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GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess

by: Members of the Original Cast

Publication date: 1940, 1942

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: Gershwin, Opera, Original Cast

Item Size: 90.1M

GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess

Members of the Original New York Production
Decca Symphony Orchestra
The Eva Jessye Choir
Alexander Smallens, conductor

1. OVERTURE and SUMMERTIME
       Anne Brown
2. A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING
      Edward Matthews assisted by Harriet Jackson
3. IT TAKE A LONG PULL TO GET THERE
      Edward Matthews
4. MY MAN'S GONE NOW
      Anne Brown
5. I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN'
      Todd Duncan
6. BUZZARD SONG
       Todd Duncan
7. BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN
       Todd Duncan and Anne Brown
8. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
       Todd Duncan
9. WHAT YOU WANT WID BESS?
       Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
10. a) STRAWBERRY WOMAN'S CALL b) CRAB MAN'S CALL
       a) Helen Dowdy assisted by Gladys Goode b) William Woolfolk assisted by Georgette Harvey
11. THE REQUIEM
       Eva Jessye Choir
12. I LOVES YOU, PORGY
       Todd Duncan and Anne Brown
13. THERE'S A BOAT DAT'S LEAVIN' SOON FOR NEW YORK
       Avon Long and Anne Brown
14. PORGY'S LAMENT and FINALE
       Todd Duncan

Decca 78rpm Album No. 145
Recorded in 1940
Decca 78rpm Album No. 283
Recorded in 1942
Digital transfer by F. Reeder