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Porgy & Bess / Gershwin. Carmen Jones / Bizet-Hammerstein.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Contributor:
Alwyn, Kenneth, conductor.
Babb, Ena, singer.
Baptiste, Thomas, singer.
Bumbry, Grace, 1937- singer.
Ellington, Ray, singer.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, librettist.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997, singer.
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
Webb, George, vocalist, singer.
Welch, Elisabeth, singer.
Winters, Lawrence, singer.
Linden Singers, performer.
Michael Sammes Singers, performer.
New World Show Orchestra, performer.
Series:
Classical music library.
Classical music library
Standardized Title:
Porgy and Bess. Selections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Musicals--Excerpts, Arranged.
Musicals.
Operas--Excerpts.
Operas.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Excerpts.
Arrangements (Music)
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2005]
Language Note:
Sung in English.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Porgy and Bess. Summertime ; I got plenty o' nuttin' ; Bess, you is my woman now ; It ain't necessarily so ; Oh, dey's so fresh an' fine ; I loves you, Porgy ; There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York ; Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess? ; Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way / Gershwin
Carmen Jones. Overture ; Dat's love ; You talk just like my maw ; Dere's a café ; Beat out dat rhythm on a drum ; Stand up and fight ; Whizzin' away along the track ; Dis flower ; Card song ; My Joe ; Finale / Bizet.
Participant:
In Porgy and Bess: Lawrence Winters, Isabelle Lucas, Ray Ellington ; Linden Singers. In Carmen Jones: Grace Bumbry, George Webb, Ena Babb, Thomas Baptiste, Elisabeth Welch ; Mike Sammes Singers. Both with New World Show Orchestra ; Kenneth Alwyn, conductor.
Notes:
"Highlights"--Original container.
Porgy and Bess an opera in three acts by George Gershwin based on the novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward; book by Heyward; lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Carmen Jones a musical play in two acts based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II after Meilhac and Halévy's adaptation of the novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Previously released as a compact disc.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
1st work recorded Feb. 16, 1961, 2nd Nov. 10, 1962 in London.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.
Contains:
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen (Carmen Jones). Selections
Other Format:
94633597259
94633597228
OCLC:
815765842
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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