Porgy and Bess (1950 album)
- Porgy and Bess (1950 album)
Infobox Album
Name = Porgy and Bess
Type = Album
Released = 1950
Artist = various
Recorded = September 1950
Genre = Opera
Length = ???
Label = RCA Victor
Producer = ???
Reviews =
Last album = "Selections from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess"
(1940 & 1942)
This album = "Porgy and Bess (1950 album)"
(1950)
Next album = "Porgy and Bess (1951 album)"
(1951)
This 1950 recording contains selections from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" sung by noted opera stars Robert Merrill and Risë Stevens. It was recorded on September 12 and September 13 1950. The album was originally released on one twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. RCA Victor gave the album the number LM 1124.
Naxos Records re-released the album on CD along with the complete 1951 recording, though the Naxos CD omitted "Gone, Gone Gone," sung by the chorus. (Naxos 8.110287-88)
Cast
*Robert Merrill, baritone
*Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
*Robert Shaw Chorale
*RCA Victor Orchestra
*Robert Russell Bennett, conductor
Track listing
External links
* [http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/NaxosCat/naxos_cat.asp?item_code=8.110287-88 Track listing and synopsis] from Naxos' reissue
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