Rattle's Porgy & Bess I

[MsSarjen]

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

[pyramideater]

keep pressin 4

[gabymazu]

love it!!

[Iluvrocket]

this is amazing

[dancelover440]

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[ThaSchwab]

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

Why?!

[TiaPamina]

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

[Yousr2aa]

Il chante Trop bien Et C'est UNE Trop Belle chanson <3

[Yousr2aa]

Il chante Trop bien Et C'est UNE Trop Belle chanson <3



[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]

@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.

[Russebby]

@MsSarjen When the Gershwins were auditioning singers for their Porgy in the late-30's, they picked their star (I don't think it was Paul Robeson, maybe it was, I can't remamber), because all the others came in, singing Negro spirituals. They picked the one with the audacity to sing Italian opera.

I just never cared for bluesy versions of SUMMERTIME or IT AINT NECESSARILY SO because they just seem lazy and obvious, as if so-called Negroes SHOULD ONLY SING IN THOSE GENRES.

[sandeesk11]

It's a beautiful classic! But the meaning of this song is False!

[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.

[DanielShai]

Great voice!

[classyteacherdiva]

I love the orchestra .36 and throughout.

[madamerotten]

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

[madamerotten]

Simon Denis Rattle is an English conductor.

[ketteringflash]

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

[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.

[siropalafraise]

J'adore cette musique, grâce à elle j'ai eu un 19/20 en musique !!!

Sinon, c'est d'la grosse merde.

[myfavoritefairy]

What a wonderful voice and performance of this favorite!

[Virginielie]

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

[TeamElectricStorm]

J'me la tape en musique...fait chier !!

[leporello56]

Sorry, papcskris3. I hit the spam button by accident! I agree though. Great perfformance

[padalecki33]

i love this... Im waching this in American Musical Theatre in School...

[peterstyleissgeil]

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

[william0000000]

This is great. Thanks.

[papcskris3]

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

[kelvinyamcs]

Sir Willard White sang this song with Malaysia Symphonic Orchestra when he was performing in Malaysia in last April. He was amazing and full of sense of humor. My wife and I enjoyed his performance very much.

[classyteacherdiva]

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

[Bassplyr1470]

Gershwin is amazing. Every song in P&B makes sense and is memorable i'm so jelous my parents didn't take me when they went to see in by the Met.

[CloudyChocolate]

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

[leftylop1]

I got plenty o' nuttin' and nuttin's plenty for me (:

Post the whole movie! lol

[LapuertaRecords]

Wonderful song, I sing it and I love it.

[pleasure0995]

I LUV DIS MOVIE I SAW DIS WEN I WAS YUNG!

[aldo778899]

Did you also "lurn" English when you "was" "yung"?

[Ang3ldusst]

now now no need to be picky some peoples english are diffrent then yours and you must learn to acept it

[Chiliarches]

What I find hilarious is that it's assumed that pleasure0995 was being sarcastic...but I've seen people write like that in seriousness.

[lloydgar01]

Its the inet. We r ment 2 abrev.

[Chiliarches]

It don't think it was abbreviations that caused the stir...it was the "ethnic" spelling and grammar.

[aseretkavon]

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

[lloydgar01]

that sounds very likely actually

[Mariianna14]

i need the translate of this song in

spanish please!!!

[playthehorn93]

Tengo un abundancia de nada

y nada es un abundancia para mi.

No tengo un auto, no tengo un mulo, no tengo misería.

(es el primer verso y es el mejor de que puedo hacer para ti)

[snipervi200]

i saw Sir willard white LIVE last nite he is truly AMAZING,........... i was left speechless which really doesnt happen often. He is also quite a funng guy God Bless Sir Willard White. Thank you very Much for posting this video!! :)

[xxxkentxclarkxxx]

i love this song!

[Tbe2007]

WONDERFUL, just wonderful.

[loseexcontrol]

best version EVER.

[Lillamojmoj]

His voice is like sweet sweet chokolate!

I love it! :P

[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).

:)

[CCross20]

they dont all lipsync....willard white deffinately does not lipsyns this is his real voice...it's from 1996

[BLUEBOORABBITT]

Get 'em Big Mama!LOL We need more of those around.

[izzysstripperin]

ohhhh, i love it!!!

Could hear this all day long =)

[AlexGronstad]

LOL awesome

[VioLa1910]

verry Great

[LadyVocals22]

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

[Mattbrain]

So amazingly sung and so amazingly acted. You can't even tell they're lipsynching.

[RedKruzer]

5*

favorited

[cybersilver71]

what year is it?

[cybersilver71]

Can anyone help me find this particular version. What year is it and where can I buy it, who stars etc. I have been looking for this version for years. My parents had the record...yes I said record. Please help.

[Trisolde]

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

[Mattbrain]

Yeah, it's pretty easy to get. I found my copy at a Barnes and Noble.

[Mattbrain]

I don't know if you've seen the musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, but there's actually a line where one guy says, "So I was looking through my box of records this morning...yes, records"

[romemrtn]

i seen this movie a long time ago and now i relize how much this movie and the musical styles contribute to music

[stephenayres100]

WHAT DEE HELL!

[Highlandersfan]

yes indeed a wonderful, what a voice, cheers for the video trisolde.

[Basssinger86]

Wonderful song!!!

[Happylepsi]

Very inspirational indeed! Going to preform in next week.. Porgy's knows how to do it!

[alexfandros50]

Sir Willard, earth shattering 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.

[madamerotten]

Superb rendition.

[djcabhappy]

Wonderful!and very inspirational Sir willard white fantastic.