Highlights from Porgy and Bess > Studio Cast (Risë Stevens and Robert Merrill)
Show Details
- Show
- Porgy and Bess (110)
- Music
- George Gershwin (859)
- Lyrics
- Ira Gershwin (709), DuBose Heyward (106)
- Book
- DuBose Heyward (106)
Recording Details
- Date
- September 12, 1950
- Type
- Audio / Studio Cast
- Language
- English
- Liner Notes
- DuBose Heyward (106)
- Conductor
- Robert Russell Bennett (205), Robert Shaw (10)
- Performer
- Robert Merrill (35), The Robert Shaw Chorale (5), Risë Stevens (37)
- Musician
- RCA Victor Orchestra (4)
- Notes
- Recorded 12/13th September 1950.
- Shortcode
- [r15529]
Releases (5)
- Format
- LP
- Label
- RCA Victor LM 1124
- Released
- 1950
- Search
- # Tracks
- 8
- Lists
- 19 collectors / 1 wish list
- History
- 2 Revisions
- Shortcode
- [rl22071]
Side A | ||
1. | Summertime -- Risë Stevens | |
2. | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing -- Robert Merrill | |
3. | Gone, Gone, Gone -- Robert Shaw Chorale | |
4. | My Man's Gone Now -- Risë Stevens | |
Side B | ||
1. | I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' -- Robert Merrill | |
2. | Bess, You Is My Woman Now -- Robert Merrill, Risë Stevens | |
3. | It Ain't Necessarily So -- Robert Merrill | |
4. | Where Is My Bess -- Robert Merrill | |
Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way |
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- Naxos Historical 8110287-88
- Released
- 2004
- Barcode
- 636943128725
- Download
- Buy from
- Also Contains
- Porgy and Bess - 1951 Studio Cast
- Performer
- Risë Stevens (37), Robert Merrill (35), The Robert Shaw Chorale (5)
- Notes
- Due to copyright issues, not available in the USA. Due to time limitations, the track of "Gone, Gone, Gone" sung by the Chorus on the Risë Stevens / Robert Merrill RCA LP is not included on the Naxos CD.
- # Tracks
- 56
- Length
- 2:37:00
- Lists
- 21 collectors / 1 wish list
- Shortcode
- [rl9557]
CD 1
1. Act I Scene 1: Introduction 00:01:02
2. Act I Scene 1: Summertime 00:02:30
3. Act I Scene 1: Seems like these bones 00:03:40
4. Act I Scene 1: What, that chile ain't asleep yet?... (A woman is a sometime thing) 00:02:16
5. Act I Scene 1: Here comes de honey man 00:04:38
6. Act I Scene 1: Here comes Big Boy! 00:04:19
7. Act I Scene 1: Oh, little stars 00:02:38
8. Act I Scene 1: Wake up an' hit it out 00:03:32
9. Act I Scene 2: Where is brudder Robbins?... (Gone, gone, gone) 00:02:56
10. Act I Scene 2: Come on, sister, come on, brother... (Overflow) 00:02:29
11. Act I Scene 2: Um! a saucer - buried setup, I see 00:03:15
12. Act I Scene 2: My man's gone now 00:03:30
13. Act I Scene 2: How the saucer stan' now, my sister? 00:01:50
14. Act I Scene 2: Oh, the train is at the station 00:01:40
15. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I'm a - goin' out to the Blackfish banks 00:03:02
16. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' 00:02:43
17. Act II Scene 1: Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? 00:04:07
18. Act II Scene 1: Dey's a Buckra comin'! 00:03:06
19. Act II Scene 1: Buzzard, keep on flyin'over 00:02:44
20. Act II Scene 1: 'Lo, Bess. Goin' to the picnic 00:02:38
21. Act II Scene 1: Bess, you is my woman now 00:04:52
22. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I can't sit down! 00:04:02
23. Act II Scene 2: Ha - da - da, ha - da - da 00:01:18
24. Act II Scene 2: It ain't necessarily so 00:02:43
25. Act II Scene 2: Hey there! Holt yo' holt 00:02:42
26. Act II Scene 2: Oh, what you want wid Bess? 00:03:13
CD 2
1. Act II Scene 3: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for 00:04:10
2. Act II Scene 3: Oh, Doctor Jesus 00:01:29
3. Act II Scene 3: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine 00:02:16
4. Act II Scene 3: Now de time, oh Gawd, now de time 00:02:53
5. Act II Scene 3: I loves you, Porgy 00:02:15
6. Act II Scene 3: Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara? 00:01:20
7. Act II Scene 4: Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens... (Summertime) 00:03:04
8. Act II Scene 4: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' 00:01:31
9. Act II Scene 4: You is a nice parcel of Christians 00:02:34
10. Act II Scene 4: A red - headed woman makes a choochoo jump its track 00:02:33
11. Act III Scene 1: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted 00:03:47
12. Act III Scene 1: You low - lived skunk 00:01:32
13. Act III Scene 1: Summertime 00:01:21
14. Act III Scene 1: Bess, this is Crown 00:01:42
15. Act III Scene 2: Wait for us at the corner, Al 00:03:32
16. Act III Scene 2: Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! 00:01:25
17. Act III Scene 2: There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York 00:03:34
18. Act III Scene 3: Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder! 00:01:42
19. Act III Scene 3: It's Porgy comin' home 00:04:09
20. Act III Scene 3: Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess 00:01:37
21. Act III Scene 3: Bess is gone 00:01:37
22. Act III Scene 3: Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way 00:01:34
Studio Cast - 1950 - Stevens & Merrill
23. Summertime 00:03:05
24. A woman is a sometime thing 00:03:33
25. My man's gone now 00:04:09
26. Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' 00:02:52
27. Bess, you is my woman now 00:05:04
28. Ha - da - da, ha - da - da... It ain't necessarily so 00:04:05
29. Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess 00:02:18
30. Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way 00:01:21
1. Act I Scene 1: Introduction 00:01:02
2. Act I Scene 1: Summertime 00:02:30
3. Act I Scene 1: Seems like these bones 00:03:40
4. Act I Scene 1: What, that chile ain't asleep yet?... (A woman is a sometime thing) 00:02:16
5. Act I Scene 1: Here comes de honey man 00:04:38
6. Act I Scene 1: Here comes Big Boy! 00:04:19
7. Act I Scene 1: Oh, little stars 00:02:38
8. Act I Scene 1: Wake up an' hit it out 00:03:32
9. Act I Scene 2: Where is brudder Robbins?... (Gone, gone, gone) 00:02:56
10. Act I Scene 2: Come on, sister, come on, brother... (Overflow) 00:02:29
11. Act I Scene 2: Um! a saucer - buried setup, I see 00:03:15
12. Act I Scene 2: My man's gone now 00:03:30
13. Act I Scene 2: How the saucer stan' now, my sister? 00:01:50
14. Act I Scene 2: Oh, the train is at the station 00:01:40
15. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I'm a - goin' out to the Blackfish banks 00:03:02
16. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' 00:02:43
17. Act II Scene 1: Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? 00:04:07
18. Act II Scene 1: Dey's a Buckra comin'! 00:03:06
19. Act II Scene 1: Buzzard, keep on flyin'over 00:02:44
20. Act II Scene 1: 'Lo, Bess. Goin' to the picnic 00:02:38
21. Act II Scene 1: Bess, you is my woman now 00:04:52
22. Act II Scene 1: Oh, I can't sit down! 00:04:02
23. Act II Scene 2: Ha - da - da, ha - da - da 00:01:18
24. Act II Scene 2: It ain't necessarily so 00:02:43
25. Act II Scene 2: Hey there! Holt yo' holt 00:02:42
26. Act II Scene 2: Oh, what you want wid Bess? 00:03:13
CD 2
1. Act II Scene 3: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for 00:04:10
2. Act II Scene 3: Oh, Doctor Jesus 00:01:29
3. Act II Scene 3: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine 00:02:16
4. Act II Scene 3: Now de time, oh Gawd, now de time 00:02:53
5. Act II Scene 3: I loves you, Porgy 00:02:15
6. Act II Scene 3: Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara? 00:01:20
7. Act II Scene 4: Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens... (Summertime) 00:03:04
8. Act II Scene 4: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' 00:01:31
9. Act II Scene 4: You is a nice parcel of Christians 00:02:34
10. Act II Scene 4: A red - headed woman makes a choochoo jump its track 00:02:33
11. Act III Scene 1: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted 00:03:47
12. Act III Scene 1: You low - lived skunk 00:01:32
13. Act III Scene 1: Summertime 00:01:21
14. Act III Scene 1: Bess, this is Crown 00:01:42
15. Act III Scene 2: Wait for us at the corner, Al 00:03:32
16. Act III Scene 2: Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! 00:01:25
17. Act III Scene 2: There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York 00:03:34
18. Act III Scene 3: Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder! 00:01:42
19. Act III Scene 3: It's Porgy comin' home 00:04:09
20. Act III Scene 3: Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess 00:01:37
21. Act III Scene 3: Bess is gone 00:01:37
22. Act III Scene 3: Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way 00:01:34
Studio Cast - 1950 - Stevens & Merrill
23. Summertime 00:03:05
24. A woman is a sometime thing 00:03:33
25. My man's gone now 00:04:09
26. Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' 00:02:52
27. Bess, you is my woman now 00:05:04
28. Ha - da - da, ha - da - da... It ain't necessarily so 00:04:05
29. Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess 00:02:18
30. Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way 00:01:21
- Title
- Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights
- Format
- 10-CD
- Label
- Documents
- Released
- 2012-10-09
- Country
- German
- Barcode
- 4053796000026
- Buy from
- Also Contains
- Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights - Robert Merrill
Show Boat - 1956 Studio Cast (Merrill and Munsel) - # Tracks
- 1
- Lists
- 1 collector / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl40733]
Disc 1
1. Track listing to follow
1. Track listing to follow
- Format
- 45
- Label
- HVM 7EB6015
- Search
- # Tracks
- 4
- Lists
- 4 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl24878]
Side A:
1. Summertime
2. It Ain't Necessarily So
Side B:
1. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
2. Bess, You Is My Woman
1. Summertime
2. It Ain't Necessarily So
Side B:
1. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
2. Bess, You Is My Woman
- Format
- 45
- Label
- RCA Victor ERA-34
- Search
- # Tracks
- 4
- Lists
- 3 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl22072]
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