Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction
George Gershwin1:44
2Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Gershwin2:10
3Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Seems like these bones don’t give me nothin’ but boxcars tonight” (Jake)
George Gershwin3:15
4Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Gershwin0:53
5Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “What, that chile ain’t asleep yet?… A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo’ daddy warn you…)” (Jake)
George Gershwin2:25
6Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man” (Peter)
George Gershwin3:12
7Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’ (No, no, brudder, Porgy ain’ sof’ on no woman” (Porgy)
George Gershwin1:46
8Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here comes Big Boy!” (Mingo)
George Gershwin3:48
9Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Crown cock-eyed drunk… Oh, little stars” (Men, Porgy)
George Gershwin2:42
10Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Oh, stop them! Don’t let them fight!” (Serena)
George Gershwin1:09
11Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Wake up an’ hit it out. You ain’t got no time to lose” (Bess)
George Gershwin4:18
12Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Gone, Gone, Gone (Where is brudder Robinns?)… Overflow” (All)
George Gershwin6:36
13Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Um! A saucer-buryin’ setup, I see” (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Jake)
George Gershwin3:01
14Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My man’s gone now” (Serena, All)
George Gershwin4:13
15Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?” (Undertaker)
George Gershwin1:59
16Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Leavin’ for the Promise’ Lan’ (Oh, the train is at the station)” (Bess)
George Gershwin2:54
17Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there (Oh, I’m a-goin’ out to the Blackfish banks)” (Jake)
George Gershwin3:17
18Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’” (Porgy)George Gershwin2:38
19Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” (Maria)
George Gershwin4:50
20Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Dey’s a Buckra comin’” (Scipio)
George Gershwin1:57
21Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “’Lo Bess, goin’ to de picnic?” (Sporting Life)
George Gershwin3:33
22Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, you is my woman now” (Porgy)George Gershwin5:23
23Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I can’t sit down” (All)
George Gershwin4:37
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. Allegretto barbaro “Ha da da, ha da da” (All)
George Gershwin1:56
2Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sporting Life)
recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
George Gershwin4:48
3Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Crown! — You know very well dis Crown” (Bess, Crown)
George Gershwin2:51
4Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh… What you want wid Bess?” (Bess)
George Gershwin3:50
5Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” (Jake)
George Gershwin2:33
6Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Well, if it ain’ ole Peter!” (Marina)
George Gershwin2:00
7Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh, Doctor Jesus” (Serena)
George Gershwin2:12
8Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine… I’m talkin’ about devil crabs” (Strawberry Woman, Crab Man)George Gershwin3:03
9Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain’ it?” (Bess, Porgy)
George Gershwin2:51
10Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy” (Porgy, Bess)
George Gershwin2:06
11Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?” (Maria)
George Gershwin1:29
12Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. Storm
George Gershwin1:57
13Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heavens” (All)
George Gershwin2:08
14Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “One of dese mornin’s… Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” (Clara, All)
George Gershwin2:21
15Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “You is a nice parcel of Christians” (Crown)
George Gershwin3:16
16Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “A red-headed woman” (Crown)
George Gershwin1:19
17Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Jake’s boat in de river, upside down!” (Bess)
George Gershwin2:07
18Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” (Chorus)
George Gershwin2:37
19Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Ha ha ha” (Sporting Life)
George Gershwin1:47
20Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Gershwin3:20
21Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction “Wait for us at the corner, Al” (Detective)
George Gershwin6:20
22Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “Listen: There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York” (Sporting Life)
George Gershwin4:11
23Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Occupational Humoresque “Good mornin’” (All, Children)
George Gershwin3:18
24Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “It’s Porgy comin’ home” (Maria)
George Gershwin3:53
25Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh, Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (Porgy)
George Gershwin1:36
26Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Where’s Bess gone?… Oh Lawd, I’m on my way” (Porgy)
George Gershwin2:54

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