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Selections from Porgy and Bess ; Blue Monday : original version

Title
Selections from Porgy and Bess ; Blue Monday : original version / Gershwin.
Publication
  • Cleveland, OH : Telarc, [1998]
  • ℗1998

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Additional Authors
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950
  • Barnes, Sebronette, 1958-
  • Blackwell, Harolyn
  • Brown, Angela M. (Angela Marie), 1963-
  • Lister, Marquita
  • Walker, Kirk (Tenor)
  • Young, Thomas, 1962-
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
  • Baker, Gregg
  • Caldwell, William Henry
  • Craig, Lawrence
  • Kunzel, Erich
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio). Chorus, performer
  • Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, performer
Description
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Alternative Title
Porgy and Bess
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Operas.
  • Excerpts.
Note
  • 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.
Credits (note)
  • Recording producer, Robert Woods.
Contents
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).
LCCN
  • USTE10701434
  • USTE10702434
  • USTE10703434
  • USTE10704434
  • USTE10705434
  • USTE10706434
  • USTE10707434
  • USTE10708434
  • USTE10709434
  • USTE10710434
  • USTE10711434
  • USTE10712434
  • USTE10713434
  • USTE10714434
  • USTE10715434
  • USTE10716434
  • USTE10717434
  • USTE10718434
OCLC
1452047299
Title
Selections from Porgy and Bess ; Blue Monday : original version / Gershwin.
Publisher
Cleveland, OH : Telarc, [1998]
Copyright Date
℗1998
Playing Time
011123
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
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.
Credits
Recording producer, Robert Woods.
Event
Recorded 1993 February 28 and 1997 May 18, 20, 21 Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source of description
Hard copy version record.
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Added Author
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.
Based on (work): Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy.
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections.
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Blue Monday.
Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio). Chorus, performer.
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, performer.
Other Form:
Source record: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections from Porgy and Bess. Cleveland, OH : Telarc, [1998] (OCoLC)39648052
Other Standard Identifier
USTE10701434
USTE10702434
USTE10703434
USTE10704434
USTE10705434
USTE10706434
USTE10707434
USTE10708434
USTE10709434
USTE10710434
USTE10711434
USTE10712434
USTE10713434
USTE10714434
USTE10715434
USTE10716434
USTE10717434
USTE10718434
Publisher No.
00888072456730 Telarc
Branch Call Number
eNYPL MUSIC
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