| Description |
2 audio discs (2 hr., 9 min., 42 sec.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020942 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Series |
Masterworks Heritage opera series
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Masterworks heritage opera series.
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| Note |
Opera in 3 acts; libretto by DuBose Heyward; lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin. |
| Performer |
Camilla Williams (Bess) ; Inez Matthews (Serena) ; Lawrence Winters (Porgy) ; Warren Coleman (Crown) ; Avon Long (Sporting Life) ; supporting cast ; J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus ; orchestra ; Lehman Engel, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1951 April 5013 Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York. |
| Original Version |
Originally released: 1951. Columbia OSL-162. |
| Note |
Mono recording, digitally remastered from original source. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Thomas Z. Shepard and Goddard Lieberson and synopsis, in English with French and German translations (51 pages : illustrations) bound in container; libretto (36 p.) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist, lyricist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012, singer.
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Matthews, Inez, singer.
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Winters, Lawrence, singer.
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Coleman, Warren, singer.
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Long, Avon, singer.
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Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, conductor.
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Shepard, Thomas Z. (Thomas Zachary), 1936- writer of added commentary.
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Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Porgy and Bess.
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Container of (work): Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Porgy and Bess.
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J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, singer.
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| Note |
Title on container: Complete Porgy & Bess : 1951 studio recording |
| Standard No. |
074646332221 |
| Music No. |
MH2K63322 Sony Classical (set) |
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01-063322-10/1 Sony Classical (disc 1) |
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01-063322-10/2 Sony Classical (disc 2) |
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OSL-162 Columbia |
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