Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

~ Recording by Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Summertime (Porgy and Bess)4:17George GershwinI Want Magic!Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James LevineAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Decca Records289 460 567-2

Relationships

soprano vocals:Renée Fleming (soprano)
orchestra:Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)

Related works

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess (Suite): Introduction / Jasbo Brown Blues / Summertime
later versions:Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I (order: 2)
arrangements:Porgy and Bess: Summertime (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
Summertime (catch-all for arrangements)