George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward And Dorothy Heyward And Ira Gershwin - Alvy Powell · Marquita Lister · Robert Mack (4) · Nicole Cabell · Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Nashville Symphony Chorus · John Mauceri - The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess

Tracklist

- Porgy And Bess, Opera

- Act One

1-1 - Introduction (1:42)

1-2 - Summertime (2:07)

1-3 - Seems Like These Bones Don't Give Me Nothin' But Boxcars Tonight (3:19)

1-4 - Summertime (0:50)

1-5 - What, That Chile Ain't Asleep Yet? ... A Woman Is A Sometime Thing (Lissen To Yo' Daddy Warn You...) (2:24)

1-6 - Honey Man! Honey Man! Her Come de Honey Man (2:24)

1-7 - They Pass By Singin' (No, No Brudder, Porgy Ain' Sof' On No Woman) (1:46)

1-8 - Here Comes Big Boy! (3:47)

1-9 - Crown Cock-eyed Drunk ... Oh, Little Stars (2:42)

1-10 - Oh, Stop Them! Don't Let Them Fight! (1:10)

1-11 - Wake Up An' Hit It Out. You Ain't Got No Time To Loose (4:14)

1-12 - Gone, Gone, Gone (Where Is Brudder Robbins?) ... Overflow (6:38)

1-13 - Well, A Saucer-buryin' Setup, I See (3:01)

1-14 - My Man's Gone Now (4:14)

1-15 - How De Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister? (1:57)

1-16 - Leavin' For The Promise' Lan' (Oh, The Train Is At The Station) (2:51)

- Act Two

1-17 - It Takes A Long Pull To Get There (Oh, I'm A-goin To The Blackfish Banks) (3:20)

1-18 - Oh, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (2:37)

1-19 - Mornin' Lawyer, Lookin' For Somebody? (4:50)

1-20 - Dey's A Buckra Comin' (1:57)

1-21 - 'Lo, Bess, Goin' To De Picnic? (3:32)

1-22 - Bess, You Is My Woman Now (5:22)

1-23 - Oh, I Can't Sit Down (4:31)

2-1 - Allegretto Barbaro. Ha Da Da, Ha Da Da (1:55)

2-2 - It Ain't Necessarily So (4:50)

2-3 - Crown!--You Know Very Well Dis Crown (2:49)

2-4 - Oh... What You Want Wid Bess? (3:45)

2-5 - Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast I Got Time For (2:37)

2-6 - Well, If It Ain't Ole Peter! (1:59)

2-7 - Oh, Doctor Jesus (2:12)

2-8 - Oh Dey's So Fresh An' Fine ... I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs (3:11)

2-9 - Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There, Ain't It? (3:23)

2-10 - I Loves You, Porgy (1:31)

2-11 - Why You Been Out On That Wharf So Long, Clara? (1:29)

2-12 - Storm (1:56)

2-13 - Od De Lawd Shake De Heavens (2:08)

2-14 - One Of Dese Mornin's ... Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' (Act Two - Scene 4) (2:19)

2-15 - You Is A Nice Parcel Of Christians (Act Two - Scene 4) (3:18)

2-16 - A Red-headed Woman (1:18)

2-17 - Jake's Boat In De River, Upside Down! (2:03)

- Act Three

2-18 - Clara, Clara, Don't Be Downhearted (2:40)

2-19 - Ha Ha Ha (1:47)

2-20 - Summertime (3:18)

2:21 - Wait For Us At The Corner, Al (6:20)

2-22 - Listen: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (Act Three - Scene 2) (4:09)

2-23 - Occupational Humoresque. Good Mornin' (3:19)

2-24 - It's Porgy Comin' Home (3:51)

2-25 - Oh Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess (1:36)

2-26 - Where Bess Gone? ... Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way (2:55)

Companies

Record Company - Universal Music Group

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Decca Music Group Limited

Copyright (c) - Decca Music Group Limited

Recorded At - Andrew Jackson Hall

Credits

Art Direction - Mark Millington (2)

Baritone Vocals [Crown] - Lester Lynch (2)

Bass Vocals [Porgy] - Alvy Powell

Chorus - Houston Grand Opera Chorus

Chorus Master - George L. Mabry

Chorus [Children] - The Blair Children's Chorus

Conductor, Liner Notes - John Mauceri

Engineer [Balance], Edited By - Philip Siney

Engineer [Recording Engineer] - Chuck Turner (2)

Engineer [Recording Engineer] - Kevin Edlin

Executive-Producer - Christopher Pope

Liner Notes - Charles Hamm

Liner Notes - Wayne D. Shirley

Orchestra - Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Photography By - Alan Poizner

Producer - Michael Haas (3)

Soprano Vocals [Bess] - Marquita Lister

Soprano Vocals [Clara] - Nicole Cabell

Soprano Vocals [Serena] - Monique McDonald

Tenor Vocals [Sportin' Life] - Robert Mack (4)

Notes

℗ 2006 Decca Music Group Limited

© 2006 Decca Music Group Limited

Made in the EU

Total timing: 144.55.

Recording location: Andrew Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, 26 February - 1 March 2006.

"Original 1935 production version".

Includes a booklet with program notes and libretto.

Barcode and other identifiers

Barcode: 028947578772

Label Code: LC 00171

SPARS Code: DDD

Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM