Product Overview
The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess - by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin / Directed by Trevor Nunn / EMI Classics DVD Video CD 2001
UPC 724349249790
NTSC DVD
Approx. total video running time: 184 minutes
Porgy and Bess (/ˈpɔːrɡi/) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel of the same name.
| Label: | EMI Classics – 7 243 4 92497 9 0 |
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| Format: |
DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2001 |
| Genre: | Classical, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Act I, Scene 1 | |||
| 1 | Introduction | ||
| 2 | Summertime... | ||
| 3 | Oh, Nobody Knows When The Lawd Is Goin' To Call... | ||
| 4 | Give Him To Me... Lissen To Yo' Daddy Warn You... | ||
| 5 | Here's The Ol' Crap Shark!... No, No, Brudder... | ||
| 6 | Here Comes Big Boy! | ||
| 7 | Six To Make! | ||
| 8 | Jesus, He's Killed Him!... That You, Sportin' Life | ||
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Act I, Scene 2 |
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| 9 | Where Is Brudder Robbins?... Come On, Sister! | ||
| 10 | Overflow, Overflow | ||
| 11 | A Saucer-Burying Set-Up, I See... | ||
| 12 | My Man's Gone Now... | ||
| 13 | How De Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?... | ||
| 14 | Oh The Train Is At The Station... | ||
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Act II, Scene 1 |
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| 15 | Oh, I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... | ||
| 16 | Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About De Picnic... | ||
| 17 | Lissen There, What I Tell You... | ||
| 18 | Mornin', Lawyer, Lokkin' For Somebody?... | ||
| 19 | Boy! Come Here, Boy!... | ||
| 20 | Buzzard Keep On Flyin' Over... | ||
| 21 | 'Lo Bess, Goin' To Picnic? | ||
| 22 | Honey, We Sure Goin' Strut Our Stuff Today!... | ||
| 23 | Oh, I Can't Sit Down... | ||
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Act II, Scene 2 |
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| 24 | I Ain't Got No Shame... | ||
| 25 | It Ain't Necessarily So... | ||
| 26 | Crown!... | ||
| 27 | Oh, You Want Wid Bess?... | ||
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Act II, Scene 3 |
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| 28 | Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast I Got Time For... | ||
| 29 | Take Yo' Han's Off Me... | ||
| 30 | Oh, Doctor Jesus... | ||
| 31 | Oh Dey's So Fresh An' Fine... | ||
| 32 | Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There, Ain't It | ||
| 33 | I Wants To Stay Here | ||
| 34 | Why You Been Out On That Wharf So Long, Clara? | ||
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Act II, Scene 4 |
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| 35 | Oh, Doctor Jesus... | ||
| 36 | One Of Dese Mornings You Goin' To Rise Up Singin'... | ||
| 37 | Oh, Dere's Someone Knockin' At De Do'... | ||
| 38 | You Is A Nice Parcel Of Christians!... | ||
| 39 | A Red-Headed Woman Make A Choo-Choo Jump Its Tracks... | ||
| 40 | All Right, I'm Goin' Out To Get Clara... | ||
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Act III, Scene 1 |
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| 41 | Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted... | ||
| 42 | Summertime... | ||
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Act III, Scene 2 |
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| 43 | Wait For Us At The Corner... | ||
| 44 | Come Out Here, Both Of You... | ||
| 45 | Oh, Lawd, What Am I Goin' Do?...Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look On Crown's Face!... | ||
| 46 | Listen: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York... | ||
| 47 | Introduction | ||
| 48 | Good Mornin', Sistuh!... It's Porgy Comin' Home... | ||
| 49 | Dem White Folks Sure Ain' Put Nuttin' Over This Baby... | ||
| 50 | Here Mingo, What's De Matter Wid You All?... | ||
| 51 | Where's Bess?... | ||
| 52 | Bess Is Gone... | ||
| 53 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way... |
- Chorus – The Glyndebourne Chorus
- Chorus Master – Craig Rutenberg
- Conductor – Sir Simon Rattle
- Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Mark Vigers
- Film Director [Director] – Trevor Nunn (tracks: Sir Trevor Nunn)
- Libretto By – DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
- Music By – George Gershwin
- Orchestra – The London Philharmonic
- Photography [Cover Photo] – Guy Gravett
- Producer – Stephany Marks
- Producer [Original Sound Recording] – David R. Murray
- Vocals [Bess] – Cynthia Haymon
- Vocals [Clara] – Harolyn Blackwell
- Vocals [Crown] – Gregg Baker
- Vocals [Jake] – Bruce Hubbard
- Vocals [Maria] – Marietta Simpson
- Vocals [Porgy] – Willard White
- Vocals [Serena] – Cynthia Clarey
- Vocals [Sporting Life] – Damon Evans
