| Description |
3 audio discs (182 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
030200 |
| Note |
Compact discs; analog recording. |
| Performer |
Willard White as Porgy ; Leona Mitchell as Bess ; McHenry Boatwright as Crown ; Florence Quivar as Serena ; Barbara Hendricks as Clara ; François Clemmons as Sporting Life ; Cleveland Orchestra ; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus ; Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus ; Lorin Maazel, director. |
| Credits |
Producer, Michael Woolcock. |
| Event |
Recorded in the Masonic Hall, Cleveland, Aug. 1975. |
| Note |
Synopsis by Lehman Engel in English with French, German, and Italian translations (13 p.) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Jasbo Brown blues -- Summertime -- Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call -- I been sweatin' all day -- A woman is a sometime thing : Lissen to yo' daddy warn you --- Here come de honey man -- Here's the ol' crap shark! -- The pass by singin' -- Here comes Big Boy! -- Don't you ever let a woman greive you -- Oh, little stars -- Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd! -- Wake up an' hit it out -- That you, Sportin' Life? -- Gone, gone, gone -- Overflow, overflow -- Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer -- Um! A saucer stan' now, my sister? -- Headin' for the Promis' Lan' -- It takes a long pull to get there : Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks -- Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Lissen thee, what I tells you -- I hates yo' struttin' style -- Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? -- Dey's a Buckra comin' -- Buzzard song : Look out, dat's a buzzard -- Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic? -- Bess, you is my woman now -- Oh, I can't sit down -- I ain't got no shame -- It ain't necessarily so -- Shame on all you sinners -- Bess! ... Crown! -- Oh ... what you want wid Bess? -- Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for -- Take yo' han's off me, I say -- Oh doctor Jesus -- Oh deys so fresh an' fine -- I'm talkin' about devil crabs -- Porgy, Porgy, dat you there -- I loves you, Porgy -- Why you been out on that wharf -- Oh Doctor Jesus -- Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens -- One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin' -- Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' -- You is a nice parcel of Christians -- If Gawd want to kill me -- Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens -- A red-headed woman -- Jake's boat in de river -- Oh, Doctor Jesus -- Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted -- Crown, Crown, don't you be -- Summertime -- Interlude (Death of Crown) -- Introduction -- Wait for us at the corner, Al -- What is your name? -- You've got to go Porgy -- Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look -- There's a boat dat's leavin' -- Introduction -- Good mornin', sistuh! -- Thank Gawd I's home again! -- Dem white folks sure ain't put nuthin' -- Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess -- Bess is gone -- Oh Lawd, I'm on my way. |
| Note |
"Libretto available online with CD"--Container. |
| Credits |
Libretto, DuBose Heyward ; lyrics, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; founded on the play "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy K. Heyward. |
| Summary |
Conductor Lorin Maazel takes Gershwin's classic work back to its opera foundation in a recording that The Penguin Guide called "vivid". Among the cast are Willard White as Porgy and Leona Mitchell as Bess. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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| Added Author |
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist.
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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Librettist.
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White, Willard. Performer.
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Mitchell, Leona. Performer.
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Boatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994. Performer.
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Quivar, Florence. Performer.
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Hendricks, Barbara. Performer.
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Clemmons, François. Performer.
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Maazel, Lorin, 1930-2014. Conductor.
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Cleveland Orchestra. Performer.
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Cleveland Orchestra. Chorus. Performer.
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Cleveland Orchestra. Children's Chorus. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
028947857853 |
| Music No. |
478 5785 Decca |
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478 5787--478 5789 Decca |
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