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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Maazel, White, Boatwright, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jones...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

"If you like American music and-or if you like 20th century opera, you've got to hear this 1976 recording of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with...continue...

Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, Sept Haïkaï, etc / Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, I/40; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Jones, Joela; Pollet, Francoise
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

"Pierre Boulez's distinguished new series of Messiaen recordings continues with the 1936 song cycle 'Poemes pour Mi,' in its luminous orchestral guise, and two of...continue...