2008
Sensation
Porgy, Bess? Wer? Summertime? Was? Kaum zu glauben, dass George Gershwins... -
Stereoplay
| Thomas Voigt | January 5, 2009
Musiktheater pur: drei außergewöhnliche Veröffentlichungen.
Als William Warfield und Leontyne Price 1952 mit „Porgy and Bess“ durch... -
Süddeutsche Zeitung
| Reinhard J. Brembeck | September 17, 2008
Pralle Anarchie
Das Ideal: Gershwins „Porgy and Bess“ 1952 live in Berlin
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WDR 3
| Xaver Frühbeis | May 23, 2009
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www.classicalcdreview.com
| R.E.B. | January 1, 2009
Another treasure from the vaults—this time from Berlin, a 1952 live performance before a very appreciative audience of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess....
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www.concertonet.com
| Christian Dalzon | November 26, 2008
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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www.new-classics.co.uk
| John Pitt | December 18, 2008
George Gershwin's ‘American folk opera’ Porgy and Bess was first performed in New York in 1935 with a cast of classically trained African-American...
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www.thehidehoblog.com
| November 26, 2008
Nouvelle édition de Porgy and Bess par AUDITE
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G. Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (audite 23.405)
| article number: | 23.405 |
| EAN barcode: | 4022143234056 |
| price group: | BCA |
| release date: | 19. November 2008 |
| total time: | 139 min. |
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