| Description |
3 audio discs (185 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
030500 |
| 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 in 3 acts. |
| Performer |
Clamma Dale, Wilma Shakesnider, Betty Lane, sopranos ; Carol Brice, contralto ; Larry Marshall, tenor ; Donnie Ray Albert, Andrew Smith, Alexander B. Smalls, baritones ; supporting soloists ; chorus and orchestra of the Houston Grand Opera ; John DeMain, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded in RCA's Studio A, Nov. 22-24, 1976. |
| Note |
"Complete recording"--Container. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Robert Kimball, synopsis, and libretto (109 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
Introduction ; Jasbo Brown blues (5:07) -- Summertime (2:41) -- Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is gonna call (6:16) -- A woman is a sometime thing (2:12) -- Here come de honey man (4:58) -- Here comes Big Boy (6:57) -- Oh, little stars, little stars (4:12) -- Wake up an' hit it out (4:36) -- Gone, gone, gone (3:32) -- Overflow (2:32) -- Well, well, well, a saucer-burying setup (3:35) -- My man's gone now (4:44) -- How's de saucer stan' now, my sister? (2:06) -- Leavin' for the Promise' Lan' (4:33). |
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It takes a long pull to get there (3:19) -- Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic (0:39) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' (2:47) -- Lissen there, what I tells you (1:12) -- I hates yo' struttin' style (1:08) -- Mornin', Lawyer (4:20) -- Dey's a Buckra comin' (2:23) -- Buzzard song (3:21) -- Lo, Bess, goin' to the picnic? (3:20) -- Bess, you is my woman (6:01) -- Oh, I can't sit down (1:37) -- What's de matter wid you, sister? (2:34) -- I ain't got no shame (2:42) -- It ain't necessarily so (3:11) -- Shame on all you sinners (2:18) -- Crown (4:07) -- What you want wid Bess? (2:30) -- Lemme go, hear dat boat (1:22) -- Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for (2:30) -- Take yo' hands off me, I say (2:32) -- Strawberry woman ; Honey man ; Crab man (3:11) -- Now de time, oh, Gawd (3:26) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:46). |
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Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara? (2:24) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus ; Summertime (reprise) (4:48) -- What make you so still, Bess ; Oh, dere's somebody knockin' (1:53) -- You is a nice parcel of Christians (4:17) -- A read-headed woman (1:39) -- Jake's boat in de river (3:00) -- Clara, Clara (3:47) -- You low-lived skunk (1:58) -- Summertime (reprise) ; Death of Crown (4:26) -- Wait for us at the corner, Al 4:08) -- What is your name (3:46) -- Oh, Gawd, They goin' make him look on Crown's face (1:55) -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (4:08) -- Catfish Row interlude (3:22) -- Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder! (2:21) -- It's Porgy comin' home (6:18) -- Oh, Bess, where's my Bess (2:28) -- Bess is gone (1:49) -- Oh, lawd, I'm on my way (1:38). |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| 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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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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Dale, Clamma, performer.
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Shakesnider, Wilma, performer.
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Lane, Betty, performer.
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Brice, Carol, 1918-1985, performer.
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Marshall, Larry (Tenor), performer.
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Albert, Donnie Ray, performer.
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Smith, Andrew, 1941- performer.
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Smalls, Alexander, 1952- performer.
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DeMain, John, conductor.
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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Porgy.
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Houston Grand Opera, performer.
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| Note |
Title on container: George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Standard No. |
078635210927 |
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7863521092 |
| Music No. |
RCD3-2109 RCA Red Seal |
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