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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn, Robert McFerrin, Adele Addison, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters - Porgy & Bess (1959 Film Soundtrack)

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn, Robert McFerrin, Adele Addison, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters - Porgy & Bess (1959 Film Soundtrack)

Band: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn, Robert McFerrin, Adele Addison, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters Title: Porgy & Bess (1959 Film Soundtrack) Rating: Release Date: 08 May, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Overture 2: Summertime 3: Woman Is A Sometime Thing 4: Wake- Gone, Gone, Gone- Porgy's Prayer 5: My Man's Gone Now 6: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 7: Bess, You Is My Woman Now 8: Morning; Catfish Row 9: I Can't Sit Down 10: It Ain't Necessarily So 11: I Ain't Got No Shame 12: What Do You Want With Bess- 13: Street Cries; Strawberry Woman; Crab Man 14: I Loves You, Porgy 15: Red-Headed Woman 16: Clara, Clara 17: There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York 18: Oh, Where's My Bess- 19: I'm On My Way

Customer Reviews Excellent, considering Sound quality, fidelity is very good plus, stereo separation is also very good. Having had the Columbia LP since the mid '50's, I have long desired CD of this sound track as it is perhaps the best presentation and I have heard several. A music geek may not agree, but most of us are not. If this album was a favorite in the past, and tired like mine, this is a great CD. Seek out Japenese CD pressing of this LP It has very good to excellent mastering from original LP sources. I have a long out of print Japanese issue of the Columbia soundtrack LP. The LP was a big seller for Columbia records and was readily available until CDs took over during late 1980s. An extremely popular, if not accurate, version of the Gershwin original with wonderful orchestrations. It deserves to be available again on CD. It would be great if Columbia/Sony/BMG could revisit the movie's music masters and give a complete redtion with Sammy Davis' vocals and more of the Oscar winning underscore, perhaps on 2 cds. However, considering PORGY & BESS's troubled leagal history this may be a long stretch. Required listening. Sublime. (For contractual reasons, he had to replace Sammy Davis Jr. Cab Calloway, as Sportin' Life, steals the recording. (?), who was in the film. Lucky for us. ) Despite the Gershwins' own criticism, I believe this is the definitive version of the opera. Let's hold our breath for the release of the film. ~!an. . You can see a complete list of all George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn, Robert McFerrin, Adele Addison, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters discography, or go back to the George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn, Robert McFerrin, Adele Addison, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters tabs