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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

Title
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication
Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, [2012], ℗2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
  • Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
  • Parks, Suzan-Lori.
  • Murray, Diedre.
  • McDonald, Audra
  • Lewis, Norm, 1963-
  • Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30-
Description
2 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Porgy and Bess
Alternative Title
Porgy and Bess
Subjects
Note
  • Music by George Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; musical book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks; musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray.
  • "New Broadway cast recording"--Container.
  • Compact discs.
  • Program notes, synopsis, and libretto in English ([40] p. : ports.) inserted in slipcase.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Mar. 26-27, 2012 at MSR Studios, New York, NY.
Contents
Disc one. Overture -- Summertime -- Roll them bones -- A woman is a sometime thing -- Porgy's entrance -- Crap game -- The killing of Robbins -- Gone, gone, gone -- My man's gone now -- Leaving for the promised land -- It takes a long pull to get there -- I got plenty of nothing -- I hates your strutting style -- "Picnics is all right..." -- Bess, you is my woman now -- Oh, I can't sit down. Disc two. It ain't necessarily so -- What you want with Bess? -- Oh, doctor Jesus -- Street cries -- "I was powerful sick..." -- I loves you, Porgy -- The storm approaches -- Oh, the Lord shake the heaven -- A red headed woman -- Oh, doctor Jesus (reprise) -- Clara, don't you be downhearted -- Summertime (reprise) -- The death of Crown -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York -- Bess, oh where's my bess? -- Oh Lord, I'm on my way.
LCCN
  • 00803607120627
  • 803607120627
OCLC
  • ocn779882251
  • 779882251
  • SCSB-14004574
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries