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Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Original 1935 Production Version (2 CDs) Album Songs and Lyrics
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Introduction
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:44
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Allegretto barbaro...Ha da da, ha da da
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:56
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Summertime
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:10
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: It ain't necessarily so
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:48
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Crown! You know very well dis Crown
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:51
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Seems like these bones don't give me nothin' but boxcars tonight
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Leonard Rowe, Chauncey Packer, Monique McDonald, Barron Coleman, Justin Lee Miller, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:15
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh...What you want wid Bess?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:48
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Leonard Rowe, Chauncey Packer, Justin Lee Miller, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:33
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: What, that chile ain't asleep yet?...A woman is a sometime thing
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Leonard Rowe, Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:25
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Well, if it ain't ole Peter!
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Linda Thompson Williams, Calvin Lee, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:00
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Honey man! Honey man! Here come de honey man
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Robert Mack, Calvin Lee, Leonard Rowe, Chauncey Packer, Barron Coleman, Justin Lee Miller, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri, Linda Thompson Williams
3:12
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: They pa** by singin'
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:46
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh Doctor Jesus
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Monique McDonald, Calvin Lee, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:12
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine...I'm talkin' about devil crabs
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Chauncey Packer, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:03
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Here comes Big Boy!
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Chauncey Packer, Leonard Warren, Justin Lee Miller, Lester Lynch, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:48
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:51
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Crown c***-eyed drunk...Oh, little stars
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Justin Lee Miller, Chauncey Packer, Leonard Rowe, Lester Lynch, Barron Coleman, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:42
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: I loves you, Porgy
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:06
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Oh stop them! Don't let them fight!
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Linda Thompson Williams, Chauncey Packer, Leonard Rowe, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:09
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nicole Cabell, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:29
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Wake up an' hit it out. You ain't got no time to lose
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Lester Lynch, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:17
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Storm
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:57
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Gone, gone, gone...Overflow
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Leonard Rowe, Monique McDonald, Linda Thompson Williams, Calvin Lee, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
6:36
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Robert Mack, Nicole Cabell, Chauncey Packer, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:08
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Um! A saucer-buryin' setup, I see
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Richard Daniel, Monique McDonald, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Calvin Lee, Leonard Rowe, Paul Bracy, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:01
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: My man's gone now
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:13
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: One of dese mornin's...Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:21
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: How de saucer stan'now, my sister?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Justin Lee Miller, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:59
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: You is a nice parcel of Christians
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Lester Lynch, Monique McDonald, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:16
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Porgy and Bess / Act 1: Leavin' for the Promise' Lan
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:53
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: A red-headed woman
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:19
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish Banks
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nicole Cabell, Leonard Rowe, Tamica Harris, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:17
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Jake's boat in de river, upside down!
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Nicole Cabell, Alvy Powell, Lester Lynch, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:06
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin'
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Monique McDonald, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:38
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:37
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Mornin, lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Linda Thompson Williams, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Uzee Brown Jnr., Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:50
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Ha ha ha
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Robert Mack, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:47
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Dey's a Buckra comin'
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Nicole Cabell, Jeremiah Cooper, Tamica Harris, Monique McDonald, Bart Lefan, Chauncey Packer, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:57
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Summertime
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:20
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: 'Lo Bess, goin' to de picnic?
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Leonard Rowe, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:33
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Introduction, Wait for us at the corner
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Richard Daniel, Tamica Harris, Monique McDonald, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Talmage M. Watts, Paul Bracy, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
6:20
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Bess, you is my woman now
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
5:23
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Listen: There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:11
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Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh, I can't sit down
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
4:37
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Occupational humoresque (Good mornin')
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Marquita Lister, Robert Mack, Nicole Cabell, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:18
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: It's Porgy comin' home
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Linda Thompson Williams, Tiffany Nicole Wharton, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
3:53
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Linda Thompson Williams, Monique McDonald, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
1:36
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Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Where's Bess gone? Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy, Alvy Powell, Chauncey Packer, Linda Thompson Williams, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
2:54
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