Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
Note |
Opera excerpts. |
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Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; libretto by DuBose Heyward. |
Performer |
Leontyne Price, Berniece Hall, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb, sopranos ; Miriam Burton, mezzo-soprano ; John Bubbles, Robert Henson, tenors ; William Warfield, Alonzo Jones, McHenry Boatwright, baritones ; RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus ; Skitch Henderson, conductor ; Leonard de Paur, chorus director. |
Event |
Recorded May 13-17, 1963, at the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Note |
Compact disc. |
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"High performance." |
Contents |
Introduction ; Summertime (4:53) -- A woman is a sometime thing (1:53) -- Gone, gone, gone (6:07) -- My man's gone now (4:06) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' (2:52) -- Bess, you is my woman (5:04) -- It ain't necessarily so (2:56) -- What you want wid Bess? (8:00) -- I loves you, Porgy (2:22) -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (3:58) -- Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess? (4:13) -- Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (1:24). |
Language |
Sung in English. |
Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Added Author |
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
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Price, Leontyne, singer.
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Bubbles, John W., singer.
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Warfield, William, singer.
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Henson, Robert (Tenor), singer.
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Webb, Barbara (Soprano), singer.
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Burton, Miriam, singer.
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Jones, Alonzo, singer.
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Hall, Berniece, singer.
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Boatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994, singer.
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Stewart, Maeretha, singer.
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De Paur, Leonard, conductor.
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Henderson, Skitch, 1918-2005, conductor.
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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Porgy.
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RCA Victor Orchestra, performer.
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RCA Victor Chorus, performer.
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Added Title |
Porgy and Bess. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81079977
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Porgy and Bess |
Standard No. |
09026631222 |
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090266331222 |
Music No. |
09026 63312-2 BMG Classics |
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09026-63312-2 BMG Classics |
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