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Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo' daddy warn you)"

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On Porgy and Bess (Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Lorin Maazel)

1976 · 42 tracks

01Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "It takes a long pull to get there"3:54
01Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues"5:20
01Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, Doctor Jesus"2:23
02Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin" - "Lissen there, what I tells you"3:42
02Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, de Lawd shake de heavens" - "One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up singin'"4:03
02Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Summertime" - "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call..." - "I been sweatin' all day"8:46
03Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "I hates yo' struttin' style" - "Mornin', lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" - "Dey's a Buckra comin'"7:47
03Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" - "You is a nice parcel of Christians..."5:11
03Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo' daddy warn you)"2:01
04Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Buzzard Song" - "Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic?"6:50
04Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene IV. "A red-headed woman" - "Jake's boat in de river" - "Oh, Doctor Jesus"5:41
04Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Here come de honey man" - "Here's the ol' crap shark"3:27
05Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" - "Crown, Crown, don't you..." - "Summertime"6:33
05Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you"8:46
05Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Bess, you is my woman now"4:43
06Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Oh, little stars" - "Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd!"3:57
06Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Oh, I can't sit down"4:06
06Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. Interlude (Death of Crown)2:28
07Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Wake up an' hit it out" - "That you, Sportin' Life?"4:30
07Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "I ain't got no shame"2:38
07Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. Introduction - "Wait for us at the corner, Al" - "What is your name?"6:23
08Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Gone, gone, gone (Where is brudder Robbins?)"3:40
08Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" - "Bess!...Crown!..."9:33
08Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "You've got to go, Porgy" - "Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look"3:23
09Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer"2:54
09Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. "There's a boat dat's leavin'"3:59
09Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "Oh, what you want wid Bess?"3:44
10Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. Introduction3:30
10Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see"3:36
10Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for" - "Take yo' han's off me, I say"4:37
11Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" - "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?"6:19
11Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Good mornin', sistuh!" - "Thank Gawd I's home again!"2:49
11Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh, Doctor Jesus"2:21
12Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Dem white folks sure ain't put nuthin'"5:38
12Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine" - "I'm talkin' about devil crabs"3:20
12Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Headin' for the Promis' Lan'"4:43
13Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess"2:30
13Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Porgy, Porgy, dat you there"2:37
14Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "I loves you, Porgy"3:25
14Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Bess is gone"1:43
15Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way"1:36
15Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. "Why you been out on that wharf"2:29