Porgy and Bess
19970619
Labels: EMI Classics
No reviews available.
Act I
| 1 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Solo / Chorus | George Gershwin | 4:16 |
| 2 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 3:27 |
| 3 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call" (Mingo, Chorus, Sporting Life, Jake, Serena, Robbins, Jim, Clara, Crap Shooters (Male Chorus)) | George Gershwin | 6:19 |
| 4 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Give him to me" - "Lissen to yo' daddy warn you" - "A woman is a sometime thing" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Chorus, Baby, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria) | George Gershwin | 3:28 |
| 5 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here's the ol' crap shark!" - "No, no, brudder" (Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Sporting Life, Robbins, Jim, Maria, Serena) | George Gershwin | 4:16 |
| 6 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here comes Big Boy!" (Mingo, Jake, Jim, Crown, Porgy, Serena, Bess, Robbins, Chorus, Sporting Life) | George Gershwin | 7:08 |
| 7 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Six to make!" (Sporting Life, Jim, Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Crown, Robbins, Maria, Serena, Bess, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 4:05 |
| 8 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Jesus, he's killed him!" - "That you, Sportin' Life?" (Jake, Serena, Bess, Crown, Sporting Life, Maria) | George Gershwin | 4:59 |
| 9 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Where is brudder Robbins?" - "Come on, sister!" (solo soprano, Chorus, solo baritone, Serena, Maria, Bess, solo soprano, Jake, Peter, Porgy, Clara) | George Gershwin | 4:53 |
| 10 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" (Chorus, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 0:58 |
| 11 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "A saucer-burying set-up, I see" (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Policeman, Maria, Jake, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 3:49 |
| 12 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 3:58 |
| 13 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 2:05 |
| 14 | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, the train is at the station" (Bess, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 4:04 |
Act II Scene 1 - Act II Scene 3
| 1 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 3:27 |
| 2 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" - "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'" (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Chorus, Serena, Maria) | George Gershwin | 3:25 |
| 3 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Lissen there, what I tells you" - "I hates yo' struttin' style" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life) | George Gershwin | 2:27 |
| 4 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" (Maria, Frazier, Porgy, Bess, Chorus, Lily, Bass voice, Scipio, Annie, Serena) | George Gershwin | 4:58 |
| 5 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Boy! Come here, boy!" (Archdale, Scipio, Clara, Serena, Mingo, Jake, Porgy, Frazier, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 2:39 |
| 6 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 3:02 |
| 7 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?" (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 2:57 |
| 8 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!" - "Bess, you is my woman now" (Jake, Porgy, Bess) | George Gershwin | 6:14 |
| 9 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I can't sit down" (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 4:14 |
| 10 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame" (Chorus) | George Gershwin | 2:24 |
| 11 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria) | George Gershwin | 5:58 |
| 12 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Crown!" (Bess, Crown) | George Gershwin | 4:06 |
| 13 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown) | George Gershwin | 4:20 |
| 14 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for" (Jake, Fisherman, Jim, Nelson, Maria, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 2:49 |
| 15 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Take yo' han's off me" (Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 2:28 |
| 16 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, doctor Jesus" (Serena, Peter, Porgy, Lily) | George Gershwin | 2:12 |
| 17 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine" (Strawberry woman, Peter, Woman, Annie, Crab man, Porgy, Maria) | George Gershwin | 5:01 |
| 18 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?" (Bess, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 2:42 |
| 19 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I wants to stay here" (Bess, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 3:55 |
| 20 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" (Maria, Clara) | George Gershwin | 2:46 |
Act II Scene 4 & Act III
| 1 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Solo sextet, Chorus, Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life) | George Gershwin | 3:45 |
| 2 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'" (Clara, Chorus, Porgy, Bess) | George Gershwin | 1:51 |
| 3 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" (Chorus, Peter, Maria, Lily, Mingo, Other woman) | George Gershwin | 1:22 |
| 4 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" (Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy, Woman, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 4:05 |
| 5 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track" (Crown, Chorus, Clara, Bess) | George Gershwin | 2:17 |
| 6 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara" - "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Crown, Porgy, Solo sextet, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 2:31 |
| 7 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" - "You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame" (Chorus, Sporting Life, Maria) | George Gershwin | 6:22 |
| 8 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Summertime" - Porgy kills Crown (Bess, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 4:15 |
| 9 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Wait for us at the corner" (Detective, Annie, Serena, Other woman, Coroner) | George Gershwin | 3:44 |
| 10 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Come out here, both of you" (Detective, Coroner, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 2:25 |
| 11 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?" - "Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!" (Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life, Policeman) | George Gershwin | 3:41 |
| 12 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess) | George Gershwin | 4:27 |
| 13 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction | George Gershwin | 2:25 |
| 14 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Good mornin', sistuh!" - "It's Porgy comin' home" (Solo tenor, solo mezzo-soprano, Chorus, Children, Mingo, Porgy) | George Gershwin | 3:29 |
| 15 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily) | George Gershwin | 4:00 |
| 16 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy) | George Gershwin | 1:48 |
| 17 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Where's Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena) | George Gershwin | 3:05 |
| 18 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 2:01 |
| 19 | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus) | George Gershwin | 1:21 |