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George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne ...
Willard White, Cynthia Haymon

EMI Classics, 2001

The Gershwins' musical masterpiece Porgy and Bess is one of America's greatest works. This production was adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn and Yves Baigneres. It was directed by Trevor Nunn and is based on the highly successful staging of the original Glyndebourne Festival Opera production in 1986-87, which was remounted at Covent Garden in the autumn of 1992 with most of the original cast. Immediately after that performance the ...

The Opera Album
Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

The greatest Opera stars on one double album. Roberto Alagna, Maria Callas Luciano Pavarotti,Angela Gheorghiu,Placido Domingo!!

Classics for Children
Martin Hoherman, Leo Litwin, ...

RCA, 1995

Gershwin Greatest Hits
George Gershwin, Arthur Fiedler, ...

RCA, 1991

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Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris
George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Sony, 1990

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Porgy and Bess Suite (Catfish Row) / Cuban Overture
George Gershwin, James Levine, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1993

Porgy and Bess Suite (Catfish Row), Cuban Overture, James Levine and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Essential George Gershwin
Various Artists

Sony, 2003

2 CDs of Gershwin's greatest compositions, sung and played by the preeminent artists in the Columbia vaults! Includes Swanee Al Jolson; Someone to Watch over Me Frank Sinatra; Summertime Billie Holiday; Soon Dorothy Kirsten; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Fred Astaire; But Not for Me Doris Day; I've Got a Crush on You Ella Fitzgerald; Of Thee I Sing Hi-Lo's; Prelude No. 2 played by Gershwin himself, and more. 41 strokes of genius!

Rodgers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Richard Rodgers, Morton Gould, ...

RCA, 1997

Dance to the Pops' renditions of Estancia; Malambo Ginastera; Sabre Dance Khachaturian; Rodeo; Saturday Night Hoedown Copland; Dances from The Three Cornered Hat Falla, and more.

World's Greatest Piano Rags
Eubie Blake, William Bolcom, ...

Klavier, 2004

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma

Sony, 2005

Time and time again, Yo-Yo Ma has captivated audiences with his stunning masterpieces and truly awe-inspiring performances. The Essential Yo-Yo Ma 2-Disc set includes 35 of Yo-Yo Ma's greatest masterpieces ranging from The Swan from Carnival of the Animals, Cristal, Gabriel's Oboe and even the epic The Eternal Vow from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Sony Classics. 2005.

Levant Plays Gershwin
George Gershwin, Eugene Ormandy, ...

Sony, 1990

Track Listing Track # Title 1 Rhapsody In Blue 2 Second Rhapsody For Piano And Orchestra 3 Concerto In F For Piano And Orchestra: I-Allegro 4 Concerto In F For Piano And Orchestra: II-Andante Con Moto 5 Concerto In F For Piano And Orchestra: III-Allegro Con Brio 6 'I Got Rhythm' Variations 7 Prelude I: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso 8 Prelude II: Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato 9 Prelude III: Allegro Ben Ritmato E

Classic Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo Ma

Sony, 2001

Except for one "previously unreleased" recording and two new ones, this is a compilation of segments taken from older Yo-Yo Ma CDs, perhaps to whet listeners' appetite to hear the entire records. The disc represents a triumph of performance over material. The program consists of short pieces and single movements of long ones and serves to display Yo-Yo Ma's extraordinary versatility, his spectacular instrumental and musical gifts, and his ...

Joshua Bell - Gershwin Fantasy
Joshua Bell, George Gershwin, ...

Sony, 1998

On Gershwin Fantasy , Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Summertime," "I Got Rhythm," and "Love Is Here to Stay," while John Williams ( Saving Private Ryan , Schindler's List ) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three ...

Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
George Gershwin, Arthur Fiedler, ...

RCA, 2005

SACD

Gershwin: Piano Concerto / Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, Marin Alsop, ...

Decca, 2010

Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs "jazz band" orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, variations on `I Got Rhythm,' and the Concerto in F live with the Baltimore Symphony and music director Marin Alsop. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has long been a champion of Gershwin's music and has widely performed the Concerto in concert with major symphony orchestras around the world. Now, after more than 40 releases on Decca, Thibaudet turns his attention ...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin, John DeMain, ...

RCA Red Seal, 1990

out of print and hard to find

Gershwin: Porgy & Bess [With Members of the Original Cast]
George Gershwin, Alexander Smallens, ...

Broadway MCA, 1992

CD Selections From George Gershwin'S Folk Opera

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris
George Gershwin, Michael Tilson Thomas, ...

RCA, 2004

Byron Janis: The Complete Rca Collection
Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, ...

RCA, 2013

artists, he is recognized as one of America's greatest pianists of all time. The Complete RCA Collection brings together for the first time his entire discography on RCA Records, plus seven pieces available for the first time on CD, including previously unreleased recordings of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and works by Franz Liszt. Each CD is newly remastered with the original LP artwork, and the box includes a bonus CD with early ...

Porgy & Bess: High Performance
George Gershwin, Skitch Henderson, ...

RCA, 1999

RCA's 1963 highlights disc brought the stars of the early-1950s revival of the work, Leontyne Price and William Warfield, together again. By this time, however, Price was well advanced on her meteoric rise to operatic stardom and Warfield was gaining renown as a recitalist. Both are glorious here and Price's shimmering "Summertime" is worth the price of the disc. A plus is the spirited Sportin' Life of John W. Bubbles, who created the role in ...