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