‎Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Original 1935 Production Version by Alvy Powell - Apple Music Classical

Introduction

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri

1:44

Summertime

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, George Gershwin

2:09

Seems like these bones don't give me nothin' but boxcars tonight

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

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

2:24

Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man

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

3:11

They pass by singin'

John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony

1:46

Here comes Big Boy!

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

3:47

Crown cock-eyed drunk.Oh, little stars

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

2:42

Oh stop them! Don't let them fight!

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

1:08

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

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

4:17

Gone, gone, gone.Overflow

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

6:36

Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see

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

3:01

My man's gone now

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

4:13

How de saucer stan'now, my sister?

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

1:58

Leavin' for the Promise' Lan

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

2:52

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

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

3:17

Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin'

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

2:37

Mornin, lawyer, lookin' for somebody?

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

4:49

Dey's a Buckra comin'

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

1:57

'Lo Bess, goin' to de picnic?

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

3:33

Bess, you is my woman now

John Mauceri, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony

5:22

Oh, I can't sit down

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

4:36

Allegretto barbaro.Ha da da, ha da da

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

1:56

It ain't necessarily so

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

4:47

Crown! You know very well dis Crown

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

2:51

Oh.What you want wid Bess?

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Lester Lynch, Marquita Lister

3:48

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

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

2:33

Well, if it ain't ole Peter!

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

2:00

Oh Doctor Jesus

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

2:12

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

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

3:02

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

Nashville Symphony, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, John Mauceri

2:51

I loves you, Porgy

Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Alvy Powell

2:05

Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?

Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell

1:28

Storm

John Mauceri, Nashville Symphony, George Gershwin

1:56

Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens

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

2:08

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

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

2:20

You is a nice parcel of Christians

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

3:15

A red-headed woman

Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, George Gershwin

1:19

Jake's boat in de river, upside down!

Alvy Powell, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister, Nicole Cabell, George Gershwin

2:06

Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted

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

2:36

Ha ha ha

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

1:46

Summertime (Second Reprise)

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

3:20

Introduction, Wait for us at the corner

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

6:19

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

Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony, John Mauceri, Marquita Lister

4:10

Occupational humoresque (Good mornin')

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

3:18

It's Porgy comin' home

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

3:52

Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess

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

1:35

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

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

2:53

George Gershwin

Composer
Beryl Rubinstein

Composer
Ira Gershwin

Composer
John Mauceri

Conductor
Nashville Symphony

Orchestra

Michael Haas

Producer
Christopher Pope

Executive Producer
Philip Siney

Tape Editor
Chuck Turner

Engineer
Kevin Edlin

Engineer
Philip Siney

Balance Engineer
John Mauceri

Liner Notes
Charles Hamm

Liner Notes
Alan Poizner

Photography
Wayne Shirley

Liner Notes
Mark Millington

Graphic Design, Creative Director