Introduction (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1
"Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)
"Give him to me" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Clara, Robbins, Baby, Peter, Lily, Maria, Chorus)
Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Mervin Wallace, Johnny Worth, Barrington Coleman, Maureen Brathwaite, Damon Evans, Linda Thompson, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
"My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)
"How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruce Hubbard, Autris Paige
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2
"Oh, the train is at the station (Bess, Chorus)
"Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus)
"Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" - "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'" (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
Paula Ingram, Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Marietta Simpson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus
The Buzzard Song. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1
"Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!" - "Bess, you is my woman now" (Jake, Porgy, Bess)
"Oh, I can't sit down" (Maria, Bess, Porgy, Chorus)
Cynthia Haymon, Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Willard White, Craig Rutenberg
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Craig Rutenberg
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Sir Simon Rattle
"A red-headed woman" (Crown, Clara, Bess, Chorus)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 2
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)
Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Damon Evans, Sir Simon Rattle
"Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily)
Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maureen Braithwaite
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy)
"Where's my Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena)
Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Willard White
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Barrington Coleman, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Brathwaite, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Willard White
"Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)
Production
- James HolmesAssistant
- John FraserProducer
- David R. MurrayProducer
- Tony HarrisonAssistant Producer
- Mark VigarsBalance Engineer