Porgy and Bess (1935)
Alexander Smallens, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, Leontyne Price (Soprano), Helen Thigpen (Soprano), Helen Colbert (Soprano), Helen Dowdy (Soprano), Georgia Burke (Alto), Cabell Calloway (Tenor), Joseph Crawford (Tenor), Howard Roberts (Tenor), Ray Yeates (Tenor), Joseph James (Baritone), William Warfield (Baritone), Leslie Scott (Baritone), John McCurry (Baritone), Moses LaMarr (Baritone), Walter Riemer (Actor), Sam Kasakoff (Actor), William Veasey (Actor), Catherine Ayers (Actor), Willis Daily (Actor), Elizabeth Foster (Voice), Jerry Laws (Voice), Eva Jessye (Choirmaster)
℗ 2008
Act I
- 02:041. Introduction
- 02:202. 'Summertime and the livin' is easy' (Clara)
- 01:333. 'Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin’ to call' (Mingo, Men, Sporting Life, Jake, Serena)
- 01:224. 'I been sweatin' all day' (Robbins, Serena, Men, Jim, Jake)
- 00:585. 'Summertime' (Clara) - 'Seven come, seven to Pappy!' (Crapshooters, Jake)
- 03:016. 'Lissen to yo' daddy warn you' (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Clara, Robbins, Lily, Maria)
- 01:517. 'Here's the ol' crap shark!' (Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Sporting Life, Robbins, Jim, Maria, Serena)
- 01:428. 'No, no, brudder' (Porgy)
- 02:089. 'Here comes Big Boy!' (Mingo, Jake, Jim, Crown, Serena, Bess, Robbins)
- 02:0310. 'Don't you ever let a woman grieve you' (Porgy, Bess, Serena, Crown, Sporting Life, Mingo, Robbins, Peter, Jim)
- 01:5711. 'Oh, little stars' (Porgy, Mingo, Jim, Crown, Sporting Life, Jake, Robbins, Maria, Bess)
- 02:5312. 'Jesus, he's killed him!' (Mingo, Bess, Crown, Sporting Life, Maria)
- 03:2113. 'Where is brudder Robbins?' (All)
- 02:1114. 'Come on, sister, come on, brudder' (Woman, All, Jake, Peter, Serena, Maria, Porgy, Clara)
- 02:2815. 'Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see' (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Policeman, Maria)
- 01:1216. 'I ain't done nuttin', boss' (Porgy, Jake, All)
- 03:2617. 'My man's gone now' (Serena, All)
- 01:4718. 'How de saucer stan' now, my sister?' (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy, All)
- 02:3219. 'Oh, the train is at the station' (Bess, All)
Act II
- 02:521. 'Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish banks' (Jake, Men, Annie, Clara)
- 02:362. 'Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'' (Porgy, Women, Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)
- 04:213. 'Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?' (Maria, Frazier, Porgy, Bess, Lily, Annie, Serena, Scipio, Archdale, Mingo, Jake)
- 02:394. ''Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic?' (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy, Jake)
- 04:365. 'Bess, you is my woman now' (Porgy, Bess, All)
- 03:066. 'I stayin' with Porgy' (Bess, Maria, Porgy)
- 01:207. 'Goodbye, Porgy, goodbye' (Bess, Porgy)
- 01:448. 'I ain't got no shame' (All)
- 05:489. 'It ain't necessarily so' (Sporting Life, All, Serena, Maria, Bess, Crown)
- 01:2410. 'Crown, I got something to tell you' (Bess, Crown)
- 03:0511. 'What you want with Bess?' (Bess, Crown)
- 02:5812. Catfish Row. The Court before dawn.
- 01:5013. 'Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for' (Jake, Nelson, Jim, Maria)
- 02:0114. 'It take a long pull to get there, huh!' (Jake, Men, Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter)
- 00:5415. 'I think dat maybe she goin' to sleep now' (Porgy, Peter, Serena)
- 01:5816. 'Oh, Doctor Jesus' (Serena, Porgy, Peter, Lily)
- 02:0417. 'Oh dey's so fresh an' fine' (Strawberry Woman, Peter, Annie)
- 02:2118. 'I’m talkin' about devil crabs' (Crab Man, Porgy, Maria, Bess)
- 01:4219. 'I lonesome here all by myself' (Bess, Porgy)
- 02:5020. 'I wants to stay here' (Bess, Porgy)
- 01:4121. 'Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?' (Maria, Clara)
- 00:4022. The deep ominous clang of a bell is heard –
- 01:1724. 'Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens' (All, Porgy, Serena, Clara, Sporting Life)
- 01:0625. 'One of dese mornin's you goin' to rise up singin'' (Clara, All, Porgy, Bess)
- 02:2526. 'Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'' (All, Peter, Lily, Mingo, Maria, Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy)
- 01:1627. 'If Gawd want to kill me' (Crown, All)
- 03:4128. 'A red-headed woman makes a choo-choo jump its track' (Crown, All, Bess, Clara, Porgy)
Act III
- 03:291. 'Clara, don't you be downhearted' (Chorus)
- 01:242. 'You low-lived skunk' (Sporting Life, Maria)
- 01:193. 'Summertime an' the livin' is easy' (Bess)
- 01:044. 'Bess, Bess, you got a man now, you got Porgy!' (Porgy)
- 07:475. 'Wait for us at the corner, Al' (Detective, Annie, Serena, Coroner, Women, Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life, Policeman)
- 01:346. 'Turn me loose' (Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life)
- 03:317. 'There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York' (Sporting Life, Bess)
- 01:158. 'Good mornin', sistuh!' (All, Mingo, Porgy)
- 07:559. 'Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby' (Porgy, Lily, Maria)
- 01:3710. 'Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess' (Porgy, Maria, Serena, Lily)
- 00:5711. 'Where Bess gone?' (Porgy, Mingo, Maria, Serena)
- 02:5312. 'Oh Lawd, I'm on my way' (Porgy, All)
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