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

Introduction

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri

1:44

Summertime

Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

2:09

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

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

3:15

Summertime (Reprise)

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell

0:52

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

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

2:24

Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man

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

3:11

They pass by singin'

Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, John Mauceri

1:46

Here comes Big Boy!

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

3:47

Crown cock-eyed drunk.Oh, little stars

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

2:42

Oh stop them! Don't let them fight!

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

1:08

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

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

4:17

Gone, gone, gone.Overflow

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

6:36

Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see

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

3:01

My man's gone now

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

4:13

How de saucer stan'now, my sister?

Monique McDonald, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, 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

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

3:17

Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin'

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

2:37

Mornin, lawyer, lookin' for somebody?

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

4:49

Dey's a Buckra comin'

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

1:57

'Lo Bess, goin' to de picnic?

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

3:33

Bess, you is my woman now

Marquita Lister, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell

5:22

Oh, I can't sit down

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

4:36

Allegretto barbaro.Ha da da, ha da da

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

1:56

It ain't necessarily so

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

4:47

Crown! You know very well dis Crown

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

2:51

Oh.What you want wid Bess?

Nashville Symphony, Marquita Lister, Lester Lynch, John Mauceri

3:48

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

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

2:33

Well, if it ain't ole Peter!

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

2:00

Oh Doctor Jesus

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

2:12

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

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

3:02

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

Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, John Mauceri

2:51

I loves you, Porgy

John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony

2:05

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

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

1:28

Storm

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

1:56

Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens

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

2:08

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

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

2:20

You is a nice parcel of Christians

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

3:15

A red-headed woman

John Mauceri, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

1:19

Jake's boat in de river, upside down!

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

2:06

Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted

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

2:36

Ha ha ha

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

1:46

Summertime (Second Reprise)

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

3:20

Introduction, Wait for us at the corner

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

6:19

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

John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Robert Mack

4:10

Occupational humoresque (Good mornin')

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

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

1:35

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

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

2:53

George Gershwin

Composer
Beryl Rubinstein

Composer
Ira Gershwin

Composer
John Mauceri

Conductor
Nashville Symphony

Orchestra

Philip Siney

Tape Editor
Christopher Pope

Executive Producer
Michael Haas

Producer
Philip Siney

Balance Engineer
Chuck Turner

Engineer
Kevin Edlin

Engineer
John Mauceri

Liner Notes
Charles Hamm

Liner Notes
Alan Poizner

Photography
Wayne Shirley

Liner Notes
Mark Millington

Graphic Design, Creative Director