Excerpts from the opera. Leontyne Price, soprano ; John W. Bubbles, tenor ; William Warfield and McHenry Boatwright, baritones ; Robert Henson, tenor ; Barbara Webb, soprano ; Miriam Burton, mezzo-soprano ; Alonzo Jones, baritone ; Berniece Hall, soprano ; Maeretha Stewart, soprano ; RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus ; Skitch Henderson, conductor. Recorded May 13-17, 1963 at the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes in English, French, German and Italian ([14] pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Introduction ; Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing -- Gone, gone, gone -- My man's gone now -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want wid Bess? -- I loves you, Porgy -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess -- Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way.
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