Rattle's Porgy & Bess I

[@madamerotten]

Possibly the best version ever recorded.

[@ponyproductionsfilms]

Who else wishes they could sing like that?

[@aneamarlivana172]

Willard White is an opera singer, and his voice is absolutely perfect for this role.

[@JS-ux5bn]

1930 ou 1935, les artistes de porgy and bess, m'ont ému, jusqu'aux larmes, par leur humanité et leurs superbes voix! J'adore!

[@roxxma]

Maria telling off and then threatening Sportin' Life is one of the the most brilliant little scenes in that makes this so great. Marietta Simpson just does it so well.

[@smeriau]

Sir Willard White is really The One who truly gives all the reality to "Porgy and Bess". best version ever, in my opinion. thanks for sharing (even if i have the dvd at home). :)

[@summer3100]

was VERY lucky to see Sir Willard White sing at the 50th birthday of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. The range of his repertoire was magnificent and he got several standing ovations. Will remember that concert for as long as I live. Catch him soonest.

[@ricejuice8982]

2019 Jr cert anyone?

[@blackwidow2494]

Rice Juice yyeaaaa

[@najaems7392]

Sadly

[@Russebby]

This is my favorite rendition of one of my favorite songs ever. White sings it the way the Gershwins designed the song, to be a high aria, not a blues song, not some slick jazz number, not some pseudo-gospel tune to croon to, but a full-throated aria sung by a master baritone. Porgy and Bess was to be for the Gershwins what Die Meistersinger was for Wagner, and it was written with that comparison in mind. Hence, White nailed it.

[@MsSarjen]

To me, Willard White is the perfect Porgy. I love his voice and his charisma.

[@Notnoodley]

Junior Cert 2017 is nearing.

[@CloudyChocolate]

I love this song! Porgy and Bess is great. I sing it in my choire.

[@Basssinger86]

Wonderful song!!!

[@ketteringflash]

Willard White--one of the great voices of our time!

[@Kovukingsrod]

I haven’t watched this opera but I’ve fallen in love with so many of the songs - I really need to get on that

[@luvmuzik4me]

Great voice, love this version.

[@JS-ux5bn]

Haymon, and white sont inoubliables: ils sont, pour moi, les meilleurs interprétes de porgy and bess! Bravo, aussi, aux autres chanteurs!

[@djcabhappy]

Wonderful!and very inspirational Sir willard white fantastic.

[@LadyVocals22]

this is my favorite version.....i love cynthia haymon and willard white in this!

[@TiaPamina]

Go, Maria, go! I love that bit -- she really lays ol' Sporting Life to rest.

[@madamerotten]

Superb rendition.

[@Virginielie]

Sensiive to natural and sincère way of singing, this is my favorite version ... no artificial struggle for " tone " position ..

[@auacur]

A genuine opera! make no mistake, wonderful!

[@classyteacherdiva]

I love the orchestra .36 and throughout.

[@DanielShai]

Great voice!

[@primobaritono]

What a fine singer ! He deserves way more recognition ! George Gershwin's favorite Porgy is however also mine: Lawrence Tibbett. But still : Sir Willard White is excellent. Thanks a lot for posting.

[@papcskris3]

Thanks for the good quality. You made some happy time for my mother :).

[@lisbethjensen5764]

Great voice

[@Avyncentia]

Beautiful voice!

[@matthewakian2]

Beautiful!

[@aseretkavon]

yeah, he probably typed that answer to "mimic" how Porgy talks/sings (along with a lot of other characters in Porgy and Bess)

[@charlottecore]

2019 junior cert ahaha

[@yer_dad4246]

honestly gonna fail music lmao

[@laurenfarrelly4862]

This song is lyf

[@BunnyJonesanime]

I love this song but the irony is that i heard this song in my social studies class funny right haha lol

[@MrTonitro]

Официально передаю от Русского комьюнити 2020 года что это великолепная песня.

[@Iluvrocket]

this is amazing

[@Emma-zi6dt]

Junior cert 2019 set song??

[@blackwidow2494]

Emma Delahunty yuppa

[@MsSarjen]

@Russebby I agree completely! The Gershwins wrote this to prove afro-americans could sing the opera, and this version proves it. And because of this adaptions, I become a huge fan of Willard White.

[@mrollerson3]

My aunt is Maria

[@Vampire1997Diaries]

i can't send it out of my mind. it is very good, and i'm happy about the low vioce, becouse i haven't got a high voice, so i can troll it. :)

[@leftylop1]

I got plenty o' nuttin' and nuttin's plenty for me (: Post the whole movie! lol

[@gabymazu]

love it!!

[@Jane-cx5rx]

JC Music anyone?

[@madamerotten]

Сумма всех красивые вещи, выраженные в данном вечные композиции, так замечательно представлены здесь.

[@frogeyeful]

My dad had the same record, he bough it from Tilme Life records. mayby the they can find it for you. it was rcord set.

[@andreasimmons8310]

Is it possible to see any of the Umeå Sweden NorrlandOperans performance in 2006?

[@starybarks8809]

Awesome

[@prado.arielfo]

The Great Porgy and Bess,Very good!!! Musical or opera?anyway ,is very,very good

[@whatafreakinusername]

I read somewhere that "I Hate Your Struttin' Style" is often cut from full-length productions of Porgy and Bess. Why?!

[@peterstyleissgeil]

i do not find the porgy and bess film version from: it ain't necessarily so

[@AlexGronstad]

LOL awesome

[@pyramideater]

keep pressin 4

[@Russebby]

@sandeesk11 No, the song is one of my desert-island favorites because it's true and human. Possessions can and will possess you, the acquisition of things is vall in vanity, and if you find true love and happiness, you can be a cripple living in a shack and be completely content. It's false only in that American materialism overwhelms the human sentiment of the song, but it makes the notion no less true. You can live a life based solely on the lyrics of this song.

[@classyteacherdiva]

Does Sir Willard White have a website? I would love to hear him in person.

[@madamerotten]

Simon Denis Rattle is an English conductor.

[@agoniholic2903]

Did porgy find bess in NY

[@Dylonely_9274]

I got plenty o’ nuttin’

[@lloydgar01]

that sounds very likely actually

[@StaySilent999]

Junior Cert 2014

[@kieranegan1506]

Junior cert 2018 sick of hearing this

[@maisaeki6779]

Same

[@eazydee415]

2019

[@Trisolde]

You can buy it at amazon(dot)ca - search DVD Porgy & Bess.

[@QSmilex]

2:25 XDDD

[@RedKruzer]

5* favorited

[@Top5Chass14]

this is a school song

[@Dylonely_9274]

3:57

[@lloydgar01]

Its the inet. We r ment 2 abrev.

[@soulknighter5414]

Есть Русские. И кого сюда заслал учитель музыки?

[@jonathanbreton123]

I hates yo' struttin' style, the first rap ever

[@siropalafraise]

J'adore cette musique, grâce à elle j'ai eu un 19/20 en musique !!! Sinon, c'est d'la grosse merde.

[@banlieuegrise]

"You a friend of mine ? I think I must decline" The last courageous generation, the best of american culture. Very far from the BLM and Georges Floyd. Very, very far.