Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (highlights): [Act I:] Introduction...Jasbo Brown Blues (Jasbo Brown, Chorus)

Wayne Marshall/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara, Girls of Chorus)

Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, Craig Ruttenberg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Give him to me...A woman is a sometime thing...Here come de honey man (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Chorus, Baby, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria)

Bruce Hubbard/damon Evans/linda Thompson/harolyn Blackwell/johnny Worthy/mervin Wallace/maureen Braithwaite/marietta Simpson/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): My man's gone now (Serena, Chorus)

Cynthia Clarey/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake, Porgy)

Sir Willard White/cynthia Clarey/bruce Hubbard/autris Paige/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh, the train is at the station (Bess, Chorus)

Cynthia Haymon/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): [Act II:] Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks...It take a long pull to get there (Jake, Chorus)

Bruce Hubbard/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Chorus, Serena, Maria)

Sir Willard White/damon Evans/cynthia Clarey/bruce Hubbard/marietta Simpson/harolyn Blackwell/paula Ingram/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style (Maria, Serena, Sporting Life)

Damon Evans/cynthia Clarey/marietta Simpson/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Buzzard keep on flyin' over (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Willard White/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Honey, we sure goin' strutt our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now (Jake, Porgy, Bess)

Sir Willard White/cynthia Haymon/bruce Hubbard/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh, I can't sit down (Chorus, Maria, Bess, Porgy)

Sir Willard White/cynthia Haymon/marietta Simpson/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): It ain't necessarily so...Shame on all you sinners (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria)

Damon Evans/cynthia Clarey/marietta Simpson/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh, what you want wid Bess? (Bess, Crown)

Cynthia Haymon/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track (Crown, Chorus, Clara, Bess)

Cynthia Haymon/gregg Baker/harolyn Blackwell/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): [Act III:] Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (Sporting Life, Bess)

Cynthia Haymon/damon Evans/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby (Porgy, Lily)

Sir Willard White/maureen Braithwaite/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all? (Porgy)

Sir Willard White/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Maria, Maria, where's Bess? (Porgy, Maria, Serena)

Sir Willard White/cynthia Clarey/marietta Simpson/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Bess is gone (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo, Maria, Chorus)

Maureen Braithwaite/sir Willard White/cynthia Clarey/barrington Coleman/marietta Simpson/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle

Porgy and Bess (highlights): Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (Porgy, Chorus)

Sir Willard White/glyndebourne Chorus/craig Ruttenberg/london Philharmonic Orchestra/sir Simon Rattle