Porgy and Bess

Studio Cast (1957)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included:

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Cast

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Clara / Strawberry Woman
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Porgy / Jake
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Sportin' Life
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Bess / Serena
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Soloist

Track List

Tracks

  • Summertime .... Clara
  • A Woman Is a Sometime Thing .... Jake
  • My Man's Gone Now .... Serena
  • Oh, I'm Going Out to the Blackfish Banks .... Jake, Chorus
  • I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' .... Porgy
  • Bess, You Is My Woman Now .... Porgy, Bess
  • Oh, I Can't Sit Down .... Joe Attles, Chorus
  • It Ain't Necessarily So .... Sportin' Life, Joe Attles
  • Oh, Doctor Jesus .... Serena
  • Strawberry Woman .... Strawberry Woman
  • Where's My Bess? .... Porgy
  • Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way .... Porgy

Trivia & History

On some issues of this recording, Leesa Foster's last name is spelled Forster, but that spelling seems to have rarely if ever been used otherwise in her career.


The orchestra and chorus are listed as "Orchestre Symphonique and Chorus 'Concerthall, Haarlem.'"

Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included:

Covers