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GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Porgy and Bess (1935) Lawrence Winters (baritone) - Porgy Camilla Williams (soprano) – Bess June McMechen (soprano) – Clara Inez Matthews (soprano) – Serena Helen Dowdy (mezzo soprano) – Lily Sadie McGill (mezzo soprano) – Annie Helen Dowdy (mezzo soprano) - Strawberry Woman, Maria, Lily Avon Long (tenor) - Sportin’ Life William A. Glover (tenor) – Mingo Irving Washington (tenor) – Robbins Harrison Cattenhead (tenor) – Peter Ray Yeats (tenor) – Nelson, Crab Man Warren Coleman (baritone) – Crown Eddie Matthews (baritone) – Jake George Fisher (baritone) – Jim Hubert Dilworth (baritone) – Undertaker J. Rosamond Johnson (baritone) – Frazier Robert Carroll (speaker) - Mr Archdale George Matthews (speaker) – Detective Peter Van Zant (speaker) – Policeman, Coroner (Anonymous) Orchestra and J Rosamond Johnson Chorus/Lehman Engel Recorded Columbia Studios, New York, April 1951 Appendix; Highlights Summertime A woman is a sometime thing My man’s gone now Oh, I got plenty of nuttin’ Bless, you is my woman now It ain’t necessarily so Oh, Bess, oh where is my Bess Oh Lawd, I’m on my way Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano) Robert Merrill (baritone) The Robert Shaw Chorale RCA Victor Orchestra Robert Russell Bennett Recorded in the Manhattan Centre, New York, September 1950 NAXOS 8.110287/88 [77.36 + 79.09] |
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