‎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

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

3:15

Summertime (Reprise)

Nashville Symphony, Nicole Cabell, John Mauceri

0:52

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

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

2:24

Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man

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

3:11

They pass by singin'

Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri

1:46

Here comes Big Boy!

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

3:47

Crown cock-eyed drunk.Oh, little stars

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

2:42

Oh stop them! Don't let them fight!

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

1:08

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

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

4:17

Gone, gone, gone.Overflow

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

6:36

Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see

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

3:01

My man's gone now

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

4:13

How de saucer stan'now, my sister?

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

1:58

Leavin' for the Promise' Lan

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

2:52

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

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

3:17

Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin'

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

2:37

Mornin, lawyer, lookin' for somebody?

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

4:49

Dey's a Buckra comin'

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

1:57

'Lo Bess, goin' to de picnic?

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

3:33

Bess, you is my woman now

Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, John Mauceri

5:22

Oh, I can't sit down

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

4:36

Allegretto barbaro.Ha da da, ha da da

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

1:56

It ain't necessarily so

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

4:47

Crown! You know very well dis Crown

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

2:51

Oh.What you want wid Bess?

Lester Lynch, John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, Marquita Lister

3:48

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

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

2:33

Well, if it ain't ole Peter!

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

2:00

Oh Doctor Jesus

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

2:12

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

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

3:02

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

John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell

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

1:28

Storm

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

1:56

Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens

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

2:08

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

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

2:20

You is a nice parcel of Christians

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

3:15

A red-headed woman

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Lester Lynch, George Gershwin

1:19

Jake's boat in de river, upside down!

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

1:46

Summertime (Second Reprise)

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

3:20

Introduction, Wait for us at the corner

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

6:19

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

Robert Mack, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri

4:10

Occupational humoresque (Good mornin')

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

3:18

It's Porgy comin' home

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

3:52

Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess

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

1:35

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

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

2:53

George Gershwin

Composer
Beryl Rubinstein

Composer
Ira Gershwin

Composer
Nashville Symphony

Orchestra
John Mauceri

Conductor

Christopher Pope

Executive Producer
Michael Haas

Producer
Philip Siney

Tape Editor
Philip Siney

Balance Engineer
Chuck Turner

Engineer
Kevin Edlin

Engineer
John Mauceri

Liner Notes
Mark Millington

Graphic Design, Creative Director
Charles Hamm

Liner Notes
Alan Poizner

Photography
Wayne Shirley

Liner Notes