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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Willard White (Porgy), Leona Mitchell (Bess), McHenry Boatwright (Crown), Florence Quivar (Serena), Barbara Hendricks (Clara), Barbara Conrad (Maria), Arthur Thompson (Jake), François Clemmons (Sporting Life)

The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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The first essentially complete Porgy remains one of the finest, with maximally polished orchestral playing and arguably the strong vocal line-up yet assembled. Maazel is at his most committed.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2019

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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Willard White (Porgy), Leona Mitchell (Bess), McHenry Boatwright (Crown), Florence Quivar (Serena), Barbara Hendricks (Clara), Barbara Conrad (Maria), Arthur Thompson (Jake), François Clemmons (Sporting Life)

The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel

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The first essentially complete Porgy remains one of the finest, with maximally polished orchestral playing and arguably the strong vocal line-up yet assembled. Maazel is at his most committed.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2019

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  • Release date: 5th Aug 2013
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Operas
  • Catalogue number: 4785785
  • Length: 3 hours 1 minute
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Contents and tracklist

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Work length3:01:28
Introduction - Jazzbo Brown Blues
Track length5:20
"Summertime"
Track length8:45
"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
Track length2:01
"Here Come De Honey Man ... Here's the Ol' Crap Shark"
Track length3:27
"They Pass By Singin'...Here Comes Big Boy!...Don't You Ever Let a Woman Grieve You"
Track length8:45
"O, Little Stars...Touch That Money an' Meet Yo' Gawd!"
Track length3:57
"Wake Up An' Hit It Out!...That You, Sportin'Life?"
Track length4:27
"Gone, Gone, Gone"
Track length3:40
"Overflow, Overflow ... Gawd Got Plenty Of Money For De Saucer"
Track length2:53
"Um! A Saucer-Burial Setup, I See"
Track length3:36
"My Man's Gone Now"
Track length6:35
"Headin' For the Promis' Lan'"
Track length4:31
"It Takes a Long Pull To Get There"
Track length3:49
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"
Track length3:46
"I Hates Yo' Struttin'...Mornin, Lawyer..Dey's a Buckra"
Track length7:46
Buzzard Song
Track length6:50
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
Track length4:42
"Oh, I Can't Sit Down"
Track length4:01
"I Ain't Got No Shame"
Track length2:39
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
Track length9:32
"Oh! What You Want Wid Bess?"
Track length3:46
"Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast...Take You' Hands Off Me"
Track length4:37
"Oh, Doctor Jesus"
Track length2:22
"Oh, Dey's So Fresh ... I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs"
Track length3:17
"Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There"
Track length2:37
"I Loves You, Porgy"
Track length3:26
"Why You Been Out On That Wharf?"
Track length2:36
"Oh, Doctor Jesus, Look Down On Me Wit' Pity"
Track length2:23
"Oh, De Lawd Shake De Heavens...One Of Dese Mornings"
Track length4:02
"Oh Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'"
Track length5:13
"A Red-Headed Woman..Jake's Boat....Oh Doctor Jesus"
Track length5:38
"Clara, Clara...Crown, Crown...Summertime"
Track length6:33
Interlude (Death Of Crown)
Track length2:28
Introduction..."Wait For Us...What Is Your Name?"
Track length6:19
"You've Got To Go...Oh Gawd! They Goin' To Make Him Look"
Track length3:22
"There's a Boat Dat's Leavin'"
Track length3:56
Introduction
Track length3:05
"Good Mornin' Sistuh...Thank Gawd I's Home Again!"
Track length3:14
"Dem White Folks Sure Ain't Put Nuthin'"
Track length5:37
"Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess"
Track length2:29
"Bess Is Gone"
Track length1:53
"Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"
Track length1:33

Awards and reviews

March 2019

The first essentially complete Porgy remains one of the finest, with maximally polished orchestral playing and arguably the strong vocal line-up yet assembled. Maazel is at his most committed.
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