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Title:
Porgy & Bess / George Gershwin.
Author:
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.

White, Willard.

Haymon, Cynthia.

Evans, Damon.

Blackwell, Harolyn.

Hubbard, Bruce.

Clarey, Cynthia.

Simpson, Marietta.

Baker, Gregg.

Rattle, Simon, 1955-

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy.

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.

London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Publication Information:
Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, ℗1989.
Call Number:
B GERS PAB W82
Physical Description:
3 audio discs (3 hr., 10 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
EMI: CDS 7 49568 2 (CDC 7 49569 2--CDC 7 49571 2).

Opera.

"Founded on the play Porgy by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy K. Heyward"--Container.

"Libretto by DuBose Heyward; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin"--Container.

Compact discs.

Program and biographical notes by Robert Kimball in English with German and French translations; synopsis in English, German and French, and English libretto (130 p. : col. ill.)--inserted in container.
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Contents:
Introduction Summertime ... Nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call ... Give him to me ... lissen to yo' Daddy warn you ... Here's the ol' crap shark! ... no, no, brudder ... Here comes big boy! Six to make! Jesus, he's killed him! ... that you, sportin' life Where is Brudder Robbins? ... come on, sister! Overflow, overflow A saucer-burying set-up, I see ... My man's gone now ... How de saucer stan' now, my sister? ... Oh the train is at the station ...

Oh, I'm agoin' out to the blackfish banks ... Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic ... Lissen there, what I tell you ... Mornin', lawyer, lokkin' for somebody? ... 5 Boy! Come here, boy! ... Buzzard keep on flyin' over ... 'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic? Goin' strut our stuff today! ... Oh, I can't sit down ... I ain't got no shame ... It ain't necessarily so ... Crown! ... Oh, you want wid Bess? ... Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for ... Take yo' han's off me ... Oh, Doctor Jesus ... Oh dey's so fresh an' fine ... (Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it I wants to stay here Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?

Oh, Doctor Jesus ... One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin' ... Oh, dere's someone knockin' at de do' ... You is a nice parcel of Christians! ... A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its tracks ... All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara ... Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted ... Summertime ... Wait for us at the corner ... Come out here, both of you ... Oh, Lawd, what am I goin' do? ... oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on crown's face! ... Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York ... Introduction Good mornin', Sistuh! ... it's Porgy comin' home ... Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over this baby ... Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all? ... Where's Bess? ... Bess is gone ... Oh Lawd, I'm on my way ...
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Porgy and Bess
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