George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (COMPLETE Recording on 3 CD’s from 1988 Glyndebourne Festival Production) [Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Willard White, Bruce Hubbard, Damon Evans, Gregg Baker; Glyndebourne Festival Production: The London Philharmonic; The Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor]

On EMI Classics 49568; 3 CD’s; On EMI; 3 CD’s; Many people consider this 1988 recording from England’s Glyndebourne Festival starring Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Bruce Hubbard, and Gregg Baker to be the best one ever made. And, even with minor differences in critical opinion here and there, this is definitely recognized as being among the best!! You will love it in this marvelous Glyndebourne Festival performance which has become one of the standards by which all others are judged. The singing here is superb, and Simon Rattle conducts with excitement, devotion, and passion.

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