Research Catalog

Title

Porgy & Bess [sound recording] : original Broadway cast / all songs written by George Gershwin, DuBoss [i.e. DuBose] Heyward, Ira Gershwin except "The requiem" written by George Gershwin.

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Publication

Universal City, CA : MCA Classics, p1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
• Brown, Anne, 1912-2009.
• Duncan, Todd.
• Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972.
• Matthews, Edward, 1904-1954.
• Jackson, Harriet.
• Dowdy, Helen.
• Goode, Gladys.
• Woolfolk, William.
• Harvey, Georgette.
• Long, Avon.
• Reisman, Leo, 1897-1961.
• Eva Jessye Choir. prf
• Decca Symphony Orchestra. prf

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Broadway gold

Uniform Title

Porgy and Bess. Selections

Alternative Title

• Porgy and Bess.
• Decca presents selections from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess
• Porgy and Bess

Subjects

• Operas > Excerpts
• Musicals

Genre/Form

Original cast recordings.

Note

• "Originally released as two separate 'Selections from' 78 r.p.m. albums, Decca 145 and Decca 283, in 1940 and 1942, respectively, except for Avon Long's 'I got plenty o' nuttin',' originally released 1942 as Decca 78 r.p.m. single 18323"--Insert.
• Compact disc.
• Original liner notes by Louis Untermeyer and reissue notes by Max O. Preeo (10 p. : ill., ports., some col.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded May 1940 and May 1942.

Contents

Overture ; and, Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing/Introducing Summertime (Edward Matthews, Harriet Jackson) -- My man's gone now -- It take a long pull to get there (Edward Matthews) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Buzzard song -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want wid Bess? -- Strawberry woman's call/Crab man's call (Helen Dowdy, Gladys Goode; William Woolfolk, Georgette Harvey) -- I loves you, Porgy -- The requiem -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (with Avon Long) -- Porgy's lament and finale -- I got plenty o' nuttin (Avon Long with Leo Reisman's orchestra; recorded Apr. 1942).

Call Number

*LDC 31107

LCCN

0881105202

OCLC

• 27084561
• NYPG03-R109

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Porgy & Bess [sound recording] : original Broadway cast / all songs written by George Gershwin, DuBoss [i.e. DuBose] Heyward, Ira Gershwin except "The requiem" written by George Gershwin.

Imprint

Universal City, CA : MCA Classics, p1992.

Series

Broadway gold

Performer

Anne Brown (Bess) ; Todd Duncan (Porgy) ; other singers ; Eva Jessye Choir ; Decca Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Smallens, conductor.

Event

Recorded May 1940 and May 1942.

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Added Author

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Lyricist

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist

Brown, Anne, 1912-2009. Performer

Duncan, Todd. Performer

Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972. Conductor

Matthews, Edward, 1904-1954. Performer

Jackson, Harriet. Performer

Dowdy, Helen. Performer

Goode, Gladys. Performer

Woolfolk, William. Performer

Harvey, Georgette. Performer

Long, Avon. Performer

Reisman, Leo, 1897-1961. Conductor

Eva Jessye Choir. Performer

Decca Symphony Orchestra. Performer

Other Standard Identifier

0881105202

Publisher No.

MCAD-10520 MCA Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 31107 Program notes on file.