| Other author/creator | Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 librettist, lyricist. |
| Other author/creator | Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 lyricist. |
| Other author/creator | De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 lyricist. |
| Other author/creator | Barnes, Sebronette, 1958- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Blackwell, Harolyn performer. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Angela M. (Angela Marie), 1963- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lister, Marquita, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Walker, Kirk (Tenor), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Thomas, 1962- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Baker, Gregg performer. |
| Other author/creator | Caldwell, William Henry, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Craig, Lawrence, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kunzel, Erich, conductor. |
| Included Work | Opera adaptation of (work): Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Blue Monday. |
| Other author/creator | Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio). Chorus, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, performer. |
| Uniform title | Porgy and Bess. Selections |
| Contents |
Selections from Porgy and Bess. Act I. Introduction (:58) ; Summertime (2:33) ; A woman is a sometime thing (1:57) ; Gone, gone, gone (2:50) ; Overflow (1:30) ; My man's gone now (4:03) ; Leavin' for the Promise Lan' (2:14) -- Act II. I got plenty o'nuttin' (2:39) ; Bess, you is my woman now (5:34) ; Oh, I can't sit down (1:40) ; I ain't got no shame (:43) ; It ain't necessarily so (3:47) ; I loves you, Porgy (3:18) -- Act III. Opening scene (world premiere recording with newly discovered dialogue) (7:11) ; Lonely boy (world premiere recording orchestrated by Steven Reineke) (1:21) ; Oh, Bess, O where's my Bess (2:40) ; Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (1:40) -- Blue Monday (24:19). |
| General note | Streaming audio files. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed July 22, 2019). |
| General note | Opera excerpts (1st work) and an "opera à la Afro-American" (2nd work). |
| General note | Libretto by DuBose Heyward, based on his novel Porgy; lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin (1st work); B.G. De Sylva, lyrics (2nd work). |
| General note | Contains the opening scene and duet Lonely boy for Act 3 of Porgy and Bess, cut from the original; and a new version of Blue Monday. Both works reconstructed and edited from Gershwin's mss. in the Library of Congress by Erich Kunzel. |
| Performer |
Sebronette Barnes (1st work), Harolyn Blackwell (1st work), Angela Brown (1st work), Marquita Lister, sopranos ; Kirk Walker (2nd work), Thomas Young (2nd work), Cab Calloway (1st work), tenors ; Gregg Baker, William Henry Caldwell (2nd work), Lawrence Craig (2nd work), baritones ; Central State University Chorus ; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ; Erich Kunzel, conductor. |
| Language | Sung in English. |
| Issued in other form | Original cat. no.: CD-80434 |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Excerpts. |