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
~ Recording by London Festival Orchestra, Robert Farnon
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | 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 | 17:32 | George Gershwin, arr. Robert Farnon | Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite | Ferde Grofé, George Gershwin | Album |
| London Classics (“LONDON” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for US/CA releases only) | 425 508-2 |
Relationships
| orchestra: | London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople) |
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| conductor: | Robert Farnon (composer, conductor, trumpet player) |
| arranger: | Robert Farnon (composer, conductor, trumpet player) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1966) |
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| recording of: | Porgy and Bess (partial, instrumental) |
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Related works
Porgy and Bess
| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
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| librettist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
| 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 |
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