Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Solo / Chorus

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues

Simon Rattle, Wayne Marshall

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call" (Mingo, Chorus, Sporting Life, Jake, Serena, Robbins, Jim, Clara, Crap Shooters (Male Chorus))

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin’ to call…” – “I been sweatin’ all day”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Give him to me" - "Lissen to yo' daddy warn you" - "A woman is a sometime thing" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Chorus, Baby, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act Ⅰ, Scene Ⅰ. “Lissen to yo’ daddy warn you … A woman is a sometime thing”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here's the ol' crap shark!" - "No, no, brudder" (Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Sporting Life, Robbins, Jim, Maria, Serena)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here’s the ol’ crap shark“

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here comes Big Boy!" (Mingo, Jake, Jim, Crown, Porgy, Serena, Bess, Robbins, Chorus, Sporting Life)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’” – “Here comes Big Boy!” – “Don’t you ever let a woman grieve you”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Six to make!" (Sporting Life, Jim, Jake, Mingo, Porgy, Crown, Robbins, Maria, Serena, Bess, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Six to make!"

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Jesus, he's killed him!" - "That you, Sportin' Life?" (Jake, Serena, Bess, Crown, Sporting Life, Maria)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Wake up an’ hit it out” – “That you, Sportin’ Life?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Where is brudder Robbins?" - "Come on, sister!" (solo soprano, Chorus, solo baritone, Serena, Maria, Bess, solo soprano, Jake, Peter, Porgy, Clara)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Gone, gone, gone (Where is brudder Robbins?)”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" (Chorus, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Overflow, overflow” – “Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "A saucer-burying set-up, I see" (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Policeman, Maria, Jake, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" (Serena, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, the train is at the station" (Bess, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Headin’ for the Promis’ Lan’”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Lissen there, what I tells you" - "I hates yo' struttin' style" (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Lissen there, what I tells you”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" (Maria, Frazier, Porgy, Bess, Chorus, Lily, Bass voice, Scipio, Annie, Serena)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “I hates yo’ struttin’ style” – “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” – “Dey’s a buckra comin’”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Boy! Come here, boy!" (Archdale, Scipio, Clara, Serena, Mingo, Jake, Porgy, Frazier, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “I hates yo’ struttin’ style” – “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” – “Dey’s a buckra comin’”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard keep on flyin' over" (Porgy, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Buzzard keep on flyin’”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?" (Sporting Life, Bess, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Lo, Bess, goin’ to picnic?”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I can’t sit down”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame" (Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “I ain’t got no shame”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sportin’ Life)

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Crown!" (Bess, Crown)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Shame on all you sinners” – “Bess!…Crown!…”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh, what you want wid Bess?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for" (Jake, Fisherman, Jim, Nelson, Maria, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” – “Take yo’ han’s off me, I say”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Take yo' han's off me" (Bess, Serena, Maria, Peter, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” – “Take yo’ han’s off me, I say”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, doctor Jesus" (Serena, Peter, Porgy, Lily)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh, Doctor Jesus”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine" (Strawberry woman, Peter, Woman, Annie, Crab man, Porgy, Maria)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?" (Bess, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Porgy, Porgy, dat you there”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I wants to stay here" (Bess, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" (Maria, Clara)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Solo sextet, Chorus, Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, Doctor Jesus”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'" (Clara, Chorus, Porgy, Bess)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, de Lawd shake de heavens” – “One of dese mornings you goin’ to rise up singin’”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" (Chorus, Peter, Maria, Lily, Mingo, Other woman)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” – “You is a nice parcel of Christians…”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" (Crown, Serena, Bess, Porgy, Woman, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” – “You is a nice parcel of Christians…”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track" (Crown, Chorus, Clara, Bess)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “A red-headed woman” – “Jake’s boat in de river” – “Oh, Doctor Jesus”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara" - "Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Crown, Porgy, Solo sextet, Chorus)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, Doctor Jesus”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" - "You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame" (Chorus, Sporting Life, Maria)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” – “Crown, Crown, don’t you…”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Summertime" - Porgy kills Crown (Bess, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Wait for us at the corner" (Detective, Annie, Serena, Other woman, Coroner)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction – “Wait for us at the corner, Al” – “What is your name?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Come out here, both of you" (Detective, Coroner, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction – “Wait for us at the corner, Al” – “What is your name?”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?" - "Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!" (Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life, Policeman)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “You’ve got to go, Porgy” – “Oh, Gawd! They goin’ make him look”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" (Sporting Life, Bess)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York”

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction

Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Good mornin', sistuh!" - "It's Porgy comin' home" (Solo tenor, solo mezzo-soprano, Chorus, Children, Mingo, Porgy)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Good mornin’, sistuh!” – “Thank Gawd I’s home again!”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Dem white folks sure ain’t put nuthin’”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Here Mingo, what’s de matter wid you all?”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Bess is gone”

Simon Rattle

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

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way”

Simon Rattle