Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights)

Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Willard White, Cynthia Haymon & London Philharmonic Orchestra

21 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 14 MINUTES • JAN 01 1989

1

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: Introduction (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Glyndebourne Chorus & Wayne Marshall

04:21

2

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Glyndebourne Chorus & Harolyn Blackwell

03:07

3

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: "Give him to me" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Clara, Robbins, Baby, Peter, Lily, Maria, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Barrington Coleman, Bruce Hubbard, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Worth, Linda Thompson, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Brathwaite & Mervin Wallace

03:41

4

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2: "My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Clarey & Glyndebourne Chorus

03:59

5

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2: "How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Autris Paige, Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Clarey & Sir Willard White

02:04

6

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2: "Oh, the train is at the station (Bess, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Haymon & Glyndebourne Chorus

04:12

7

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks" (Jake, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Bruce Hubbard & Glyndebourne Chorus

03:27

8

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" - "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'" (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Serena, Maria, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Paula Ingram & Sir Willard White

03:26

9

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Lissen there, what I tells you" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans & Marietta Simpson

02:34

10

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: The Buzzard Song. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Glyndebourne Chorus & Sir Willard White

03:10

11

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!" - "Bess, you is my woman now" (Jake, Porgy, Bess)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Haymon & Sir Willard White

06:15

12

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Oh, I can't sit down" (Maria, Bess, Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Marietta Simpson & Sir Willard White

04:20

13

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2: "It ain't necessarily so" (Sporting Life, Serena, Maria, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus & Marietta Simpson

06:06

14

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2: "Oh, what you want wid Bess?" (Bess, Crown)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Haymon & Gregg Baker

04:19

15

Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 4: "A red-headed woman" (Crown, Clara, Bess, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Gregg Baker & Harolyn Blackwell

02:27

16

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 2: "There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Haymon & Damon Evans

04:27

17

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3: "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" (Porgy, Lily)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Maureen Brathwaite & Sir Willard White

04:01

18

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3: "Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?" (Porgy)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Sir Willard White

01:42

19

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3: "Where's my Bess?" (Porgy, Maria, Serena)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson & Sir Willard White

03:12

20

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3: "Bess is gone" (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Clara, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Barrington Coleman, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Brathwaite & Sir Willard White

01:49

21

Porgy and Bess, Act 3, Scene 3: "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle feat. Glyndebourne Chorus & Sir Willard White

01:34

℗© A Warner Classics release, 1989 Parlophone Records Limited