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The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess / by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 02445
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
- Standardized Title:
- Porgy and Bess
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs (145 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Porgy & Bess
- Porgy and Bess
- Place of Publication:
- London : Decca, [2006]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Participant:
- Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Lester Lynch, Monique McDonald, Nicole Cabell, Linda Thompson Williams, Leonard Rowe, Robert Mack, Chauncey Packer, Barron Coleman, Calvin Lee ; Nashville Symphony Chorus ; Members of the Blair Children's Chorus ; Members of the Tennessee State University Band ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra ; John Mauceri, production musical director and conductor.
- Notes:
- Opera.
- Recorded at Andrew Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, 26 February-March 1, 2006.
- Compact discs.
- Program notes and synopsis by Wayne Shirley, and libretto ([70] p.) inserted in container.
- "Original 1935 production version"--Container.
- "This recording includes spoken interjections recorded in the original prompter's book, as well as those based on the continuing aural performance tradition of Porgy and Bess. This printed libretto reproduces the original performance text as edited by Ira Gershwin"--P. [70] of insert.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel W. Golden Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 71629802
- Publisher Number:
- 028947578772
- B0007431-02 Decca
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