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)
Linda Thompson, Johnny Worth, Harolyn Blackwell, Maureen Brathwaite, Barrington Coleman, Mervin Wallace, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard
"My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)
"How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
Autris Paige, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, Bruce Hubbard
"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, Cynthia Clarey, Paula Ingram, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Bruce Hubbard, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Damon Evans, Marietta Simpson, 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, Willard White, Craig Rutenberg
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Craig Rutenberg
I. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
Gregg Baker, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra
"A red-headed woman" (Crown, Clara, Bess, Chorus)
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)
Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans
"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)
Sir Simon Rattle, Marietta Simpson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
Harolyn Blackwell, Maureen Brathwaite, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Marietta Simpson, Barrington Coleman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White
"Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)
Production
- John FraserProducer
- James HolmesAssistant
- David R. MurrayProducer
- Tony HarrisonAssistant Producer
- Mark VigarsBalance Engineer