Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid Bess?

~ Recording by Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid Bess??:??George GershwinGeorge Gershwin’s Porgy and BessGeorge Gershwin; Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Decca Symphony OrchestraAlbum + Soundtrack
Decca RecordsDL 79024
1.11Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid’ Bess2:58Anne Brown & Todd DuncanPorgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942)Gershwin; Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha HeifetzAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003-01
Naxos Historical8.110219, 8.110219–20, 8.110220

Relationships

baritone vocals:Todd Duncan (baritone) (on 1942-05-23)
soprano vocals:Anne Brown (American operatic soprano, later resettled in Norway) (on 1942-05-23)
orchestra:Decca Symphony Orchestra (on 1942-05-23)
conductor:Alexander Smallens (conductor) (on 1942-05-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1942)
recording of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh, what you want wid Bess?” (on 1942-05-23)

Related works

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh, what you want wid Bess?”

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II (order: 4)