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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Title
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess / [music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin].
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication
Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, ℗2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
  • Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
  • Parks, Suzan-Lori
  • Murray, Diedre
  • Brohn, William D.
  • Jahnke, Christopher
  • McDonald, Audra
  • Lewis, Norm, 1963-
  • Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30-
  • Kitsopoulos, Constantine
Description
2 audio discs (96 min., 14 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Revered for its legendary score by George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, Porgy and Bess has been reimagined and reinvigorated for the modern stage by a team that includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, musical adapter Diedre L. Murray and director Diane Paulus. It's the New Broadway Cast Recording of one of the most beloved works of the American musical theatre.
Uniform Title
Porgy and Bess
Alternative Title
Porgy and Bess
Subject
Note
  • Opera.
  • "New Broadway cast recording"--Container spine.
  • Libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; musical book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks ; musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray ; orchestrations by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke.
  • Compact discs.
  • Program notes by Patrick Pacheco, synopsis, and libretto ([40] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Mar. 26-27, 2012, MSR Studios, New York, NY.
Contents
Overture (2:23) -- Summertime (2:40) -- Roll them bones (3:38) -- A woman is a sometime thing (2:16) -- Porgy's entrance (3:12) -- Crap game (1:37) -- The killing of Robbins (4:22) -- Gone, gone, gone (3:34) -- My man's gone now (4:05) -- Leaving for the promised land (3:32) -- It takes a long pull to get there (2:12) -- I got plenty of nothing (2:44) -- I hates your strutting style (2:31) -- "Picnics is all right" (2:16) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:00) -- Oh, I can't sit down (2:35) -- It ain't necessarily so (3:14) -- What you want with Bess? (6:38) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus (2:49) -- Street cries (3:38) -- "I was powerful sick" (2:16) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:11) -- The storm approaches (2:20) -- Oh, the Lord shake the heaven (4:02) -- A red headed woman (2:00) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus : (reprise) (1:23) -- Clara, don't you be downhearted (2:05) -- Summertime : (reprise) (2:36) -- The death of Crown (1:31) -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York (2:55) -- Bess, oh where's my Bess? (4:07) -- Oh Lord, I'm on my way (2:38).
Call Number
*LDC 53621
LCCN
803607120627
OCLC
779882251
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Title
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess / [music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin].
Imprint
Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, ℗2012.
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Performer
Audra McDonald (Bess) ; Norm Lewis (Porgy) ; David Alan Grier (Sporting Life) ; Nikki Renée Daniels, Joshua Henry, NaTasha Yvette Williams, J.D. Webster, Bryonha Marie Parham, Nathaniel Stampley, Phillip Boykin, Christopher Innvar, Joseph Dellger, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Phumzile Sojola, Cedric Neal, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Wilkie Ferguson III, Allison Blackwell, Heather Hill, Alicia Hall Moran, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, supporting soloists ; orchestra ; Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor.
Event
Recorded Mar. 26-27, 2012, MSR Studios, New York, NY.
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Added Author
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, lyricist.
Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961, librettist.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
Parks, Suzan-Lori, adapter.
Murray, Diedre, adapter.
Brohn, William D., arranger of music.
Jahnke, Christopher, arranger of music.
McDonald, Audra, singer.
Lewis, Norm, 1963- singer.
Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30- singer.
Kitsopoulos, Constantine, conductor.
Other Standard Identifier
803607120627
Publisher No.
PS-1206 PS Classics
Research Call Number
*LDC 53621 Notes (libretto) on file
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