Artist / Band: Gershwin / Tibbett
Title / Titel: Porgy And Bess EMMANUEL BAY
Label: Naxos 2003
Format: 2CD
Zustand: NEU OVP / sealed

Members Of The Original Cast With Eva Jessye Choir And Decca Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens (1940-1942)
Act I
1-1 –Decca Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Alexander Smallens Overture
1-2 –Anne Brown Summertime
1-3 –Harriet Jackson & Eva Jessye Choir Summertime And Crap Game
1-4 –Edward Matthews A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
1-5 –Anne Brown & Eva Jessye Choir My Man's Gone Now
Act II
1-6 –Edward Matthews It Takes A Long Pull To Get There
1-7 –Todd Duncan (3) & Eva Jessye Choir I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
1-8 –Todd Duncan (3) & Eva Jessye Choir Buzzard Song
1-9 –Todd Duncan (3) & Anne Brown Bess, You Is My Woman Now
1-10 –Todd Duncan (3) & Eva Jessye Choir It Ain't Necessarily So
1-11 –Anne Brown & Todd Duncan (3) What You Want Wid' Bess
1-12a –Helen Dowdy & Gladys Goode Street Cries: Strawberry Woman's Call
1-12b –William Woolfolk With Georgette Harvey Street Cries: Crab Man's Call
1-13 –Anne Brown & Todd Duncan (3) I Loves You, Porgy
Act III
1-14 –Eva Jessye Choir The Requiem
1-15 –Avon Long & Anne Brown There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
1-16 –Todd Duncan (3) Porgy's Lament (Where Is My Bess?)
1-17 –Todd Duncan (3) & Eva Jessye Choir Finale (I'm On My Way)
Members Of The Original Cast With Leo Reisman's Orchestra (1935-1942)
1-18 –Avon Long It Ain't Necessarily So
1-19 –Avon Long A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
1-20 –Helen Dowdy Summertime
1-21 –Avon Long There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
1-22 –Avon Long I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
1-23 –Avon Long & Helen Dowdy Bess, You Is My Woman
1-24 –Edward Matthews I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
1-25 –Edward Matthews It Ain't Necessarily So
First Contemporary Recordings
Highlights From Porgy And Bess Performed By Lawrence Tibbett And Helen Jepson
2-1 –Helen Jepson Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy
2-2 –Helen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett Summertime And Crap Game
2-3 –Lawrence Tibbett A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
2-4 –Helen Jepson My Man's Gone Now
2-5 –Lawrence Tibbett I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
2-6 –Lawrence Tibbett Buzzard Song
2-7 –Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson Bess, You Is My Woman Now
2-8 –Lawrence Tibbett It Ain't Necessarily So
2-9 –Lawrence Tibbett Where Is My Bess
Selections From Porgy And Bess Performed By Paul Robeson
2-10 –Paul Robeson Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy
2-11 –Paul Robeson A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
2-12 –Paul Robeson It Takes A Long Pull To Get There
2-13 –Paul Robeson It Ain't Necessarily So
Selections From Porgy And Bess Arranged And Performed By Hascha Heifetz
2-14 –Jascha Heifetz Summertime
2-15 –Jascha Heifetz A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
2-16 –Jascha Heifetz My Man's Gone Now
2-17 –Jascha Heifetz It Ain't Necessarily So
2-18 –Jascha Heifetz Bess, You Is My Woman Now
2-19 –Jascha Heifetz Tempo Di Blues: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture Arranged By Robert Russell Bennett
2-20 –The Philharmonic Orchestra Of Los Angeles Conducted By Alfred Wallenstein Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture

Accompanied By – Decca Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17), Leo Reisman And His Orchestra (tracks: 1-18 to 1-25)
Conductor – Alexander Smallens (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-9), Clifford Greenwood (tracks: 2-10 to 2-13), Nathaniel Shilkret (tracks: 2-3)
Piano – Emmanuel Bay (tracks: 2-14 to 2-19)