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Porgy and Bess (1935)

Libretto: Edwin DuBose Heyward
John DeMain, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Donnie Ray Albert (Baritone), Clamma Dale (Soprano), Wilma Shakesnider (Soprano), Carol Brice (Alto), William Gammon (Voice), Dick Hyman (Piano), Betty Lane (Soprano), Hartwell Mace (Baritone), Larry Marshall (Tenor), Myra Merritt (Mezzo Soprano), Glover Parham (Tenor), Cornel Richie (Baritone), Hansford Rowe (Voice), Alexander B. Smalls (Baritone), Andrew Smith (Baritone), Bernard Thacker (Tenor), Mervin Wallace (Tenor), Raymond Bazemore (Baritone), Shirley Baines (Mezzo Soprano), Phyllis Bash (Mezzo Soprano), Steven Alex-Cole (Tenor), Kenneth Barry (Speaker), John B. Ross (Baritone), Alex Carrington (Speaker)
℗ 1977
57 Tracks, 3:04:37

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues
      05:08
    • 2. Summertime
      02:41
    • 3. Oh, Nobody Knows When de Lord Is Gonna Call
      06:16
    • 4. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
      02:11
    • 5. Here Come de Honey Man; Porgy's Entrance
      04:58
    • 6. Here Comes Big Boy! (Entrance of Crown and Bess)
      06:57
    • 7. Oh Little Stars, Little Stars
      04:12
    • 8. Wake Up an' Hit It Out
      04:36
    • 9. Gone, Gone, Gone
      03:22
    • 10. Overflow
      02:32
    • 11. Well, Well, Well, a Saucer-Burying-Setup
      03:35
    • 12. My Man's Gone Now
      04:45
    • 13. How de Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?
      02:05
    • 14. Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
      04:34

  • Act II

    • 1. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
      03:20
    • 2. Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About de Picnic
      00:39
    • 3. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
      02:47
    • 4. Lissen There, What I Tells You
      01:12
    • 5. I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style
      01:08
    • 6. Mornin' Lawyer
      04:20
    • 7. Dey's a Buckra Comin'
      02:23
    • 8. The Buzzard Song
      03:22
    • 9. Lo, Bess, Goin' to the Picnic?
      03:19
    • 10. Bess, You Is My Woman
      06:01
    • 11. Oh, I Can't Sit Down
      01:38
    • 12. What's de Matter Wid You, Sister?
      02:35
    • 13. I Ain't Got No Shame
      02:42
    • 14. It Ain't Necessarily So
      03:10
    • 15. Dance; Shame on All You Sinners
      02:18
    • 16. Crown!
      04:08
    • 17. What You Want wid Bess?
      02:29
    • 18. Lemme Go, Hear dat Boat
      01:22
    • 19. Honey, dat's All de Breakfast I Got Time for
      02:31
    • 20. Take Yo' Hands off Me, I Say
      02:32
    • 21. Oh, Doctor Jesus
      02:18
    • 22. Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man
      03:11
    • 23. Now de Time, Oh, Gawd
      03:26
    • 24. I Loves You, Porgy
      03:46
    • 25. Why You Been Out on That Wharf So Long, Clara?
      02:24
    • 26. Oh, Doctor Jesus (Hurricane Scene); Summertime (Reprise)
      04:49
    • 27. What Make You So Still, Bess; Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin'
      01:53
    • 28. You Is a Nice Parcel of Christians
      04:17
    • 29. A Red-Headed Woman
      01:39
    • 30. Jack's Boat Is de River
      03:00

  • Act III

    • 1. Clara, Clara
      03:47
    • 2. You Low-Lived Skunk
      01:58
    • 3. Summertime (Reprise); Death of Crown
      04:26
    • 4. Wait For Us at the Corner, Al
      04:08
    • 5. What Is Your Name?
      03:46
    • 6. Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look on Crown's Face!
      01:56
    • 7. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
      04:08
    • 8. Catfish Row Interlude
      03:22
    • 9. Good Mornin', sistuh! Good Mornin', brudder!
      02:22
    • 10. It's Porgy Comin' Home
      06:18
    • 11. Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess
      02:28
    • 12. Bess Is Gone
      01:49
    • 13. Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way
      01:38