Opera excerpts. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; libretto by DuBose Heyward. Compact disc. "High performance." Leontyne Price, Berniece Hall, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb, sopranos ; Miriam Burton, mezzo-soprano ; John Bubbles, Robert Henson, tenors ; William Warfield, Alonzo Jones, McHenry Boatwright, baritones ; RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus ; Skitch Henderson, conductor ; Leonard de Paur, chorus director. Recorded May 13-17, 1963, at the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Contents:
Introduction ; Summertime (4:53) -- A woman is a sometime thing (1:53) -- Gone, gone, gone (6:07) -- My man's gone now (4:06) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' (2:52) -- Bess, you is my woman (5:04) -- It ain't necessarily so (2:56) -- What you want wid Bess? (8:00) -- I loves you, Porgy (2:22) -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (3:58) -- Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess? (4:13) -- Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (1:24).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)41931983
Locations:
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)
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