Research Catalog
George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
- Title
- George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
- Author
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : RCA Red Seal, [1984?]
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Alternative Title
- Porgy and Bess.
- Subject
- Operas
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Streaming audio.
- Note
- Opera in 3 acts.
- Libretto by DuBose Heyward ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward ; founded on the play Porgy by Dorothy and DuBose Heyward.
- Contents
- Introduction ; Jasbo Brown blues (5:07) -- Summertime (2:26) -- Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is gonna call (6:15) -- 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).
- 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) -- The 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? (2:58) -- Lemme go, hear dat boat (2:30) -- Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for (2:30) -- Take yo' hands off me, I say (2:32) -- Oh, doctor Jesus (2:18) -- Strawberry woman ; Honey man ; Crab man (3:11) -- Now de time, oh, Gawd (3:26) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:45).
- 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).
- LCCN
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- OCLC
- 959923798
- Author
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer.
- Title
- George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : RCA Red Seal, [1984?]
- Type of Content
- performed music
- Type of Medium
- computer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- audio file
- 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 1976 November 22-24 RCA's Studio A.
- Source of description
- Hard copy version record.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, lyricist.Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.Dale, Clamma, singer.Shakesnider, Wilma, singer.Lane, Betty, singer.Brice, Carol, 1918-1985, singer.Marshall, Larry (Tenor), singer.Albert, Donnie Ray, singer.Smith, Andrew, 1941- singer.Smalls, Alexander, 1952- singer.DeMain, John, conductor.Container of (work): Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy.Houston Grand Opera, performer.
- Other Form:
- Source record: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. New York, N.Y. : RCA Red Seal, [1984?], p1977 (DLC) 2012621204 (OCoLC)22413919
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- Publisher No.
- 888880792792 RCA Records
- Branch Call Number
- eNYPL Music