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Porgy and Bess George Gershwin; Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Harolyn Blackwell, Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Gregg Baker, The Glyndebourne Chorus, The London Philharmonic, Simon Rattle

Release: 1989 United Kingdom, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 53, Length: 3:9:08, Barcode: 077774956826
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Solo / Chorus 4:16
2 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus) 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)) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 4:53
10 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" (Chorus, Porgy) 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) 3:49
12 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus) 3:58
13 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy) 2:05
14 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, the train is at the station" (Bess, Chorus) 4:04
CD #2
1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus) 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) 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) 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) 4:58
5 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Boy! Come here, boy!" (Archdale, Scipio, Clara, Serena, Mingo, Jake, Porgy, Frazier, Chorus) 2:39
6 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus) 3:02
7 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?" (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy) 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) 6:14
9 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I can't sit down" (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy) 4:14
10 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame" (Chorus) 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) 5:58
12 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Crown!" (Bess, Crown) 4:06
13 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown) 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) 2:49
15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Take yo' han's off me" (Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter, Porgy) 2:28
16 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, doctor Jesus" (Serena, Peter, Porgy, Lily) 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) 5:01
18 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?" (Bess, Porgy) 2:42
19 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I wants to stay here" (Bess, Porgy) 3:55
20 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" (Maria, Clara) 2:46
CD #3
1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Solo sextet, Chorus, Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life) 3:45
2 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'" (Clara, Chorus, Porgy, Bess) 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) 1:22
4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" (Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy, Woman, Chorus) 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) 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) 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) 6:22
8 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Summertime" - Porgy kills Crown (Bess, Porgy) 4:15
9 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Wait for us at the corner" (Detective, Annie, Serena, Other woman, Coroner) 3:44
10 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Come out here, both of you" (Detective, Coroner, Porgy) 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) 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) 4:27
13 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction 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) 3:29
15 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily) 4:00
16 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy) 1:48
17 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Where's Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena) 3:05
18 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus) 2:01
19 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus) 1:21

Other Releases in Group (3)

Official

  1. Porgy and Bess (highlights), United Kingdom (14 Oct 1991), CD (English)
  2. Porgy and Bess, [Worldwide] (19 Jun 1997), CD + CD + CD (English)
  3. Porgy and Bess, Europe (2005), CD + CD + CD (English) Great Recordings of the Century

Links (2)

ASIN

  1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000002RQQ

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/release/5974331