Porgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942) Gershwin; Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz

Release: Jan 2003 , Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 45, Length: 2:17:15, Barcode: 636943121924
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Overture										1:08
2	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime										2:26
3	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime and Crap Game										1:04
4	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing										1:40
5	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 2. My Man’s Gone Now										3:53
6	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There										2:07
7	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’										2:41
8	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Buzzard Song										3:41
9	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Bess, You Is My Woman Now										4:29
10	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. It Ain’t Necessarily So										2:45
11	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid’ Bess										2:58
12	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. Street Cries: Strawberry Woman’s Call / Crab Man’s Call										3:04
13	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. I Loves You, Porgy										3:21
14	Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 1. The Requiem										3:52
15	Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 2. There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York										3:00
16	Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Porgy’s Lament (Where Is My Bess?)										1:56
17	Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Finale (I’m on My Way)										1:21
18	It Ain’t Necessarily So										2:42
19	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing										2:35
20	Summertime										2:35
21	There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York										2:45
22	I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’										2:34
23	Bess, You Is My Woman										3:12
24	I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’										2:56
25	It Ain’t Necessarily So										2:52
CD #2
1	Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy										2:28
2	Summertime and Crap Game										1:15
3	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing										2:01
4	My Man’s Gone Now										4:08
5	I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’										3:05
6	Buzzard Song										3:48
7	Bess, You Is My Woman Now										4:55
8	It Ain’t Necessarily So										3:00
9	Where Is My Bess?										3:04
10	Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy										2:34
11	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing										2:18
12	It Takes a Long Pull to Get There										3:00
13	It Ain’t Necessarily So										2:30
14	Summertime										1:45
15	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing										1:48
16	My Man’s Gone Now										3:50
17	It Ain’t Necessarily So										2:28
18	Bess, You Is My Woman Now										3:02
19	Tempo di Blues: There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York										2:51
20	Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture										15:48

Links (6)

Discography Entry

1. https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.110219-20

Other Databases

1. https://castalbums.org/recordings/Heifetz-Playing-the-Music-of-Gershwin-1945-Jascha-Heifetz/27281/#8633
2. https://castalbums.org/recordings/Highlights-from-Porgy-and-Bess-1935-Studio-Cast/6486/#8633
3. https://castalbums.org/recordings/Porgy-and-Bess-1940-Original-Cast-Members/4665/#8633
4. https://castalbums.org/recordings/Porgy-and-Bess-Volume-Two-1942-Broadway-Revival-Cast-Members/27278/#8633

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/release/7215034

Label (2)

Copyrighted (©) By

1. HNH International Ltd. (2003)

Phonographic Copyright (?) By

1. HNH International Ltd. (2003)