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Porgy and Bess (1935)

Libretto: Edwin DuBose Heyward
Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Wayne Marshall (Piano), Harolyn Blackwell (Soprano), Bruce Hubbard (Bass-baritone), Curtis Watson (Bass-baritone), Cynthia Clarey (Soprano), Barrington Coleman (Tenor), Damon Evans (Voice), Johnny Worthy (Tenor), Marietta Simpson (Mezzo Soprano), Maureen Brathwaite (Soprano), Mervin Wallace (Tenor), Sir Willard White (Baritone), Cynthia Haymon (Soprano), Gregg Baker (Bass-baritone), Alan Tilvern (Voice), Ron Travis (Voice), Autris Paige (Bass-baritone), Paula Dione Ingram (Mezzo Soprano), William Johnson (Bass-baritone), Linda Thompson (Soprano), Ted Maynard (Voice), Colenton Freeman (Tenor), Camelia Johnson (Soprano), Billy J. Mitchell (Voice)
1988, London, Abbey Road Studio 1
53 Tracks, 3:09:34

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction – Jasbo Brown Blues
      04:18
    • 2. "Summertime" (Clara, Girls of Chorus)
      03:28
    • 3. "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd" (Mingo, Sporting Life, Jake, Serena, Robbins, Jim, Chorus of Men, Crapshooters)
      06:20
    • 4. "Give him to me ... Lissen to yo' daddy warn you" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria)
      03:28
    • 5. "Here's the ol' crap shark ... No, no, brudder" (Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Sporting Life, Robbins, Jim, Maria, Serena)
      04:17
    • 6. "Here come the Big Boy" (Mingo, Jake, Jim, Crown, Porgy, Serena, Bess, Robbins, Sporting Life)
      07:09
    • 7. "Six to make" (Sporting Life, Jake, Crown, Robbins, Bess, Mingo, Jim, Porgy, Maria, Serena, Chorus)
      04:05
    • 8. "Jesus, he's killed him! ... That you, Sportin' Life?" (Mingo, Bess, Crown, Sporting Life, Maria)
      05:05
    • 9. "Where is brudder Robbins? … Come on, sister!" (Chorus, All)
      04:53
    • 10. "Overflow, overflow" (Chorus, Jake, Peter, Serena, Maria, Porgy, Clara)
      00:58
    • 11. "A saucer-burying set-up, I see" (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Lily, Porgy, A Policeman, Maria, Jake)
      03:50
    • 12. "My man's gone now" (Serena, All)
      03:58
    • 13. "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
      02:05
    • 14. "Oh, the train is at the station" (Bess, All)
      04:06

  • Act II

    • 1. "Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus)
      03:29
    • 2. "Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" (Annie, Jake, Clara) … Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (Porgy, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
      03:26
    • 3. "Lissen there, what I tells you … I hates yo' struttin' style" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
      02:28
    • 4. "Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" (Maria, Frazier, Porgy, Bess, Lily, Scipio, Annie, Serena)
      04:59
    • 5. "Boy! Come here, boy!" (Archdale, Scipio, Clara, Serena, Mingo, Jake, Porgy, Frazier, Chorus)
      02:40
    • 6. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)
      03:02
    • 7. "Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?" (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy)
      02:57
    • 8. "Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today! … Bess, you is my woman now" (Jake, Porgy, Bess)
      06:15
    • 9. "Oh, I can't sit down" (Maria, Bess, Porgy, All)
      04:24
    • 10. "I ain't got no shame" (All)
      02:24
    • 11. "It ain't necessarily so... Shame on you sinners" (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria, Crown)
      05:59
    • 12. "Crown!" (Bess, Crown)
      04:07
    • 13. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
      04:21
    • 14. "Honey, dat's all de breakfast" (Jake, Nelson, Jim, Maria, Chorus)
      02:49
    • 15. "Take yo' han's off me" (Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter, Porgy)
      02:28
    • 16. "Oh, doctor Jesus" (Serena, Porgy, Peter, Lily)
      02:13
    • 17. "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine" (Srtawberry Woman, Peter, Annie, Crab Man, Porgy, Maria)
      05:01
    • 18. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there ain't it?" (Bess, Porgy)
      02:42
    • 19. "I wants to stay here" (Bess, Porgy)
      03:55
    • 20. "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" (Maria, Clara)
      02:47
    • 21. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Chorus, Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life, All)
      03:46
    • 22. "One of these mornings'" (Clara, Porgy, Bess, Chorus)
      01:52
    • 23. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" (All, Peter, Lily, Mingo, Maria)
      01:23
    • 24. "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" (Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy, All)
      04:05
    • 25. "A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump" (Crown, Bess, Clara, All)
      02:17
    • 26. "All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara" (Crown, Porgy, Singers)
      02:31

  • Act III

    • 1. "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" (Chorus, Sporting Life, Maria)
      06:23
    • 2. "Summertime … Bess, Bess, you got a man now" (Bess, Porgy)
      04:19
    • 3. "Wait for us at the corner" (Detective, Annie, Serena, Lily, Coroner, Chorus)
      03:45
    • 4. "Come out here, both of you" (Detective, Coroner, Porgy)
      02:25
    • 5. "Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?" (Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life, A Policeman, Bess)
      03:42
    • 6. "Listen, there's a boat dat's leavin' soon" (Sporting Life, Bess)
      04:27
    • 7. Introduction
      02:26
    • 8. "Good mornin', sistuh! ... It's Porgy comin' home" (Chorus, Mingo, Porgy)
      03:30
    • 9. "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin" (Porgy, Lily)
      04:00
    • 10. "Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy, Maria)
      01:48
    • 11. "Where's my Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena)
      03:06
    • 12. "Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria)
      02:01
    • 13. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, All)
      01:22