Nashville Symphony Chorus

Porgy and Bess

Featuring
Release date 2006

Tracklist

1
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction
1:44
1:44
2
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:09
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
3:15
4
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
0:52
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
2:24
6
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man” (Peter)
3:11
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
1:46
8
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here comes Big Boy!” (Mingo)
3:47
3:47
9
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Crown cock-eyed drunk… Oh, little stars” (Men, Porgy)
2:42
2:42
10
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Oh, stop them! Don’t let them fight!” (Serena)
1:08
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
4:18
12
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Gone, Gone, Gone (Where is brudder Robinns?)… Overflow” (All)
6:36
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
3:01
14
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My man’s gone now” (Serena, All)
4:13
4:13
15
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?” (Undertaker)
1:58
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
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
3:17
18
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’” (Porgy)
2:37
2:37
19
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?” (Maria)
4:49
4:49
20
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Dey’s a Buckra comin’” (Scipio)
1:57
1:57
21
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “’Lo Bess, goin’ to de picnic?” (Sporting Life)
3:33
3:33
22
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, you is my woman now” (Porgy)
5:22
5:22
23
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I can’t sit down” (All)
4:36
4:36
24
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. Allegretto barbaro “Ha da da, ha da da” (All)
1:56
1:56
25
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sporting Life)
4:47
4:47
26
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Crown! — You know very well dis Crown” (Bess, Crown)
2:51
2:51
27
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh… What you want wid Bess?” (Bess)
3:49
3:49
28
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Honey, dat’s all de breakfast I got time for” (Jake)
2:33
2:33
29
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Well, if it ain’ ole Peter!” (Marina)
2:00
2:00
30
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh, Doctor Jesus” (Serena)
2:12
2:12
31
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
3:02
32
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain’ it?” (Bess, Porgy)
2:51
2:51
33
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy” (Porgy, Bess)
2:05
2:05
34
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?” (Maria)
1:28
1:28
35
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. Storm
1:57
1:57
36
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heavens” (All)
2:08
2:08
37
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “One of dese mornin’s… Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’” (Clara, All)
2:20
2:20
38
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “You is a nice parcel of Christians” (Crown)
3:15
3:15
39
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “A red-headed woman” (Crown)
1:19
1:19
40
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. “Jake’s boat in de river, upside down!” (Bess)
2:07
2:07
41
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted” (Chorus)
2:36
2:36
42
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Ha ha ha” (Sporting Life)
1:46
1:46
43
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)
3:20
3:20
44
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction “Wait for us at the corner, Al” (Detective)
6:19
6:19
45
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “Listen: There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York” (Sporting Life)
4:10
4:10
46
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Occupational Humoresque “Good mornin’” (All, Children)
3:18
3:18
47
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “It’s Porgy comin’ home” (Maria)
3:52
3:52
48
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh, Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (Porgy)
1:35
1:35
49
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Where’s Bess gone?… Oh Lawd, I’m on my way” (Porgy)
2:53
2:53

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