Introduction (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights)
I. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1
"Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1
"Give him to me" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Clara, Robbins, Baby, Peter, Lily, Maria, Chorus)
Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Maureen Brathwaite, Harolyn Blackwell, Barrington Coleman, Johnny Worth, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Linda Thompson, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mervin Wallace
"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
I. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2
"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)
Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paula Ingram, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Damon Evans, Marietta Simpson, Sir Simon Rattle, Glyndebourne Chorus, Craig Rutenberg
The Buzzard Song. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1
"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)
Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Willard White, Craig Rutenberg
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Clarey, Craig Rutenberg
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
Gregg Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Sir Simon Rattle
"A red-headed woman" (Crown, Clara, Bess, Chorus)
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 2
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)
Cynthia Haymon, Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra
"Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Maureen Braithwaite
I. 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, Marietta Simpson, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Barrington Coleman, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Brathwaite, Willard White
"Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)
Production
- James HolmesAssistant
- John FraserProducer
- David R. MurrayProducer
- Tony HarrisonAssistant Producer
- Mark VigarsBalance Engineer