Introduction (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights)
I. 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)
Linda Thompson, Barrington Coleman, Johnny Worth, Harolyn Blackwell, Damon Evans, Maureen Brathwaite, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Mervin Wallace, London Philharmonic Orchestra
"My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)
"How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Bruce Hubbard, Autris Paige
"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)
Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paula Ingram, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Sir Simon Rattle, Glyndebourne Chorus, Craig Rutenberg
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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon, Craig Rutenberg, Willard White
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Craig Rutenberg
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
Sir Simon Rattle, Gregg Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 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, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 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, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Sir Simon Rattle, Willard White
I. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
Marietta Simpson, Maureen Brathwaite, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Barrington Coleman, Harolyn Blackwell, Willard White
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)
Production
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