Porgy and Bess (Original Cast Recordings) (1935-1942)

George Gershwin

• Released on 21/02/2003 by Naxos
• Main artist: Anne Brown
• Genre: Full Operas

Digital booklet

1 Porgy and Bess: Act I: Scene 1: Overture

Anne Brown 00:01:08

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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2 Porgy and Bess: Act I: Scene 1: Summertime

Anne Brown 00:02:31

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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3 Porgy and Bess: Act I: Scene 1: Summertime and Crap Game

Anne Brown 00:01:04

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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4 Porgy and Bess: Act I: Scene 1: A Woman is a Sometime Thing

Anne Brown 00:01:43

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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5 Porgy and Bess: Act I: Scene 2: My Man's Gone Now

Anne Brown 00:03:57

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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6 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 1: It Takes a Long Pull to Get There

Anne Brown 00:02:10

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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7 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 1: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

Anne Brown 00:02:44

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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8 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 1: Buzzard Song

Anne Brown 00:03:44

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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9 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 1: Bess, You is My Woman Now

Anne Brown 00:04:32

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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10 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 2: It Ain't Necessarily So

Anne Brown 00:02:48

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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11 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 2: What You Want Wid' Bess

Anne Brown 00:03:01

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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12 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 3: Street Cries: Strawberry Woman's Call / Crab man's Call

Anne Brown 00:03:07

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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13 Porgy and Bess: Act II: Scene 3: I Loves You, Porgy

Anne Brown 00:03:24

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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14 Porgy and Bess: Act III: Scene 1: The Requiem

Anne Brown 00:03:55

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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15 Porgy and Bess: Act III: Scene 2: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York

Anne Brown 00:03:03

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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16 Porgy and Bess: Act III: Scene 3: Porgy's lament (Where is My Bess?)

Anne Brown 00:01:55

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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17 Porgy and Bess: Act III: Scene 3: Finale (I'm On My Way)

Anne Brown 00:01:26

Anne Brown - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone - Todd Duncan, Tenor - Avon Long, Tenor - Eva Jessye Choir, Choir - Alexander Smallens, Conductor - Decca Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

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18 Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

Avon Long 00:02:45

Avon Long - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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19 Porgy and Bess: A Woman is a Sometime Thing

Avon Long 00:02:38

Avon Long - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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20 Porgy and Bess: Summertime

Helen Dowdy 00:02:39

Helen Dowdy - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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21 Porgy and Bess: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York

Avon Long 00:02:49

Avon Long - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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22 Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

Avon Long 00:02:37

Avon Long - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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23 Porgy and Bess: Bess, You is My Woman

Helen Dowdy 00:03:15

Helen Dowdy - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Avon Long, Tenor - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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24 Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

Edward Matthews 00:03:00

Edward Matthews - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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25 Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

Edward Matthews 00:02:52

Edward Matthews - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Leo Reisman Orchestra, Orchestra

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DISC 2

Lullaby - Summertime - Livin's Easy (George Gershwin)

1 Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy

Helen Jepson 00:02:31

Helen Jepson - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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2 Porgy and Bess: Summertime and Crap Game

Helen Jepson 00:01:15

Helen Jepson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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3 Porgy and Bess: A Woman is a Sometime Thing

Lawrence Tibbett 00:02:04

Lawrence Tibbett - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Nathaniel Shilkret, Conductor

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4 Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now

Helen Jepson 00:04:12

Helen Jepson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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5 Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

Lawrence Tibbett 00:03:09

Lawrence Tibbett - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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6 Porgy and Bess: Buzzard Song

Lawrence Tibbett 00:03:51

Lawrence Tibbett - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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7 Porgy and Bess: Bess, You is My Woman Now

Helen Jepson 00:04:58

Helen Jepson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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8 Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

Lawrence Tibbett 00:03:03

Lawrence Tibbett - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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9 Porgy and Bess: Where is My Bess?

Lawrence Tibbett 00:03:10

Lawrence Tibbett - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alexander Smallens, Conductor

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10 Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy

Paul Robeson 00:02:38

Paul Robeson - George Gershwin, Composer - Clifford Greenwood, Conductor

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11 Porgy and Bess: A Woman is a Sometime Thing

Paul Robeson 00:02:21

Paul Robeson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Clifford Greenwood, Conductor

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12 Porgy and Bess: It Takes a Long Pull to Get There

Paul Robeson 00:03:03

Paul Robeson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Clifford Greenwood, Conductor

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13 Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

Paul Robeson 00:02:35

Paul Robeson - Heyward DuBose, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Clifford Greenwood, Conductor

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Porgy and Bess (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano) (Jascha Heifetz)

14 Summertime

Emmanuel Bay 00:01:45

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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15 A Woman is a Sometime Thing

Emmanuel Bay 00:01:50

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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16 My Man's Gone Now

Emmanuel Bay 00:03:54

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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17 It Ain't Necessarily So

Emmanuel Bay 00:02:31

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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18 Bess, You is My Woman Now

Emmanuel Bay 00:03:05

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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19 Tempo di Blues: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York

Emmanuel Bay 00:02:56

Emmanuel Bay - Jascha Heifetz, Composer, Violin - George Gershwin, Composer

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Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. R.R. Bennett for orchestra) (Robert Russell Bennett)

20 Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 00:15:48

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Robert Russell Bennett, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor

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About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
• Total length: 02:19:26
• 2 Digital booklets

• Main artist: Anne Brown
• Composer: Robert Russell Bennett
• Label: Naxos
• Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
• Collection: Naxos Historical
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Digital booklet

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