Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

VARIOUS ARTISTS

21 SONGS • 1 STUNDE UND 14 MINUTEN • OCT 31 1991

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): [Act II:] Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks...It take a long pull to get there (Jake, Chorus)

Bruce Hubbard/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

03:27

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Chorus, Serena, Maria)

Sir Willard White/Damon Evans/Cynthia Clarey/Bruce Hubbard/Marietta Simpson/Harolyn Blackwell/Paula Ingram/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

03:26

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)

Damon Evans/Cynthia Clarey/Marietta Simpson/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

02:33

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Buzzard keep on flyin' over (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Willard White/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

03:09

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Honey, we sure goin' strutt our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now (Jake, Porgy, Bess)

Sir Willard White/Cynthia Haymon/Bruce Hubbard/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

06:15

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh, I can't sit down (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy)

Sir Willard White/Cynthia Haymon/Marietta Simpson/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

04:19

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): It ain't necessarily so...Shame on all you sinners (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria)

Damon Evans/Cynthia Clarey/Marietta Simpson/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

06:06

14

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh, what you want wid Bess? (Bess, Crown)

Cynthia Haymon/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

04:18

15

Porgy and Bess (highlights): A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track (Crown, Chorus, Clara, Bess)

Cynthia Haymon/Gregg Baker/Harolyn Blackwell/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

02:26

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): [Act III:] Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (Sporting Life, Bess)

Cynthia Haymon/Damon Evans/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

04:26

17

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby (Porgy, Lily)

Sir Willard White/Maureen Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

04:01

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all? (Porgy)

Sir Willard White/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

01:42

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Maria, Maria, where's Bess? (Porgy, Maria, Serena)

Sir Willard White/Cynthia Clarey/Marietta Simpson/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

03:12

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Bess is gone (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus)

Maureen Braithwaite/Sir Willard White/Cynthia Clarey/Barrington Coleman/Marietta Simpson/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

01:49

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Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Willard White/Glyndebourne Chorus/Craig Ruttenberg/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

01:34

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