Porgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942)
Alexander Smallens · Alfred Wallenstein · Los Angeles Philharmonic · Emanuel Bay · Jascha Heifetz · Todd Duncan · Anne Wiggins Brown · Edward Matthews
Porgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942), CD, on Naxos Historical. Music by George Gershwin, performed by Alexander Smallens, Alfred Wallenstein, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Emanuel Bay; 24 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime and Crap Game
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Roll them bones”
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act Ⅰ, Scene Ⅰ. “Lissen to yo’ daddy warn you … A woman is a sometime thing”
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 2. My Man’s Gone Now
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Buzzard Song
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Buzzard keep on flyin’”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sportin’ Life)
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid’ Bess
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh, what you want wid Bess?”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. Street Cries: Strawberry Woman’s Call / Crab Man’s Call
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I’m talkin’ about devil crabs”
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. I Loves You, Porgy
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 1. The Requiem
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” – “Crown, Crown, don’t you…”
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 2. There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York”