Porgy and Bess > International Tour Cast
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 21, 1952
- Type
- Audio / Stage Cast
- Method
- Live
- Language
- English
- Location
- Germany / Berlin
- Theatre/Venue
- Titania Palast
- Director
- Robert Breen
- Conductor
- Alexander Smallens (9)
- Performer
- Georgia Burke — Maria, Cab Calloway (50) — Sportin' Life, Helen Colbert — Clara, Joseph Crawford (2) — Honey Man, Hugh Dilworth (2) — Joe, Helen Dowdy (12) — Lily, Eva Jessye Choir (9), Elizabeth Foster — Ruby, Joseph James — Jake, Jerry Laws (3) — Mingo, Moses La Marr — Frazier, John McCurry — Crown, Leontyne Price (19) — Bess, Walter Riemer — Detective, Howard Roberts (27) — Robbins, Leslie Scott (4) — Jim, Helen Thigpen (5) — Serena, William Veasey — Undertaker, William Warfield (29) — Porgy, Ray Yeates (2) — Crab Man
- Notes
- Broadcast on the radio
- Shortcode
- [r13232]
Releases (3)
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- Kritzerland 20034-9
- Released
- 2018-09
- Country
- US
- Barcode
- 857252003491
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- Producer
- Bruce Kimmel (205)
- Liner Notes
- Bruce Kimmel (205)
- Mastering
- Chris Malone (2)
- Notes
- This CD is derived and remastered from a tape of the broadcast from Berlin. Limited to 500 copies.
- # Tracks
- 36
- Length
- 2:17:50
- Lists
- 18 collectors / 5 wish lists
- History
- 3 Revisions
- Shortcode
- [rl61266]
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- Documents Classics 232679
- Released
- 2009-06-02
- Country
- Germany
- Barcode
- 4011222326799
- Audio
- Mono
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- # Tracks
- 58
- Length
- 2:19:25
- Lists
- 1 collector / 1 wish list
- Shortcode
- [rl74693]
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- Guild Historical GHCD231314
- Released
- 2008-07-08
- Barcode
- 795754231427
- Download
- Buy from
- Notes
- The CD booklet states that the cover photograph is of Cab Calloway, William Warfield, and Leontyne Price in the London production but it is Cab Calloway, LeVern Hutcherson (alternate Porgy), and Urylee Leonardos (alternate Bess).
- Lists
- 31 collectors / 3 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl18864]
Disc 1:
01. Act 1 - Scene 1 - Introduction - Summertime 8:09
02. A woman is a sometime thing 2:09
03. Here come de honey man 2:43
04. They pass by singin' 5:54
05. Oh, little stars, Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd 2:16
06. Wake up an' hit it out 2:32
07. Act 1 - Scene 2 - Gone, gone, gone 3:21
08. Overflow, overflow 2:19
09. Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see 3:31
10. My Man's gone now 3:30
11. How de saucer stan' now, my sister? 1:42
12. Oh, the train is at the station 0:55
13. Oh, he's gone, gone, gone 1:35
14. Act 2 - Scene 1 - It takes a long pull to get there 2:41
15. Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin' 2:44
16. Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?' 7:05
17. Bess, you is my woman now 4:31
18. I stayin' with Porgy 1:01
19. Oh, I can't sit down 2:07
20. Goodbye, Porgy! 1:21
Disc 2:
01. Act 2 - Scene 2 - I ain' got no shame 1:41
02. It ain't necessarily so 4:45
03. Tell me... 2:34
04. Oh .. What you want wid Bess? 3:00
05. Act 2 - Scene 3 - Interlude 2:57
06. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for 4:48
07. Oh, doctor Jesus 1:55
08. O dey's so fresh an'fine 2:03
09. I'm talkin' about devil crabs 1:58
10. Porgy, Porgy, dat you there 2:04
11. I wants to stay here 2:46
12. What you stand and watchin' for, Clara? 2:28
13. Act 2 - Scene 4 - Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens 2:21
14. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' 3:41
15. A red-headed woman 0:54
16. What's de matter? 2:39
17. Act 3 - Scene 1 - Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted 6:13
18. Interlude (Death of Crown) 1:04
19. Act 3 - Scene 2 - Introduction 1:35
20. Wait for us at the corner, Al 6:20
21. Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! 1:22
22. There's a boat dat's leavin' 3:33
23. Act 3 - Scene 3 - Introduction 1:01
24. Thank Gawd I's home again! 8:18
25. Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess 5:02
01. Act 1 - Scene 1 - Introduction - Summertime 8:09
02. A woman is a sometime thing 2:09
03. Here come de honey man 2:43
04. They pass by singin' 5:54
05. Oh, little stars, Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd 2:16
06. Wake up an' hit it out 2:32
07. Act 1 - Scene 2 - Gone, gone, gone 3:21
08. Overflow, overflow 2:19
09. Um! A saucer-burial setup, I see 3:31
10. My Man's gone now 3:30
11. How de saucer stan' now, my sister? 1:42
12. Oh, the train is at the station 0:55
13. Oh, he's gone, gone, gone 1:35
14. Act 2 - Scene 1 - It takes a long pull to get there 2:41
15. Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin' 2:44
16. Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?' 7:05
17. Bess, you is my woman now 4:31
18. I stayin' with Porgy 1:01
19. Oh, I can't sit down 2:07
20. Goodbye, Porgy! 1:21
Disc 2:
01. Act 2 - Scene 2 - I ain' got no shame 1:41
02. It ain't necessarily so 4:45
03. Tell me... 2:34
04. Oh .. What you want wid Bess? 3:00
05. Act 2 - Scene 3 - Interlude 2:57
06. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for 4:48
07. Oh, doctor Jesus 1:55
08. O dey's so fresh an'fine 2:03
09. I'm talkin' about devil crabs 1:58
10. Porgy, Porgy, dat you there 2:04
11. I wants to stay here 2:46
12. What you stand and watchin' for, Clara? 2:28
13. Act 2 - Scene 4 - Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens 2:21
14. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' 3:41
15. A red-headed woman 0:54
16. What's de matter? 2:39
17. Act 3 - Scene 1 - Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted 6:13
18. Interlude (Death of Crown) 1:04
19. Act 3 - Scene 2 - Introduction 1:35
20. Wait for us at the corner, Al 6:20
21. Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! 1:22
22. There's a boat dat's leavin' 3:33
23. Act 3 - Scene 3 - Introduction 1:01
24. Thank Gawd I's home again! 8:18
25. Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess 5:02
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