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Porgy and Bess 2006

By George Gershwin, DuBose, Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, John Mauceri

opera
145 min
49 tracks
Decca Records

Porgy and Bess (2006), first studio cast recording directly based on the original 1935 production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. The music used for this was compiled through research by John Mauceri who also conducted the musical forces for the recording.

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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.

classical in formformally daring
earnestironic
gravecomic
unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks

1Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction1:44
2Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)2:10
3Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Seems like these bones don’t give me nothin’ but boxcars tonight” (Jake)3:15
4Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)0:53
5Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “What, that chile ain’t asleep yet?… A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo’ daddy warn you…)” (Jake)2:25
6Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man” (Peter)3:12
7Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’ (No, no, brudder, Porgy ain’ sof’ on no woman” (Porgy)1:46
8Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here comes Big Boy!” (Mingo)3:48
9Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Crown cock-eyed drunk… Oh, little stars” (Men, Porgy)2:42
10Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Oh, stop them! Don’t let them fight!” (Serena)1:09
11Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Wake up an’ hit it out. You ain’t got no time to lose” (Bess)4:18
12Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Gone, Gone, Gone (Where is brudder Robinns?)… Overflow” (All)6:36
13Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Um! A saucer-buryin’ setup, I see” (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Jake)3:01
14Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My man’s gone now” (Serena, All)4:13
15Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?” (Undertaker)1:59
16Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Leavin’ for the Promise’ Lan’ (Oh, the train is at the station)” (Bess)2:54
17Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there (Oh, I’m a-goin’ out to the Blackfish banks)” (Jake)3:17
18Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’” (Porgy)2:38
19Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” (Maria)4:50
20Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Dey’s a Buckra comin’” (Scipio)1:57
21Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “’Lo Bess, goin’ to de picnic?” (Sporting Life)3:33
22Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, you is my woman now” (Porgy)5:23
23Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I can’t sit down” (All)4:37
1Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. Allegretto barbaro “Ha da da, ha da da” (All)1:56
2Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sporting Life)4:48
3Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Crown! — You know very well dis Crown” (Bess, Crown)2:51
4Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh… What you want wid Bess?” (Bess)3:50
5Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” (Jake)2:33
6Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Well, if it ain’ ole Peter!” (Marina)2:00
7Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh, Doctor Jesus” (Serena)2:12
8Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine… I’m talkin’ about devil crabs” (Strawberry Woman, Crab Man)3:03
9Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain’ it?” (Bess, Porgy)2:51
10Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy” (Porgy, Bess)2:06
11Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?” (Maria)1:29
12Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. Storm1:57
13Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heavens” (All)2:08
14Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “One of dese mornin’s… Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” (Clara, All)2:21
15Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “You is a nice parcel of Christians” (Crown)3:16
16Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “A red-headed woman” (Crown)1:19
17Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Jake’s boat in de river, upside down!” (Bess)2:07
18Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” (Chorus)2:37
19Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Ha ha ha” (Sporting Life)1:47
20Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)3:20
21Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction “Wait for us at the corner, Al” (Detective)6:20
22Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “Listen: There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York” (Sporting Life)4:11
23Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Occupational Humoresque “Good mornin’” (All, Children)3:18
24Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “It’s Porgy comin’ home” (Maria)3:53
25Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh, Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (Porgy)1:36
26Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Where’s Bess gone?… Oh Lawd, I’m on my way” (Porgy)2:54