| Description |
2 audio discs (96 min., 14 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera. |
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"New Broadway cast recording"--Container spine. |
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Music by George Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; musical book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks ; musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray ; orchestrations by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke. |
| Performer |
Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier ; with supporting soloists ; orchestra ; Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. 26-27, 2012 at MSR Studios, New York, NY. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Patrick Pacheco, synopsis, and libretto ([40] p. : ports.) included. |
| Contents |
Overture (2:23) -- Summertime (2:40) -- Roll them bones (3:38) -- A woman is a sometime thing (2:16) -- Porgy's entrance (3:12) -- Crap game (1:37) -- Killing of Robbins (4:22) -- Gone, gone, gone (3:34) -- My man's gone now (4:05) -- Leaving for the promised land (3:32) -- It takes a long pull to get there (2:12) -- I got plenty of nothing (2:44) -- I hates your strutting style (2:31) -- "Picnics is all right" (2:16) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:00) -- Oh, I can't sit down (2:35) -- It ain't necessarily so (3:14) -- What you want with Bess? (6:38) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus (2:49) -- Street cries (3:38) -- "I was powerful sick" (2:16) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:11) -- Storm approaches (2:20) -- Oh, the Lord shake the heaven (4:02) -- A red headed woman (2:00) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus (reprise) (1:23) -- Clara, don't you be downhearted (2:05) -- Summertime (reprise) (2:36) -- Death of Crown (1:31) -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York (2:55) -- Bess, oh where's my Bess? (4:07) -- Oh Lord, I'm on my way (2:38). |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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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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Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961, librettist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori, adapter.
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Murray, Diedre, adapter.
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Brohn, William D., arranger.
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Jahnke, Christopher, arranger.
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McDonald, Audra, performer.
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Lewis, Norm, 1963- performer.
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Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30- performer.
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Kitsopoulos, Constantine, conductor.
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| Added Title |
Porgy and Bess https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82217189
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Porgy and Bess |
| ISBN |
9786314662592 CD |
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6314662591 CD |
| Standard No. |
00803607120627 |
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803607120627 |
| Music No. |
PS-1206 PS Classics |
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