I have several complete Porgy and Bess recordings. I enjoyed the one with Price and Warfield. On record we have the Maazel complete recording with White and Mitchell. Its the most operatic. It could also be out of print. The most recent "Porgy" is the one with Audra McDonald as Bess. She is by far the best Bess of them all. The rest of the performance makes some changes in Gershwin's opera, but is still an effective piece of work, mainly because of McDonald. Saw it on Broadway and it was quite worthwhile. The CD was on two discs at a bargain price.
Porgy and Bess recommendations?
I'm looking for the complete opera. Most, including the Penguin Guide, recommend the Simon Rattle/LPO version released on EMI in 1997, remastered and re-released in 2005. I'd appreciate comments from anyone familiar with this version, quality of the re-master, or other versions?