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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Linda Thompson, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Bruce Hubbard, Johnny Worth, Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Mervin Wallace, Maureen Brathwaite, Barrington Coleman
"My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)
"How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Autris Paige, Bruce Hubbard
"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)
Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paula Ingram, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
Marietta Simpson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus
The Buzzard Song. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)
"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)
Marietta Simpson, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Craig Rutenberg, Willard White
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Damon Evans, Craig Rutenberg
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gregg Baker, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon
"A red-headed woman" (Crown, Clara, Bess, Chorus)
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)
Damon Evans, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra
"Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Willard White
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Maureen Brathwaite, Marietta Simpson, Barrington Coleman, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, 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