PORGY AND BESS (HOUSTON GRAND OPERA 1977)
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Libretto by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
based on the play Porgy by Dorothy Heyward & Dubose Heyward
Tracks:
Disc 1 (0:58:52)
1. ACT I, Scene 1 (37:09)
Introduction
Jasbo Brown Blues
Summertime
'Oh, Nobody Knows When De Lord Is Gonna Call'
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
'Here Come De Honey Man'
Porgy's Entrance
'Here Comes Big Boy!' (Entrance Of Crown And Bess)
'Oh, Little Stars, Little Stars'
'Wake Up An' Hit It Out'
2. ACT I, Scene 2 (20:53)
Gone, Gone, Gone
Overflow
'Well, Well, Well, A Saucer-burying Setup'
My Man's Gone Now
'How De Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?'
Leavin' For The Promise' Lan'
Disc 2 (1:06:44)
1. ACT II, Scene 1 (32:45)
It Takes A Long Pull To Get There
'Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About De Picnic
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
2. 'Lissen There, What I Tells You'
I Hates Yo' Struttin Style
'Mornin', Lawyer'
'Dey's A Buckra Comin''
The Buzzard Song
3. ' 'Lo, Bess, Goin' To The Picnic?'
Bess, You Is My Woman
4. Oh, I Can't Sit Down
'What's De Matter Wid You, Sister?'
5. ACT II, Scene 2 (16:15)
I Ain't Got No Shame
6. It Ain't Necessarily So
7. Dance; 'Shame On All You Sinners'
'Crown!'
What You Want Wid Bess?
'Lemme Go, Hear Dat Boat'
8. ACT II, Scene 3 (20:03)
'Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast I Got Time For'
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There (reprise)
'Take Yo' Hands Off Me, I Say'
9. 'Oh, Doctor Jesus'
Vendors' Calls: Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man
'Now De Time, Oh, Gawd'
I Loves You, Porgy
Disc 3 (1:00:18)
1. 'Why You Been Out On That Wharf So Long, Clara?'
ACT II, Scene 4 (15:46)
'Oh, Doctor Jesus' (Hurricane Scene)
Summertime (reprise)
2. 'What Make You So Still, Bess'
'Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin''
'You Is A Nice Parcel Of Christians'
A Red-Headed Woman
'Jake's Boat In De River'
3. ACT III, Scene 1 (10:17)
Clara, Clara
'You Low-Lived Skunk'
Summertime (reprise)
Death Of Crown
4. ACT III, Scene 2 (14:02)
'Wait For Us At The Corner, Al'
'What Is Your Name?'
'Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look On Crown's Face!'
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
5. ACT III, Scene 3 (17:57)
Catfish Row Interlude
'Good Mornin', Sistuh! Good Mornin', Brudder!'
'It's Porgy Comin' Home'
Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess
'Bess Is Gone'
Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way
Cast: Donnie Ray Albert, Clamma Dale, Larry Marshall, Wilma Shakesnider, Andrew Smith, Carol Brice, Alexander B. Smalls, Betty Lane
Thank you, DOMINICK !!!