The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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Main Authors: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Parks, Suzan-Lori (Adapter), Murray, Diedre (Adapter)
Other Authors: Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 (Librettist, Lyricist), Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961 (Librettist), Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist), Brohn, William D. (arranger of music.), Jahnke, Christopher (arranger of music.), McDonald, Audra (Performer), Lewis, Norm, 1963- (Performer), Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30- (Performer), Daniels, Nikki Renée (Vocalist), Henry, Joshua (Vocalist), Williams, NaTasha Yvette (Vocalist), Parham, Bryonha Marie (Vocalist), Innvar, Christopher (Vocalist), Boykin, Phillip (Vocalist), Whitney-Barratt, Belinda (Instrumentalist), Wells, Orlando (Instrumentalist), Kawahara, Karl (Instrumentalist), Payton, Philip (Violinist) (Instrumentalist), Carney, Sean, violinist (Instrumentalist), Agee, Martin (Instrumentalist), Ávila, Jorge (Instrumentalist), Moston, Maxim (Instrumentalist), Garner, Crystal (Instrumentalist), Ting, Liuh-Wen (Instrumentalist), Seiver, Sarah (Instrumentalist), Boggess, Summer (Instrumentalist), Fink, Kathy (Musician) (Instrumentalist), Cohen, Lynne (Instrumentalist), Kenyon, Steve (Musician) (Instrumentalist), Levine, Jonathan, musician (Instrumentalist), McGeen, Don (Instrumentalist), Davis, Eric, horn player (Instrumentalist), Komer, Chris (Instrumentalist), Marchione, Nicholas (Instrumentalist), Urness, Dan (Instrumentalist), O'Quinn, Keith (Instrumentalist), Wharton, Jennifer (Trombonist) (Instrumentalist), Ellison, Bill (Instrumentalist), Descarfino, Charles (Instrumentalist), Masse, Paul (Conductor) (Instrumentalist), Kitsopoulos, Constantine (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, [2012]
Subjects:
Operas.
Item Description:
  • Opera.
  • "New Broadway cast recording"--Container spine.
  • 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 ; orchestrations by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke.
  • Compact discs.
  • Program notes by Patrick Pacheco, synopsis, and libretto ([40] pages : ports.) included.
Table of 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).

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