‎Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Original 1935 Production Version by Alvy Powell — Apple Music Classical

Introduction

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony

1:44

Summertime

Nicole Cabell, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

2:09

Seems like these bones don't give me nothin' but boxcars tonight

Nashville Symphony, Barron Coleman, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Leonard Rowe, Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus

3:15

Summertime (Reprise)

John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony

0:52

What, that chile ain't asleep yet?.A woman is a sometime thing

Leonard Rowe, Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus

2:24

Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man

Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Linda Thompson Williams, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Leonard Rowe, Alvy Powell, Barron Coleman, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin, Calvin Lee

3:11

They pass by singin'

John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony

1:46

Here comes Big Boy!

Marquita Lister, Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Lester Lynch, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Warren, Robert Mack, George Gershwin

3:47

Crown cock-eyed drunk.Oh, little stars

Leonard Rowe, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony, Barron Coleman, Lester Lynch, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

2:42

Oh stop them! Don't let them fight!

Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, John Mauceri, Robert Mack, Marquita Lister, Chauncey Packer, Leonard Rowe, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

1:08

Wake up an' hit it out. You ain't got no time to lose

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Linda Thompson Williams, Lester Lynch, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack

4:17

Gone, gone, gone.Overflow

Leonard Rowe, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Linda Thompson Williams, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Calvin Lee, George Gershwin

6:36

Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see

Paul Bracy, Richard Daniel, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Leonard Rowe, Alvy Powell, Calvin Lee

3:01

My man's gone now

Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

4:13

How de saucer stan'now, my sister?

Nashville Symphony, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Justin Lee Miller, George Gershwin

1:58

Leavin' for the Promise' Lan

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

2:52

Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish Banks

Tamica Harris, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Rowe, Nashville Symphony Chorus

3:17

Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin'

Nashville Symphony Chorus, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony, Linda Thompson Williams, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri

2:37

Mornin, lawyer, lookin' for somebody?

Tiffany Nicole Wharton, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Linda Thompson Williams, Uzee Brown Jr, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister

4:49

Dey's a Buckra comin'

Tamica Harris, Nashville Symphony, Chauncey Packer, Bart Lefan, Jeremiah Cooper, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell

1:57

'Lo Bess, goin' to de picnic?

Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Leonard Rowe, John Mauceri, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

3:33

Bess, you is my woman now

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Marquita Lister, Alvy Powell

5:22

Oh, I can't sit down

John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell

4:36

Allegretto barbaro.Ha da da, ha da da

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nicole Cabell, Robert Mack, George Gershwin

1:56

It ain't necessarily so

Nashville Symphony, Robert Mack, Linda Thompson Williams, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony Chorus

4:47

Crown! You know very well dis Crown

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Lester Lynch, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

2:51

Oh.What you want wid Bess?

Lester Lynch, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri

3:48

Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for

Linda Thompson Williams, Leonard Rowe, Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

2:33

Well, if it ain't ole Peter!

Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, George Gershwin, Calvin Lee

2:00

Oh Doctor Jesus

Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Calvin Lee

2:12

Oh dey's so fresh an' fine.I'm talkin' about devil crabs

Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony, Chauncey Packer, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell

3:02

Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?

Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony

2:51

I loves you, Porgy

Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister

2:05

Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?

Nicole Cabell, Linda Thompson Williams, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

1:28

Storm

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

1:56

Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens

Robert Mack, Nicole Cabell, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Alvy Powell, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Chauncey Packer

2:08

One of dese mornin's.Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Chorus

2:20

You is a nice parcel of Christians

Marquita Lister, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, George Gershwin

3:15

A red-headed woman

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Lester Lynch, George Gershwin

1:19

Jake's boat in de river, upside down!

Lester Lynch, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony, Marquita Lister, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, George Gershwin

2:06

Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

2:36

Ha ha ha

Linda Thompson Williams, Robert Mack, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony

1:46

Summertime (Second Reprise)

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

3:20

Introduction, Wait for us at the corner

Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Tamica Harris, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Paul Bracy, Talmage M. Watts, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Robert Mack, Richard Daniel

6:19

Listen: There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Robert Mack, John Mauceri

4:10

Occupational humoresque (Good mornin')

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Nicole Cabell, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Robert Mack, George Gershwin

3:18

It's Porgy comin' home

Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Linda Thompson Williams, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony Chorus, George Gershwin

3:52

Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess

Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Linda Thompson Williams

1:35

Where's Bess gone? Oh Lawd, I'm on my way

Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony, Linda Thompson Williams, John Mauceri, Alvy Powell

2:53

George Gershwin

Composer
Beryl Rubinstein

Composer
Ira Gershwin

Composer
John Mauceri

Conductor
Nashville Symphony

Orchestra

Christopher Pope

Executive Producer
Philip Siney

Tape Editor
Michael Haas

Producer
Chuck Turner

Engineer
Kevin Edlin

Engineer
Philip Siney

Balance Engineer
John Mauceri

Liner Notes
Charles Hamm

Liner Notes
Alan Poizner

Photography
Wayne Shirley

Liner Notes
Mark Millington

Graphic Design, Creative Director