Porgy and Bess

Who played on Porgy and Bess

• London Philharmonic Orchestra performing orchestra all tracks
• Simon Rattle conductor all tracks
• Willard White bass-baritone vocals, bass vocals on 32 tracks
• Craig Rutenberg chorus master on 30 tracks
• Glyndebourne Chorus choir vocals on 30 tracks
• Cynthia Haymon soprano vocals on 22 tracks
• Cynthia Clarey soprano vocals on 21 tracks
• Marietta Simpson contralto vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals on 18 tracks
• Bruce Hubbard baritone vocals on 14 tracks
• Damon Evans tenor vocals on 13 tracks
• Barrington Coleman tenor vocals on 9 tracks
• Harolyn Blackwell soprano vocals on 9 tracks
• Gregg Baker baritone vocals on 8 tracks
• Maureen Brathwaite soprano vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals on 7 tracks
• Mervin Wallace tenor vocals on 7 tracks
• Curtis Watson baritone vocals on 5 tracks
• Johnny Worthy tenor vocals on 5 tracks
• Alan Tilvern spoken vocals on 3 tracks
• Paula Ingram mezzo-soprano vocals on 3 tracks
• Billy J. Mitchell spoken vocals on 2 tracks
• Linda Thompson soprano vocals on 2 tracks
• Ron Travis spoken vocals on 2 tracks
• William Johnson baritone vocals on 2 tracks
• Autris Paige baritone vocals on 1 track
• Camellia Johnson mezzo-soprano vocals on 1 track
• Colenton Freeman tenor vocals on 1 track
• Ted Maynard spoken vocals on 1 track
• Wayne Marshall piano on 1 track

Tracklist

1. 1-1 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Solo / Chorus — George Gershwin 4:17
2. 1-2 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus) — George Gershwin 3:28
3. 1-3 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. 1-4 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 3:29
5. 1-5 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 4:17
6. 1-6 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here comes Big Boy!" (Mingo, Jake, Jim, Crown, Porgy, Serena, Bess, Robbins, Chorus, Sporting Life) — George Gershwin 7:09
7. 1-7 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Six to make!" (Sporting Life, Jim, Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Crown, Robbins, Maria, Serena, Bess, Chorus) — George Gershwin 4:06
8. 1-8 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. 1-9 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. 1-10 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" (Chorus, Porgy) — George Gershwin 0:58
11. 1-11 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 3:50
12. 1-12 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus) — George Gershwin 3:58
13. 1-13 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy) — George Gershwin 2:06
14. 1-14 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, the train is at the station" (Bess, Chorus) — George Gershwin 4:05
15. 2-1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus) — George Gershwin 3:27
16. 2-2 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 3:26
17. 2-3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Lissen there, what I tells you" - "I hates yo' struttin' style" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life) — George Gershwin 2:28
18. 2-4 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
19. 2-5 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Boy! Come here, boy!" (Archdale, Scipio, Clara, Serena, Mingo, Jake, Porgy, Frazier, Chorus) — George Gershwin 2:40
20. 2-6 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus) — George Gershwin 3:02
21. 2-7 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?" (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy) — George Gershwin 2:57
22. 2-8 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 6:15
23. 2-9 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I can't sit down" (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy) — George Gershwin 4:14
24. 2-10 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame" (Chorus) — George Gershwin 2:25
25. 2-11 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria) — George Gershwin 5:59
26. 2-12 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Crown!" (Bess, Crown) — George Gershwin 4:07
27. 2-13 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown) — George Gershwin 4:21
28. 2-14 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
29. 2-15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Take yo' han's off me" (Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter, Porgy) — George Gershwin 2:28
30. 2-16 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, doctor Jesus" (Serena, Peter, Porgy, Lily) — George Gershwin 2:13
31. 2-17 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
32. 2-18 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?" (Bess, Porgy) — George Gershwin 2:42
33. 2-19 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I wants to stay here" (Bess, Porgy) — George Gershwin 3:55
34. 2-20 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" (Maria, Clara) — George Gershwin 2:47
35. 3-1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Solo sextet, Chorus, Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life) — George Gershwin 3:45
36. 3-2 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
37. 3-3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" (Chorus, Peter, Maria, Lily, Mingo, Other woman) — George Gershwin 1:23
38. 3-4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" (Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy, Woman, Chorus) — George Gershwin 4:05
39. 3-5 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
40. 3-6 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 2:32
41. 3-7 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
42. 3-8 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Summertime" - Porgy kills Crown (Bess, Porgy) — George Gershwin 4:16
43. 3-9 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Wait for us at the corner" (Detective, Annie, Serena, Other woman, Coroner) — George Gershwin 3:45
44. 3-10 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Come out here, both of you" (Detective, Coroner, Porgy) — George Gershwin 2:26
45. 3-11 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
46. 3-12 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
47. 3-13 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction — George Gershwin 2:26
48. 3-14 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
49. 3-15 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily) — George Gershwin 4:01
50. 3-16 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy) — George Gershwin 1:48
51. 3-17 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Where's Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena) — George Gershwin 3:06
52. 3-18 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus) — George Gershwin 2:02
53. 3-19 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus) — George Gershwin 1:21

Production

• David R. Murray producer
• Mark Vigars engineer
• Tony Harrison producer

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