Porgy and Bess

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Disc 1

• 1 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction 1:44
• 2 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) 2:09
• 3 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Seems like these bones don’t give me nothin’ but boxcars tonight” (Jake) 3:15
• 4 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) 0:52
• 5 Porgy 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) 2:24
• 6 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man” (Peter) 3:11
• 7 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’ (No, no, brudder, Porgy ain’ sof’ on no woman” (Porgy) 1:46
• 8 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here comes Big Boy!” (Mingo) 3:47
• 9 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Crown cock-eyed drunk… Oh, little stars” (Men, Porgy) 2:42
• 10 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Oh, stop them! Don’t let them fight!” (Serena) 1:08
• 11 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Wake up an’ hit it out. You ain’t got no time to lose” (Bess) 4:18
• 12 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Gone, Gone, Gone (Where is brudder Robinns?)… Overflow” (All) 6:36
• 13 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Um! A saucer-buryin’ setup, I see” (Detective, Serena, Lily, Peter, Porgy, Jake) 3:01
• 14 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My man’s gone now” (Serena, All) 4:13
• 15 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?” (Undertaker) 1:58
• 16 Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Leavin’ for the Promise’ Lan’ (Oh, the train is at the station)” (Bess) 2:54
• 17 Porgy 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) 3:17
• 18 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’” (Porgy) 2:37
• 19 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” (Maria) 4:49
• 20 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Dey’s a Buckra comin’” (Scipio) 1:57
• 21 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “’Lo Bess, goin’ to de picnic?” (Sporting Life) 3:33
• 22 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, you is my woman now” (Porgy) 5:22
• 23 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I can’t sit down” (All) 4:36

Disc 2

• 1 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. Allegretto barbaro “Ha da da, ha da da” (All) 1:56
• 2 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sporting Life) 4:47
• 3 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Crown! — You know very well dis Crown” (Bess, Crown) 2:51
• 4 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh… What you want wid Bess?” (Bess) 3:49
• 5 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” (Jake) 2:33
• 6 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Well, if it ain’ ole Peter!” (Marina) 2:00
• 7 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh, Doctor Jesus” (Serena) 2:12
• 8 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine… I’m talkin’ about devil crabs” (Strawberry Woman, Crab Man) 3:02
• 9 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain’ it?” (Bess, Porgy) 2:51
• 10 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy” (Porgy, Bess) 2:05
• 11 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?” (Maria) 1:28
• 12 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. Storm 1:57
• 13 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heavens” (All) 2:08
• 14 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “One of dese mornin’s… Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” (Clara, All) 2:20
• 15 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “You is a nice parcel of Christians” (Crown) 3:15
• 16 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “A red-headed woman” (Crown) 1:19
• 17 Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Jake’s boat in de river, upside down!” (Bess) 2:07
• 18 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” (Chorus) 2:36
• 19 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Ha ha ha” (Sporting Life) 1:46
• 20 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess) 3:20
• 21 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction “Wait for us at the corner, Al” (Detective) 6:19
• 22 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “Listen: There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York” (Sporting Life) 4:10
• 23 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Occupational Humoresque “Good mornin’” (All, Children) 3:18
• 24 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “It’s Porgy comin’ home” (Maria) 3:52
• 25 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh, Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (Porgy) 1:35
• 26 Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Where’s Bess gone?… Oh Lawd, I’m on my way” (Porgy) 2:53

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