Highlights from Porgy and Bess
- Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Infobox Album
Name = Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Type = Album
Released = 1935
Artist = various
Recorded = October 1935
Genre = Opera
Length = ???
Label = RCA Victor
Producer = ???
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Highlights from Porgy and Bess"
(1935)
Next album = "Selections from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess"
(1940)
"Highlights from Porgy and Bess", the 1935 album of George Gershwin's opera, was recorded just days after "Porgy and Bess" opened on Broadway on October 10 1935. While the opera was performed by an all-African American singing cast, the 1935 album featured mostly white opera singers attempting singing the Gullah-influenced words and music. Gershwin's involvement is clearly stated on the album cover, which reads "Recorded under the supervision of the composer."
The recordings originally came on 4 twelve-inch 78 rpm vinyl records. RCA Victor assigned the publishing numbers 11878 Victor, 11879 Victor, 11880 Victor and 11881 Victor to the records.
Cast
*Lawrence Tibbett (Porgy)
*Helen Jepson (Bess)
*Alexander Smallens, conductor
*Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor (for "My Man's Gone Now")
Track listing
#"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Act 2)
#"The Buzzard Song" (Act 2)
#Scene: "Summertime" and crap game (Act 1)
#"A Woman is a Sometime Thing" (Act 1)
#"Bess, You Is A Woman Now" (Act 2)
#"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin" (Act 2)
#"Where is my Bess" (Act 3)
#Lullaby:"Summertime" (Act 1)
#"My Man's Gone Now" (Act 1)
Re-releases
Parts of this recording have been re-issued by various recording companies on compact disc.
*"Lawrence Tibbett: From Broadway to Hollywood", Nimbus Records, UPC 710357788123 [http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/pvoce/7881a.html]
*"Porgy and Bess (Original Cast Recordings) (1935-1942)", Naxos Records, 8.110219-20 [http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/NaxosCat/naxos_cat.asp?item_code=8.110219-20]
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