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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 (Baritone), Damon Evans (Tenor), Linda Thompson (Soprano), Johnny Worthy (Tenor), Mervin Wallace (Tenor), Maureen Brathwaite (Mezzo Soprano), Marietta Simpson (Alto), Cynthia Clarey (Soprano), Sir Willard White (Baritone), Autris Paige (Baritone), Cynthia Haymon (Soprano), Paula Dione Ingram (Mezzo Soprano), Gregg Baker (Baritone), Barrington Coleman (Tenor)
1988, London, Abbey Road Studios, Studio No. 1
21 Tracks, 1:14:13

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction...Jasbo Brown Blues (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)
      04:21
    • 2. Summertime (Clara, Girls of Chorus)
      03:07
    • 3. Give him to me...A woman is a sometime thing...Here come de honey man (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Chorus, Baby, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria)
      03:41
    • 4. My man's gone now (Serena, Chorus)
      03:59
    • 5. How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
      02:04
    • 6. Oh, the train is at the station (Bess, Chorus)
      04:12

  • Act II

    • 1. Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks...It take a long pull to get there (Jake, Chorus)
      03:27
    • 2. Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Chorus, Serena, Maria)
      03:26
    • 3. Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
      02:34
    • 4. Buzzard keep on flyin' over (Porgy, Chorus)
      03:10
    • 5. Honey, we sure goin' strutt our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now (Jake, Porgy, Bess)
      06:15
    • 6. Oh, I can't sit down (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy)
      04:20
    • 7. It ain't necessarily so...Shame on all you sinners (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria)
      06:06
    • 8. Oh, what you want wid Bess? (Bess, Crown)
      04:19
    • 9. A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track (Crown, Chorus, Clara, Bess)
      02:27

  • Act III

    • 1. There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (Sporting Life, Bess)
      04:27
    • 2. Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby (Porgy, Lily)
      04:01
    • 3. Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all? (Porgy)
      01:42
    • 4. Maria, Maria, where's Bess? (Porgy, Maria, Serena)
      03:12
    • 5. Bess is gone (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus)
      01:49
    • 6. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (Porgy, Chorus)
      01:34