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Author Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title Great scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

Publication Info. New York : BMG Classics, [1999]
℗1999

Call No.CD 40
LocationMoore Audio CD

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 Moore Audio CD  CD 40    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
stereo
digital recording
Note Opera excerpts.
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.
"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.
Operas -- Excerpts.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Operas.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Added Author Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
Price, Leontyne, singer.
Bubbles, John W., singer.
Warfield, William, singer.
Henson, Robert (Tenor), singer.
Webb, Barbara (Soprano), singer.
Burton, Miriam, singer.
Jones, Alonzo, singer.
Hall, Berniece, singer.
Boatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994, singer.
Stewart, Maeretha, singer.
De Paur, Leonard, conductor.
Henderson, Skitch, 1918-2005, conductor.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy.
RCA Victor Orchestra, performer.
RCA Victor Chorus, performer.
Added Title Porgy and Bess. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81079977
Porgy and Bess
Standard No. 09026631222
090266331222
Music No. 09026 63312-2 BMG Classics
09026-63312-2 BMG Classics