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Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)

George Gershwin
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Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) by George Gershwin. 32 recordings in this catalogue, from 1935 to 2020.

Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Leontyne Price

Soloist · 5 recordings

Alexander Smallens

Conductor · 4 recordings

Russell Garcia

Conductor · 4 recordings

Simon Rattle

Conductor · 3 recordings

Harolyn Blackwell

Soloist · 3 recordings

Aleksandŭr Vladigerov

Conductor · 2 recordings

Andrew Davis

Conductor · 2 recordings

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 2 recordings

Recordings (32 of 32)

Conductor
Alexander Smallens4Russell Garcia4Simon Rattle3Aleksandŭr Vladigerov2Andrew Davis2Erich Kunzel1Herbert von Karajan1James Levine1Jos Van Immerseel1Lehman Engel1Leonard Slatkin1Marin Alsop1
Orchestra
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra2RIAS-Tanzorchester Berlin2Academy of St Martin in the Fields1Anima Eterna1Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra1BBC Symphony Chorus1BBC Symphony Orchestra1Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra1New Symphony Orchestra1Philadelphia Orchestra1RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra1Vienna Philharmonic1
Label
Avenue Jazz4Bethlehem Records4RCA Red Seal3audite Musikproduktion2EMI Classics2RCA2Warner Classics2ABC Classics1Alpha Classics1Award International1BMG Classics1Bridge1
Decade
1930s11940s11950s61960s31980s31990s72000s52010s12020s1
Credited instrument
Piano1

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeMarin Alsop, Philadelphia Orchestra
Year: 2020
2:40
SummertimeJos Van Immerseel, Anima Eterna, Claron McFadden
Year: 2017
3:26
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeAndrew Davis, Nicole Cabell
Year: 2006
2:57
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeAustralian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Year: 2006
2:58
Porgy and Bess, Act I Scene 1: SummertimeAcademy of St Martin in the Fields
Year: 2005
4:17
Porgy & Bess : SummertimeAndrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus
Year: 2002
2:40
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeLesley Garrett
Year: 2000
2:55
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeLeontyne Price
Year: 1999
2:30
Porgy and Bess, Act I: SummertimeErich Kunzel
Year: 1998
2:34
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeLeontyne Price
Year: 1994
2:28
Summertime (Porgy & Bess)Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Leontyne Price
Year: 1993
3:10
Summertime from Porgy and BessAleksandŭr Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexandrina Miltcheva
Year: 1993
3:05
Porgy and Bess. Act I: Summertime and the Livin' Is EasyAleksandŭr Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Year: 1993
3:02
Porgy and Bess: SummertimeLeontyne Price
Year: 1991
3:46
SummertimeSimon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Wayne Marshall
Year: 1988
3:07
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell
Year: 1988
3:28
Summertime (from "Porgy and Bees")Ofra Harnoy
Year: 1982
2:16
Porgy & Bess: "Summertime"Leontyne Price
Year: 1965
2:11
Porgy and Bess: Introduction / SummertimeSkitch Henderson, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Year: 1963
4:54
Porgy and Bess: "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo
Year: 1962
2:15

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