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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin, Simon Rattle, Hyacinth Nicholls, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Camellia Johnson, Maureen Braithwaite, Colenton Freeman, Alan Tilvern, Anne Fridal, Autris Paige, Barrington Coleman, Billy J. Mitchell, Blair Wilson, Bruce Hubbard, Curtis Watson, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Gregg Baker, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Worthy, Linda Thompson, Marietta Simpson, Mervin Wallace, Michael Forest, Paula Ingram, Raemond Martin, Ron Travis, Ted Maynard, Wayne Marshall, Willard White, William Johnson

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Disc 1:

  1. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Introduction
  2. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Summertime and the livin' is easy
  3. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
  4. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Give him to me... Lissen to yo' daddy warn you... / Oh, a woman is a sometime thing
  5. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Here's the ol' crap shark!... No. no, brudder
  6. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Here comes Big Boy!
  7. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Six to make!
  8. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Jesus, he killed him!... That you, Sportin' Life?
  9. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. Where is brudder Robbins?... Come on, sister
  10. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. Overflow, overflow
  11. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. A saucer-burial set-up, I see
  12. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. My man's gone now
  13. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
  14. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. Oh, the train is at the station

Disc 2:

  1. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks
  2. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic... / Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
  3. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Lissen there, what I tells you... I hates yo' struttin' style
  4. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
  5. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Boy. Come here, boy!
  6. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Buzzard keep on flyin' over
  7. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. 'Lo, Bess, goin' to de picnic?
  8. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!... / Bess, you is my woman now
  9. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Oh, I can't sit down
  10. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do!
  11. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. It ain't necessarily so... Shame on all you sinners
  12. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Crown!... You know very well dis Crown!
  13. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Oh, what you want wid Bess?
  14. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
  15. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. Oh, Doctor Jesus
  16. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
  17. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?
  18. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. I wants to stay here, but I ain't worthy
  19. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 3. Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?

Disc 3:

  1. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. Oh, Doctor Jesus
  2. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'
  3. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
  4. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. You is a nice parcel of Christians!
  5. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track
  6. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 2. Scene 4. All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara... Oh, Doctor Jesus
  7. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted... / You low-life skunk, ain' you got no sha
  8. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Summertime... (Porgy kills Crown)
  9. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. Introduction... Wait for us at the corner
  10. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. Come out here, both of you
  11. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do? / Oh, Gawd! They going' make him look on Crown's face!
  12. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. Listen: There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
  13. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Introduction
  14. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Good mornin', sistuh!... It's Porgy comin' home
  15. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?
  16. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Where's Bess?
  17. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Bess is gone
  18. Porgy and Bess, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #53225 in Music
  • Released on: 2005-09-13
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Dimensions: .58 pounds

Customer Reviews

Simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!5
This recording of Porgy and Bess is an incredible performance!!!
The performers sund just beautiful and the recording is very well remastered!!!!
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Genius!5
Gershwin caught the essence of the American Experience in his music. Here he goes beyond color and cultural experience to the fundamentally human experience of living in "The Land of the Free". This music is now woven into the very fabric of America. There is no greater testament to the quality of this music and the value of the music of Gershwin. This recording is the benchmark by which all others will be measured.