''Porgy and Bess'' (2006), first studio cast recording directly based on the original 1935 production of

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

's opera ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', itse ...

''. This studio recording originated as several semi-staged performances which took place on February 24 and 25, 2006 at the

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, with

Alvy Powell Alvy R. Powell Jr (born October 31, 1955) is an American bass-baritone opera singer and a former member of the U.S. Army Chorus. He is known for his performances at presidential events and for performing the role of Porgy in the George Gershwin ...

as Porgy, Marquita Lister as Bess,

Nicole Cabell Nicole Cabell (born October 17, 1977) is an American opera singer. She is best known as the 2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Cabell was born in Panorama City, California. Her grandfather, Luther Lanier, was the fir ...

as Clara and Robert Mack as Sportin' Life. The

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was conducted by

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. The recording incorporates changes Gershwin made to his original score after its first publication, which were not discovered until 1987.

Track listing

Disc 1

# "Introduction" # "Summertime" # "Seems Like Those Bones Don't Give Me Nothin' But Boxcars Tonight" # "Summertime" # "What, That Chile Ain't Asleep Yet?...A Woman Is A Sometime Thing (Lissen To Yo' Daddy Warn You)" # "Honey Man! Honey Man! Here Come De Honey Man" # "They Pass By Singin' (No, No, Brudder, Porgy Ain' Sof' On No Woman)" # "Here Comes Big Boy!" # "Crown Cock-Eyed Drunk...Oh, Little Stars" # "Oh, Stop Them! Don't Let Them Fight!" # "Wake Up An' Hit It Out. You Ain't Got No Time To Lose" # "Gone, Gone, Gone (Where Is Brudder Robbins?)...Overflow" # "Um! A Saucer-Buryin' Setup, I See" # "My Man's Gone Now" # "How De Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?" # "Leavin' For The Promise' Lan' (Oh, The Train Is At The Station)" # "It Take A Long Pull To Get There (Oh, I'm A-goin' Out To The Blackfish Banks)" # "Oh, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" # "Mornin', Lawyer, Lookin' For Somebody?" # "Dey's A Buckra Comin'" # "'Lo, Bess, Goin' To De Picnic?" # "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" # "Oh, I Can't Sit Down"

Disc 2

# "Allegretto Barbaro Ha Da Da, Ha Da Da" # "It Ain't Necessarily So" # "Crown! - You Know Very Well Dis Crown" # "Oh...What You Want Wid Bess?" # "Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast I Got Time For" # "Well, If It Ain' Ole Peter!" # "Oh, Doctor Jesus" # "Oh Dey's So Fresh An' Fine...I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs" # "Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There Ain't It?" # "I Loves You, Porgy" # "Why You Been Out On That Wharf So Long, Clara?" # "Storm" # "Oh, De Lawd Shake De Heavens" # "One Of Dese Mornin's...Oh, Dere's Soebody Knockin' At De Do'" # "You Is A Nice Parcel Of Christmas" # "A Red-Headed Woman" # "Jake's Boat In De River, Upside Down!" # "Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted" # "Ha Ha Ha" # "Summertime" # "Introduction/Wait For Us At The Corner, Al" # "Listen: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" # "Occupational Humoresque/Good Mornin'" # "It's Porgy Comin' Home" # "Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" # "Where Bess Gone?...Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"

Cast of the 2006 version

2006 soundtrack albums Cast recordings Theatre soundtracks Gershwins' Porgy and Bess {{2000s-classical-album-stub