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Porgy and Bess (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Decca Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leo Reisman Orchestra Lehman Engel Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra CBS Studio Orchestra WOR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lehman Engel Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret George Gershwin Alexander Vladigerov Alexander Lang Steinert
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Robert Russell Bennett Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Alexander Smallens Alfred Wallenstein
Marie-Josee Lord, soprano
John Rosamond Johnson, baritone
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anne Brown, soprano
Todd Duncan, tenor
Avon Long, tenor
Edward Matthews, tenor
Helen Dowdy, vocals
Helen Jepson, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lawrence Winters, baritone
Camilla Williams, soprano
Inez Matthews, soprano
Warren Coleman, baritone
June McMechen, soprano
Eddie Matthews, baritone
Wiiliam A. Glover, tenor
Irving Washington, tenor
Harrison Cattenhead, tenor
Sadie McGill, mezzo-soprano
George Fisher, baritone
Hubert Dilworth, baritone
Ray Yeats, tenor
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Konsoulov, baritone
Nikola Smochevski, baritone
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 14 January 1938


1.   Act I: Scene 1: Overture - 1:08
2.   Act I: Scene 1: Summertime - 2:26
3.   Act I: Scene 1: Summertime and Crap Game - 1:04
4.   Act I: Scene 1: A Woman is a Sometime Thing - 1:40
5.   Act I: Scene 2: My Man's Gone Now - 3:53
6.   Act II: Scene 1: It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - 2:07
7.   Act II: Scene 1: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - 2:41
8.   Act II: Scene 1: Buzzard Song - 3:41
9.   Act II: Scene 1: Bess, You is My Woman Now - 4:29
10.   Act II: Scene 2: It Ain't Necessarily So - 2:45
11.   Act II: Scene 2: What You Want Wid' Bess - 2:58
12.   Act II: Scene 3: Street Cries: Strawberry Woman's Call / Crab man's Call - 3:04
13.   Act II: Scene 3: I Loves You, Porgy - 3:21
14.   Act III: Scene 1: The Requiem - 3:52
15.   Act III: Scene 2: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - 3:00
16.   Act III: Scene 3: Porgy's lament (Where is My Bess?) - 1:56
17.   Act III: Scene 3: Finale (I'm On My Way) - 1:21
18.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 2:42
19.   A Woman is a Sometime Thing - 2:35
20.   Summertime - 2:35
21.   There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - 2:45
22.   I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - 2:34
23.   Bess, You is My Woman - 3:12
24.   I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - 2:56
25.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 2:52

Lullaby - Summertime - Livin's Easy (more info)
Composed by: George Gershwin
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Alexander Smallens
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Helen Jepson, soprano
Recording date: 23 October 1935


1.   Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy - 2:28
2.   Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy - 2:34


Porgy and Bess Suite (arr. J. Heifetz) (more info)
Composed by: George Gershwin
Wayne Marshall, piano
Margo Garrett, piano
Peer Findeisen, piano
Natasha Korsakova, violin
Kira Ratner, piano
Su Yeon Lee, violin
Michael Chertock, piano
Robert Koenig, piano
Emmanuel Bay, piano
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Chuanyun Li,
Friedemann Eichhorn, violin
Jaime Laredo, violin
Matthew Trusler, violin


3.   Summertime - 1:45
4.   A Woman is a Sometime Thing - 1:48
5.   My Man's Gone Now - 3:50
6.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 2:28
7.   Bess, You is My Woman Now - 3:02
8.   Tempo di Blues: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - 2:51


Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. R.R. Bennett) (more info)
Performed by: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Robert Russell Bennett George Gershwin
Conducted by: Simon Lee Alfred Wallenstein
Recording date: 9 August 1944


9.   Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture - 15:48


Porgy and Bess (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Decca Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leo Reisman Orchestra Lehman Engel Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra CBS Studio Orchestra WOR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lehman Engel Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret George Gershwin Alexander Vladigerov Alexander Lang Steinert
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Robert Russell Bennett Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Alexander Smallens Alfred Wallenstein
Marie-Josee Lord, soprano
John Rosamond Johnson, baritone
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anne Brown, soprano
Todd Duncan, tenor
Avon Long, tenor
Edward Matthews, tenor
Helen Dowdy, vocals
Helen Jepson, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lawrence Winters, baritone
Camilla Williams, soprano
Inez Matthews, soprano
Warren Coleman, baritone
June McMechen, soprano
Eddie Matthews, baritone
Wiiliam A. Glover, tenor
Irving Washington, tenor
Harrison Cattenhead, tenor
Sadie McGill, mezzo-soprano
George Fisher, baritone
Hubert Dilworth, baritone
Ray Yeats, tenor
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Konsoulov, baritone
Nikola Smochevski, baritone
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 14 January 1938


10.   Summertime and Crap Game - 1:15
11.   A Woman is a Sometime Thing - 2:01
12.   My Man's Gone Now - 4:08
13.   I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - 3:05
14.   Buzzard Song - 3:48
15.   Bess, You is My Woman Now - 4:55
16.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 3:00
17.   Where is My Bess? - 3:04
18.   A Woman is a Sometime Thing - 2:18
19.   It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - 3:00
20.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 2:30

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