Porgy & Bess Highlights (SACD)

Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Act 1
1 Introduction

Scene 1: Catfish Row, a Summer Evening
2 Summertime
3 A Woman Is a Sometime Thing

Scene 2: Serena’s Room, the Following Night
4 Where Is Brudder Robbins? He’s a Gone, Gone Gone
5 Overflow
6 My Man’s Gone Now

Act 2
Scene 1: Catfish Row, a Month Later
7 I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
8 Lo’ Bess, Goin’ to Picnic?
9 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
10 Oh, I Can’t Sit Down
11 Porgy, I Hates to Go

Scene 2: Kittiwah Island, Evening, the Same Day
12 It Ain’t Necessarily So
13 Hear What I Tell You
14 What You Want wid Bess?

Scene 3: Catfish Row, before Dawn, a Week Later
15 Now de Time, oh Gawd – I Loves You, Porgy

Act 3
Scene 1: Catfish Row, the Next Night
16 Andantino dolente
17 Clara, Clara – Jesus Is Walkin’ on de Water

Scene 2: Catfish Row, the Next Afternoon
18 Cheer Up, Sistuh
19 There’s a Boat dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
20 You Low Crawlin’ Hound!

Scene 3: Catfish Row, a Week Later
21 Thank Gawd I’s Home Again!
22 Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way