Gershwin

This was the first complete recording of Gershwin’s masterpiece, and it remains one of the two best. It has vitality, intensity and is idiomatic, with a wonderful line-up of soloists. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

COMPOSERS: Gershwin
LABELS: Decca
ALBUM TITLE: Porgy and Bess
PERFORMER: White, Mitchell, Hendricks; Cleveland Chorus & Orchestra/Lorin Maazel
CATALOGUE NO: 475 8663

This was the first complete recording of Gershwin’s masterpiece, and it remains one of the two best. It has vitality, intensity and is idiomatic, with a wonderful line-up of soloists.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

Gershwin

Share this article