Porgy and Bess

Who played on Porgy and Bess

• Lorin Maazel conductor all tracks
• The Cleveland Orchestra performing orchestra all tracks
• Willard White bass-baritone vocals on 6 tracks
• Leona Mitchell soprano vocals on 3 tracks
• Arthur Thompson baritone vocals on 2 tracks
• Barbara Conrad mezzo-soprano vocals on 2 tracks
• Florence Quivar mezzo-soprano vocals on 2 tracks
• The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus choir vocals on 2 tracks
• Barbara Hendricks soprano vocals on 1 track
• François Clemmons tenor vocals on 1 track
• Joela Jones piano on 1 track
• McHenry Boatwright bass-baritone vocals on 1 track
• Robert Snook spoken vocals on 1 track

Tracklist

1. 1-1 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues" — George Gershwin 5:20
2. 1-2 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" - "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call..." - "I been sweatin' all day" — George Gershwin 8:46
3. 1-3 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo' daddy warn you)" — George Gershwin 2:01
4. 1-4 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here come de honey man" - "Here's the ol' crap shark" — George Gershwin 3:27
5. 1-5 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" — George Gershwin 8:46
6. 1-6 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Oh, little stars" - "Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd!" — George Gershwin 3:57
7. 1-7 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Wake up an' hit it out" - "That you, Sportin' Life?" — George Gershwin 4:30
8. 1-8 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Gone, gone, gone (Where is brudder Robbins?)" — George Gershwin 3:40
9. 1-9 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" — George Gershwin 2:54
10. 1-10 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see" — George Gershwin 3:36
11. 1-11 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" - "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" — George Gershwin 6:19
12. 1-12 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Headin' for the Promis' Lan'" — George Gershwin 4:43
13. 2-1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "It takes a long pull to get there" — George Gershwin 3:54
14. 2-2 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin" - "Lissen there, what I tells you" — George Gershwin 3:42
15. 2-3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "I hates yo' struttin' style" - "Mornin', lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" - "Dey's a Buckra comin'" — George Gershwin 7:47
16. 2-4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard Song" - "Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic?" — George Gershwin 6:50
17. 2-5 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Bess, you is my woman now" — George Gershwin 4:43
18. 2-6 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I can't sit down" — George Gershwin 4:06
19. 2-7 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame" — George Gershwin 2:38
20. 2-8 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" - "Bess!...Crown!..." — George Gershwin 9:33
21. 2-9 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" — George Gershwin 3:44
22. 2-10 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for" - "Take yo' han's off me, I say" — George Gershwin 4:37
23. 2-11 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" — George Gershwin 2:21
24. 2-12 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine" - "I'm talkin' about devil crabs" — George Gershwin 3:20
25. 2-13 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there" — George Gershwin 2:37
26. 2-14 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I loves you, Porgy" — George Gershwin 3:25
27. 2-15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf" — George Gershwin 2:29
28. 3-1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" — George Gershwin 2:23
29. 3-2 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, de Lawd shake de heavens" - "One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'" — George Gershwin 4:03
30. 3-3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" - "You is a nice parcel of Christians..." — George Gershwin 5:11
31. 3-4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "A red-headed woman" - "Jake's boat in de river" - "Oh, Doctor Jesus" — George Gershwin 5:41
32. 3-5 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" - "Crown, Crown, don't you..." - "Summertime" — George Gershwin 6:33
33. 3-6 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. Interlude (Death of Crown) — George Gershwin 2:28
34. 3-7 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction - "Wait for us at the corner, Al" - "What is your name?" — George Gershwin 6:23
35. 3-8 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "You've got to go, Porgy" - "Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look" — George Gershwin 3:23
36. 3-9 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "There's a boat dat's leavin'" — George Gershwin 3:59
37. 3-10 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction — George Gershwin 3:30
38. 3-11 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Good mornin', sistuh!" - "Thank Gawd I's home again!" — George Gershwin 2:49
39. 3-12 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Dem white folks sure ain't put nuthin'" — George Gershwin 5:38
40. 3-13 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess" — George Gershwin 2:30
41. 3-14 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Bess is gone" — George Gershwin 1:43
42. 3-15 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" — George Gershwin 1:36

Production

• DuBose Heyward librettist

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