Excerpts from operas and motion picture music, plus 3 songs. Lawrence Tibbett, baritone (2nd, 4th-19th works) ; Helen Jepson, soprano (1st-3rd, 6th works) ; orchestra and chorus of the original New York production, Alexander Smallens, conductor (1st-8th works) ; Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier, conductor (9th-10th works) ; uncredited orchestras, Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor (11th-16th works) ; Stewart Wille, piano (17th work) ; Shannon Quartet (18th work) ; [Francis J.] Lapitino, harp (18th work) ; uncredited orchestra, [Roger] Bourdon, conductor (18th work) ; uncredited orchestra, Smallens, conductor (19th work). Recorded Oct. 14 and 23, 1935 (1st-8th works), Jan. 19, 1934 (9th-10th works), Jan. 13 and 15, 1930 (11th-14th works), Mar. 6, 1931 (15th-16th works), Dec. 10, 1931 (17th work), Mar. 31, 1927 (18th work), and Oct. 19, 1936 (19th work). Compact disc. Program notes in English by Harper MacKay inserted in container.
Contents:
Porgy and Bess. Summertime (2:41) ; Summertime & Crap game/A woman is a sometime thing (3:32) ; My man's gone now (4:22) ; I got plenty o' nuttin' (3:19) ; The buzzard song (4:02) ; Bess you is my woman now (5:11) ; It ain't necessarily so (3:13) ; Where is my Bess? (3:23) / DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin -- Emperor Jones. Oh Lord! Standin' in the need of prayer / Louis Gruenberg (4:54) -- Merry Mount. Oh, 'tis an earth defiled / Howard Hanson (4:43) -- The rogue song. The rogue song (3:31) ; The narrative (3:26) ; The white dove (3:54) ; When I'm looking at you (4:00) / Clifford Grey, Herbert Stothart -- The prodigal. Without a song / Rose Eliscu, Vincent Youmans (3:48) ; Life is a dream / Arthur Freed, Oskar Straus (3:53) -- Ballads. De glory road / Clement Wood, Jaques Wolfe (4:59) ; Old Black Joe / Stephen C. Foster ; arr. Bourdon (3:50) ; Goin' home / Williams Arms Fisher (adapted from Largo movement, Dvorak's Symphony 'From the New World') (5:17).
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