Introduction
Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
Sir Simon Rattle · Damon Evans · Harolyn Blackwell · Craig Rutenberg · Johnny Worthy · Barrington Coleman · Cynthia Clarey · Glyndebourne Chorus · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Give him to me...Lissen to yo' daddy warn you...A woman is a sometime thing
Mervin Wallace · Sir Simon Rattle · Craig Rutenberg · Harolyn Blackwell · Marietta Simpson · Glyndebourne Chorus · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Johnny Worthy · Barrington Coleman · Maureen Braithwaite · Damon Evans
Here's the ol' crap shark...No, no, brudder
Sir Simon Rattle · Johnny Worthy · Barrington Coleman · Damon Evans · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Cynthia Clarey · Marietta Simpson
Here come the Big Boy
Cynthia Haymon · Craig Rutenberg · Cynthia Clarey · Glyndebourne Chorus · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Johnny Worthy · Barrington Coleman · Damon Evans · Sir Simon Rattle
Six to make
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Cynthia Clarey · Marietta Simpson · Cynthia Haymon · Barrington Coleman · Sir Simon Rattle · Glyndebourne Chorus · Damon Evans · Craig Rutenberg · Johnny Worthy
Jesus, he's killed him!...That you, Sportin' Life?
Marietta Simpson · Cynthia Clarey · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Cynthia Haymon · Damon Evans
Where is brudder Robbins?...Come on, sister!
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Harolyn Blackwell · Camelia Johnson · Craig Rutenberg · Cynthia Clarey · Mervin Wallace · Marietta Simpson · Cynthia Haymon · Maureen Braithwaite · Glyndebourne Chorus
Overflow, overflow
A saucer-burying set-up, I see
Glyndebourne Chorus · Cynthia Clarey · Alan Tilvern · Marietta Simpson · Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Craig Rutenberg · Mervin Wallace · Ron Travis · Maureen Braithwaite
My man's gone now
Oh, the train is at the station
Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks
Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
Glyndebourne Chorus · Cynthia Clarey · Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Paula Ingram · Marietta Simpson · Harolyn Blackwell · Craig Rutenberg
Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style
Craig Rutenberg · Sir Simon Rattle · Cynthia Clarey · Glyndebourne Chorus · Marietta Simpson · Damon Evans · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
Linda Thompson · Cynthia Haymon · Maureen Braithwaite · Craig Rutenberg · Paula Ingram · Glyndebourne Chorus · Cynthia Clarey · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Marietta Simpson
Boy! Come here, boy!
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Ted Maynard · Harolyn Blackwell · Craig Rutenberg · Glyndebourne Chorus · Linda Thompson · Barrington Coleman · Cynthia Clarey
Buzzard keep on flyin' over
'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?
Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Cynthia Haymon · Damon Evans
Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now
Oh, I can't sit down
Glyndebourne Chorus · Sir Simon Rattle · Cynthia Haymon · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Craig Rutenberg · Marietta Simpson · Willard White
I ain't got no shame
It ain't necessarily so...Shame on you sinners
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Craig Rutenberg · Glyndebourne Chorus · Marietta Simpson · Sir Simon Rattle · Damon Evans · Cynthia Clarey
Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
Sir Simon Rattle · Glyndebourne Chorus · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Marietta Simpson · Craig Rutenberg · Colenton Freeman
Take yo' han's off me
Mervin Wallace · Marietta Simpson · Cynthia Haymon · Sir Simon Rattle · Cynthia Clarey · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Oh, doctor Jesus
Maureen Braithwaite · Cynthia Clarey · Mervin Wallace · Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
Paula Ingram · Anne Fridal · Sir Simon Rattle · Colenton Freeman · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Marietta Simpson · Mervin Wallace · Camelia Johnson
Porgy, Porgy, dat you there ain't it?
I wants to stay here
Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Harolyn Blackwell · Marietta Simpson
Doctor Jesus
Maureen Braithwaite · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Cynthia Clarey · Glyndebourne Chorus · Michael Forest · Sir Simon Rattle · Harolyn Blackwell · Damon Evans · Linda Thompson · Camelia Johnson · Craig Rutenberg
One of these mornings you goin' to rise up singin'
Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
Linda Thompson · Maureen Braithwaite · Barrington Coleman · Marietta Simpson · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Mervin Wallace
You is a nice parcel of Christians!
Cynthia Clarey · Cynthia Haymon · Craig Rutenberg · Glyndebourne Chorus · Hyacinth Nicholls · Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra
A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track
All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus
Linda Thompson · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Paula Ingram · Camelia Johnson · Craig Rutenberg · Glyndebourne Chorus · Michael Forest · Sir Simon Rattle
Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted...You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Marietta Simpson · Craig Rutenberg · Glyndebourne Chorus · Damon Evans
Wait for us at the corner
Cynthia Clarey · Paula Ingram · Sir Simon Rattle · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Alan Tilvern · Billy J Mitchell
Come out here, both of you
Sir Simon Rattle · Alan Tilvern · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Billy J Mitchell
Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?....Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle · Ron Travis · Cynthia Haymon · Damon Evans
Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
Sir Simon Rattle · Cynthia Haymon · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Damon Evans
Good mornin', sistuh!... It's Porgy comin' home
Hyacinth Nicholls · Colenton Freeman · Craig Rutenberg · Sir Simon Rattle · Barrington Coleman · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Glyndebourne Chorus
Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby
Sir Simon Rattle · Maureen Braithwaite · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bess is gone
Sir Simon Rattle · Glyndebourne Chorus · Marietta Simpson · Barrington Coleman · Cynthia Clarey · Maureen Braithwaite · Craig Rutenberg · London Philharmonic Orchestra
Oh Lawd, I'm on my way