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Alexander Smallens
1889-1972 US, Saint Petersburg
Conductor of Classical and Soundtrack
Alexander Smallens (January 1, 1889 – November 24, 1972) was a Russian-born American conductor and music director.Smallens was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and emigrated to the United States as a child, becoming an American citizen in 1919. He studied at the New York Institute of Musical Art until 1909, when he traveled to France to study at the Conservatoire de Paris.
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Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: Summertime - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Summertime - From "Porgy And Bess" on Composers On Broadway: George Gershwin by Various Artists Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: Introduction - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: Oh, nobody knows when de Lawd is goin' to Call - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Selection from Porgy and Bess: Summertime on George Gershwin plays Gershwin by George Gershwin Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: Lissen to yo' daddy - A woman is a sometime Thing - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: I been sweatin' all Day - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: Summertime - Seven come, seven to Pappy! - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Porgy and Bess - Act Two, Scene I: It ain't neccesarily So - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander Smallens Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene I: No, no, Brother - Live on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester & Alexander SmallensTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porgy & Bess | Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Cab Calloway, John McCurry, Helen Colbert, Alexander Smallens, George Gershwin | 2000 | Album |
| Violin Concerto In E Minor • Octet In E Flat Major | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York Conducted by Alexander Smallens | 1957 | Album |
| Porgy And Bess: Selections From George Gershwin's Folk Opera | George Gershwin / Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Eva Jessye Choir, Alexander Smallens | 1956 | Album |
| Porgy And Bess | Todd Duncan • Anne Brown With Eva Jessye Choir And Decca Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens | 1956 | Single |
| Carmen | Lawrence Tibbett WithThe Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra / Gladys Swarthout With Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens | 1944 | Album |
| Porgy And Bess: Selections From George Gershwin's Folk Opera | George Gershwin / Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Eva Jessye Choir, Alexander Smallens | 1940 | Album |
| Vissi D'Arte / Ah! Fors E Lui / Sempre Libera | Helen Jepson With Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens | 1937 | Album |
| Highlights From "Porgy And Bess" | Lawrence Tibbett And Helen Jepson With Chorus And Orchestra Under The Direction Of Alexander Smallens - George Gershwin | 1936 | Album |
| Lullaby / Bess,You Is my Woman Now | Helen Jepson Chorus and Orchestra under Direction of Alexander Smallens | 1935 | Album |
| Peter And The Wolf | Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens, Frank Luther | Album | |
| Depuis Le Jour / Dis-Moi Que Je Suis Belle | Gustave Charpentier / Jules Massenet Sung By Helen Jepson With Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens | Album |
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