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

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

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

Album
Label Naxos Historical Release date Format 2×CD Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/7215034

Tracklist 137:15

CD 1

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

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