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• Selections from Porgy and Bess. Act I. Introduction (0:58) ; Summertime (2:33) ; A woman is a sometime thing (1:56) ; Gone, gone, gone (2:50) ; Overflow (1:31) ; My man's gone now (4:03) ; Leavin' for the Promise Lan' (2:13). Act II. I got plenty o'nuttin' (2:39) ; Bess, you is my woman now (5:34) ; Oh, I can't sit down (1:41) ; I ain't got no shame (0:43) ; It ain't necessarily so (3:45) ; I loves you, Porgy (3:20). Act III. Opening scene (7:11) ; Lonely boy (1:22) ; Oh, Bess, O where's my Bess (2:39) ; Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (1:47)
• Blue Monday (24:20).

Contributors:

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 , librettist, lyricist

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 , lyricist

De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 , lyricist

Barnes, Sebronette, 1958- , singer

Blackwell, Harolyn , singer

Brown, Angela M. (Angela Marie), 1963- , singer

Lister, Marquita , singer

Walker, Kirk (Tenor) , singer

Young, Thomas, 1962- , singer

Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 , singer

Baker, Gregg , singer

Caldwell, William Henry , singer

Craig, Lawrence , singer

Kunzel, Erich , conductor

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio) > Chorus , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Porgy and Bess [by Gershwin, G.] (Selections)

Blue Monday [by Gershwin, G.]

Related Works:

Based on: Porgy [by Heyward, D.]

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Selections from Porgy and Bess [by Gershwin, G.] (Cleveland, OH : Telarc, [1998] — OCLC Number 39648052)

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Performed by Sebronette Barnes (1st work), Harolyn Blackwell (1st work), Angela Brown (1st work), Marquita Lister, sopranos ; Kirk Walker (2nd work), Thomas Young (2nd work), Cab Calloway (1st work), tenors ; Gregg Baker, William Henry Caldwell (2nd work), Lawrence Craig (2nd work), baritones ; Central State University Chorus ; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ; Erich Kunzel, conductor.

Production Credits:

Recording producer, Robert Woods.

General Notes:

Opera excerpts (1st work)--and an "opera à la Afro-American" (2nd work).
Libretto by DuBose Heyward, based on his novel Porgy; lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin (1st work); B.G. De Sylva, lyrics (2nd work).
Contains the opening scene and duet Lonely boy for Act 3 of Porgy and Bess, cut from the original; and a new version of Blue Monday. Both works reconstructed and edited from Gershwin's manuscripts in the Library of Congress by Erich Kunzel.
Recorded 1993 February 28 and 1997 May 18, 20, 21 Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sound file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USTE10701434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10702434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10703434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10704434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10705434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10706434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10707434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10708434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10709434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10710434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10711434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10712434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10713434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10714434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10715434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10716434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10717434
International Standard Recording Code: USTE10718434
Publisher Number, Telarc: 00888072456730

OCLC Numbers:

1452047299