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Porgy and Bess (1935)

Libretto: Edwin DuBose Heyward
Lorin Maazel, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus, Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), James Vincent Pickens (Tenor), François Scarborough Clemmons (Tenor), Arthur Thompson (Baritone), Florence Quivar (Alto), Samuel Hagan (Tenor), Christopher Deane (Baritone), Barbara Smith Conrad (Mezzo Soprano), William Brown (Tenor), Isola Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Sir Willard White (Bass), McHenry Boatwright (Baritone), Leona Mitchell (Soprano), Robert Snook (Voice), Ralph Neally (Voice), Alpha Floyd (Mezzo Soprano), Donald Zucca (Voice), John Buck (Voice), Alan Leatherman (Voice), Joela Jones (Piano)
1975, Cleveland, Masonic Auditorium
Live
42 Tracks, 3:01:46

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction – Jazzbo Brown Blues
      05:20
    • 2. "Summertime"
      08:46
    • 3. "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
      02:01
    • 4. "Here Come De Honey Man...Here's the Ol' Crap Shark"
      03:27
    • 5. "They Pass By Singin'...Here Comes Big Boy!...Don't You Ever Let a Woman Grieve You"
      08:46
    • 6. "O, Little Stars...Touch That Money an' Meet Yo' Gawd!"
      03:57
    • 7. "Wake Up An' Hit It Out!...That You, Sportin'Life?"
      04:27
    • 8. "Gone, Gone, Gone"
      03:41
    • 9. "Overflow, Overflow ... Gawd Got Plenty of Money for De Saucer"
      02:53
    • 10. "Um! A Saucer-Burial Setup, I See"
      03:37
    • 11. "My Man's Gone Now"
      06:36
    • 12. "Headin' For the Promis' Lan'"
      04:32

  • Act II

    • 1. "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There"
      03:49
    • 2. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"
      03:46
    • 3. "I Hates Yo' Struttin'...Mornin, Lawyer...Dey's a Buckra"
      07:47
    • 4. Buzzard Song
      06:51
    • 5. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
      04:43
    • 6. "Oh, I Can't Sit Down"
      04:02
    • 7. "I Ain't Got No Shame"
      02:39
    • 8. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
      09:32
    • 9. "Oh! What You Want Wid Bess?"
      03:46
    • 10. "Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast...Take You' Hands Off Me"
      04:37
    • 11. "Oh, Doctor Jesus"
      02:23
    • 12. "Oh, Dey's So Fresh...I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs"
      03:18
    • 13. "Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There"
      02:37
    • 14. "I Loves You, Porgy"
      03:26
    • 15. "Why You Been Out On That Wharf?"
      02:36
    • 16. "Oh, Doctor Jesus, Look Down On Me Wit' Pity"
      02:23
    • 17. "Oh, De Lawd Shake De Heavens...One Of Dese Mornings"
      04:02
    • 18. "Oh Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'"
      05:13
    • 19. "A Red-Headed Woman..Jake's Boat....Oh Doctor Jesus"
      05:39

  • Act III

    • 1. "Clara, Clara...Crown, Crown...Summertime"
      06:34
    • 2. Interlude (Death of Crown)
      02:28
    • 2. Introduction..."Wait For Us...What Is Your Name?"
      06:20
    • 3. "You've Got To Go...Oh Gawd! They Goin' To Make Him Look"
      03:23
    • 5. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin'"
      03:57
    • 6. Introduction
      03:05
    • 7. "Good Mornin' Sistuh...Thank Gawd I's Home Again!"
      03:15
    • 8. "Dem White Folks Sure Ain't Put Nuthin'"
      05:37
    • 9. "Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess"
      02:29
    • 10. "Bess Is Gone"
      01:53
    • 11. "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"
      01:33