Porgy and Bess
~ Opera
Relationships
| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
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| librettist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
| Wikidata: | Q740920 [info] |
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| parts: | 1. Porgy and Bess: Overture 2. Porgy and Bess: Act I 3. Porgy and Bess: Act II 4. Porgy and Bess: Act III |
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| is the basis for: | Catfish Row (Suite from Porgy and Bess) Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, op. 19 Fantasy on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (arr. Percy Grainger) Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess (arr. for piano, Earl Wild) Porgy and Bess (An Overture on Themes) Porgy and Bess Medley (for saxophone and orchestra, Hermann) Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Robert Russell Bennett) Porky and Bess Fantasy for Piano Trio |
| arrangements: | Songs from Porgy and Bess for Bassoon and Piano |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1977-01-24 | Bessy from "Porgy and Bess" | cover, instrumental and partial | Adam Makowicz | 5:53 |
| Porgy & Bess – Symphonic Suite: It ain’t necessarily so – Strawberry woman – Crab man – I loves you, Porgy – There’s a boat dat’s leaving soon for New York – Oh where’s my Bess – Oh Lawd, I’m on my way | instrumental and partial | London Festival Orchestra, Robert Farnon | 17:32 | |
| Porgy & Bess – Symphonic Suite: Overture – Summertime – A woman is a sometime thing – Honey man – My man’s gone now – I got plenty o’ nuttin’ – Bess, you is my woman now | instrumental and partial | London Festival Orchestra, Robert Farnon | 16:43 | |
| Porgy and Bess | instrumental and partial | Star of Indiana | 11:03 | |
| Selections from Porgy and Bess (for brass quintet) | instrumental and partial | The Atlantic Brass Quintet | 20:33 | |