baritone vocals [crown] McHenry Boatwright
baritone vocals [jake] Arthur Thompson
bass vocals [frazier / jim] Christopher Deane
bass vocals [porgy] Willard White
chorus The Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus
chorus The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
chorus master [cleveland orchestra children's chorus] Becky Seredick
chorus master [cleveland orchestra chorus] Robert Page
composed by George Gershwin
conductor Lorin Maazel
engineer Colin Moorfoot
engineer James Lock
libretto by, lyrics by DuBose Heyward
liner notes Ivan March
lyrics by Ira Gershwin
mezzo-soprano vocals [annie] Alpha Floyd
mezzo-soprano vocals [lily] Isola Jones
mezzo-soprano vocals [maria / strawberry woman] Barbara Conrad
mezzo-soprano vocals [serena] Florence Quivar
orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra
piano [jasbo brown] Joela Jones
producer Michael Woolcock
soprano vocals [bess] Leona Mitchell
soprano vocals [clara] Barbara Hendricks
tenor vocals [mingo / undertaker] James Vincent Pickens
tenor vocals [peter / nelson] William Brown
tenor vocals [robbins / crab man] Samuel Hagan
tenor vocals [sporting life] Francois Clemmons
Manufactured By EDC, Germany
Comes with a 84 page-booklet/libretto.
Notes & synopsis in English with French, German & Italian translations.
English libretto - no translations.
Recording location: Masonic Hall, Cleveland, 18-21 August 1975
Originally released in 1976
Digitally remastered in 2007
96 kHz - 24-bit REMASTERING
Barcode: 0 28947 58663 0
SPARS Code: ADD
Label Code: 00171