Porgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942) - Gershwin; Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz

Porgy and Bess (Selections): Original Cast and Other Early Recordings (Recorded 1935–1942)

Compilation by Gershwin; Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz

Released January 2003

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Cast Recordings
1
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Overture
Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens
1:08
2
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime
Anne Brown
2:26
3
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime and Crap Game
Harriet Jackson & Eva Jessye Choir
1:04
4
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Edward Matthews
1:40
5
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 2. My Man’s Gone Now
Anne Brown & Eva Jessye Choir
3:53
6
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
Edward Matthews & Male Chorus
2:07
7
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir
2:41
8
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Buzzard Song
Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir
3:41
9
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Todd Duncan & Anne Brown
4:29
10
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir
2:45
11
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid’ Bess
Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
2:58
12
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. Street Cries: Strawberry Woman’s Call / Crab Man’s Call
Helen Dowdy & Gladys Goode
3:04
13
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. I Loves You, Porgy
Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
3:21
14
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 1. The Requiem
Eva Jessye Choir
3:52
15
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 2. There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
Avon Long & Anne Brown
3:00
16
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Porgy’s Lament (Where Is My Bess?)
Todd Duncan
1:56
17
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Finale (I’m on My Way)
Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir
1:21
18
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Avon Long
2:42
19
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Avon Long
2:35
20
Summertime
Helen Dowdy
2:35
21
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
Avon Long
2:45
22
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
Avon Long
2:34
23
Bess, You Is My Woman
Avon Long & Helen Dowdy
3:12
24
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
Edward Matthews
2:56
25
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Edward Matthews
2:52
CD 2: First Contemporary Recordings
1
Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy
Helen Jepson & Chorus
2:28
2
Summertime and Crap Game
Helen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett & Chorus
1:15
3
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Lawrence Tibbett & Chorus
2:01
4
My Man’s Gone Now
Helen Jepson & Chorus
4:08
5
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
Lawrence Tibbett & Chorus
3:05
6
Buzzard Song
Lawrence Tibbett & Chorus
3:48
7
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson
4:55
8
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Lawrence Tibbett & Chorus
3:00
9
Where Is My Bess?
Lawrence Tibbett
3:04
10
Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy
Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
2:34
11
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
2:18
12
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
3:00
13
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
2:30
14
Summertime
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
1:45
15
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
1:48
16
My Man’s Gone Now
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
3:50
17
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
2:28
18
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
3:02
19
Tempo di Blues: There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
Jascha Heifetz with Emmanuel Bay
2:51
20
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, Alfred Wallenstein
15:48