Avon Long

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

Featuring
Release date January, 2003

Tracklist

1
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Overture
1:08
1:08
2
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime
2:26
2:26
3
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. Summertime and Crap Game
1:04
1:04
4
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
1:40
1:40
5
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 2. My Man’s Gone Now
3:53
3:53
6
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. It Take a Long Pull to Get There
2:07
2:07
7
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
2:41
2:41
8
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Buzzard Song
3:41
3:41
9
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. Bess, You Is My Woman
4:29
4:29
10
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:45
2:45
11
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. What You Want Wid Bess?
2:58
2:58
12
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. (Street Cries) a. Strawberry Woman’s Call / b. Crab Man’s Call
3:04
3:04
13
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 3. I Loves You, Porgy
3:21
3:21
14
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 1. The Requiem
3:52
3:52
15
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 2. There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
3:00
3:00
16
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Porgy’s Lament (Where Is My Bess?)
1:56
1:56
17
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Finale (I’m on My Way)
1:21
1:21
18
It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:42
2:42
19
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
2:35
2:35
20
Summertime
2:35
2:35
21
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
2:45
2:45
22
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
2:34
2:34
23
Bess, You Is My Woman
3:12
3:12
24
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
2:56
2:56
25
It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:52
2:52
26
Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy
2:28
2:28
27
Summertime and Crap Game
1:15
1:15
28
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
2:01
2:01
29
My Man's Gone Now
4:08
4:08
30
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
3:05
3:05
31
Buzzard Song
3:48
3:48
32
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
4:55
4:55
33
It Ain’t Necessarily So
3:00
3:00
34
Where Is My Bess?
3:04
3:04
35
Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy
2:34
2:34
36
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
2:18
2:18
37
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
3:00
3:00
38
It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:30
2:30
39
Summertime
1:45
1:45
40
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
1:48
1:48
41
My Man’s Gone Now
3:50
3:50
42
Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
2:28
2:28
43
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
3:02
3:02
44
Tempo di Blues: There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
2:51
2:51
45
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
15:48
15:48