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)
Marietta Simpson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Johnny Worth, Mervin Wallace, Bruce Hubbard, Maureen Brathwaite, Linda Thompson, Barrington Coleman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, Harolyn Blackwell
"My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)
"How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)
Sir Simon Rattle, Autris Paige, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Clarey
"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)
Marietta Simpson, Sir Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Paula Ingram, Bruce Hubbard, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Craig Rutenberg
"Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 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)
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Cynthia Haymon, Marietta Simpson, Willard White, Craig Rutenberg
"It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)
Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Craig Rutenberg
I. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2
"Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)
Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 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)
Sir Simon Rattle, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon
"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)
Marietta Simpson, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Willard White
G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3
"Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)
Barrington Coleman, Maureen Brathwaite, Marietta Simpson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Sir Simon Rattle, Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, 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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