Porgy and Bess

Album by George Gershwin & Clamma Dale & Donnie Ray Albert & Houston Grand Opera & John DeMain

Porgy and Bess is an opera by American composer George Gershwin, premiered in 1935. The work blends classical operatic forms with jazz, blues and African American spirituals, marking a synthesis of classical and popular American musical idioms that influenced later stage and orchestral writing.
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  1. 1.
    Act I, Scene 1: Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues
    5:07
  2. 2.
    Summertime
    2:41
  3. 3.
    Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is gonna call
    6:16
  4. 4.
    A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
    2:12
  5. 5.
    Here come de honey man; Porgy's Entrance
    4:58
  6. 6.
    Here comes Big Boy! (Entrance of Crown and Bess)
    6:57
  7. 7.
    Oh, little stars, little stars
    4:12
  8. 8.
    Wake up an' hit it out
    4:36
  9. 9.
    Act I, Scene 2: Gone, Gone, Gone
    3:32
  10. 10.
    Overflow
    2:32
  11. 11.
    Well, well, well, a saucer-burying setup
    3:35
  12. 12.
    My Man's Gone Now
    4:44
  13. 13.
    How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
    2:06
  14. 14.
    Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
    4:33

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