Porgy and Bess

Who played on Porgy and Bess

• Chamber Orchestra of Europe performing orchestra all tracks
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor all tracks
• Arnold Schoenberg Chor choir vocals on 29 tracks
• Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone vocals on 27 tracks
• Angela Renée Simpson soprano vocals on 21 tracks
• Isabelle Kabatu soprano vocals on 21 tracks
• Roberta Alexander soprano vocals on 20 tracks
• Previn Moore tenor vocals on 14 tracks
• Michael Forest tenor vocals on 13 tracks
• Rodney Earl Clarke baritone vocals on 12 tracks
• Gregg Baker baritone vocals on 9 tracks
• Bibiana Nwobilo soprano vocals on 8 tracks

Tracklist

1. 1-1 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Introduction 1:46
2. 1-2 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy 2:15
3. 1-3 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Seems Like These Bones Don't Give Me Nothin' but Boxcars Tonight 4:28
4. 1-4 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Lissen to Yo' Daddy Warn You / Oh a Woman Is a Sometime Thing 3:05
5. 1-5 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Here's the Ol' Crap Shark / No No Brudder 4:31
6. 1-6 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Here's Comes Big Boy 4:53
7. 1-7 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Six to Make — George Gershwin 4:00
8. 1-8 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I: Jesus He's Killed Him / That You Sportin' Life 5:04
9. 1-9 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: Where Is Brudder Robbins 3:38
10. 1-10 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: Come on Sister/Overflow Overflow 3:18
11. 1-11 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: Um a Saucer Buryin' Set Up I See 3:44
12. 1-12 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: My Man's Gone Now 4:16
13. 1-13 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: How De Saucer Stan' No My Sister 2:07
14. 1-14 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II: Oh the Train Is at the Station 3:07
15. 1-15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Oh I'm a Goin' Out to the Blackfish Banks 3:37
16. 1-16 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About De Picnic/Oh I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 2:13
17. 1-17 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 1:18
18. 1-18 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Lissen There What I Tells You 1:23
19. 1-19 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style 1:17
20. 1-20 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Mornin' Lawyer Lookin' for Somebody 5:22
21. 1-21 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Boy Come Here Boy 2:52
22. 1-22 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Buzzard Keep on Flyin' Over 3:23
23. 2-1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: 'Lo, Bess, goin' to de picnic? 3:17
24. 2-2 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today! 0:43
25. 2-3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Bess, you is my woman now 5:09
26. 2-4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I: Oh, I can't sit down 4:12
27. 2-5 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II: I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do! 3:09
28. 2-6 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II: It ain't necessarily so 4:30
29. 2-7 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II: Shame on all you sinners 1:53
30. 2-8 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II: Crown! / You know very well dis Crown! 3:24
31. 2-9 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II: Oh, what you want wid Bess? 4:03
32. 2-10 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for 2:53
33. 2-11 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Well, if it ain' ole Peter! 2:24
34. 2-12 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Oh, Doctor Jesus 2:33
35. 2-13 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine 1:11
36. 2-14 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: I'm talkin' about devil crabs 2:28
37. 2-15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain' it? 3:04
38. 2-16 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: If dere war'nt no Crown 2:37
39. 2-17 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III: Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara? 1:40
40. 2-18 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens an' de Lawd rock de groun' 2:34
41. 2-19 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: One of dese mornin's you goin' to rise up singin' 1:11
42. 2-20 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' 1:30
43. 2-21 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: You is a nice parcel of Christians 4:06
44. 2-22 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: A read-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track 1:36
45. 2-23 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: Oh! Jake's boat in de river upside down! 1:02
46. 2-24 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV: All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus 2:18
47. 3-1 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted / You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame 6:23
48. 3-2 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I: Summertime 3:48
49. 3-3 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II: Wait for us at the corner, Al 5:02
50. 3-4 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II: Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! 2:10
51. 3-5 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II: There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York 4:07
52. 3-6 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Introduction 1:17
53. 3-7 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Symphony of Noise 4:18
54. 3-8 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Good mornin', sistuh! / It's Porgy comin' home 2:58
55. 3-9 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby 2:57
56. 3-10 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all? 1:39
57. 3-11 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Maria, Maria, where's Bess? 3:19
58. 3-12 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Where Bess gone? 1:47
59. 3-13 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way 1:23

Production

• Julian Schwenkner editor
• Martin Sauer producer
• Michael Brammann recording
• Tobias Lehmann editor, recording

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