Review by Cass Moreno★★★★Sample
Front half: perfect. Back half: also perfect. I'm annoyed.
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Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
1989 · by Sir Simon Rattle
Classical53 songs3 hr 10 min
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Disc 1
- 2Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Summertime
sample avg 3.7 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:28 - 3Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
sample avg 3.1 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Worthy, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
6:20 - 4Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Give him to me...Lissen to yo' daddy warn you...A woman is a sometime thing
sample avg 4.0 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Worthy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite, Mervin Wallace & Sir Simon Rattle
3:28 - 5Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Here's the ol' crap shark...No, no, brudder
sample avg 3.0 · Barrington Coleman, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Johnny Worthy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
4:17 - 6Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Here come the Big Boy
sample avg 3.7 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Johnny Worthy, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
7:09 - 7Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Six to make
sample avg 4.1 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Johnny Worthy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
4:05 - 8Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Jesus, he's killed him!...That you, Sportin' Life?
sample avg 3.0 · Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
5:05 - 9Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: Where is brudder Robbins?...Come on, sister!
sample avg 3.4 · Camelia Johnson, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite, Mervin Wallace & Sir Simon Rattle
4:53 - 10Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: Overflow, overflow
sample avg 4.0 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
0:58 - 11Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: A saucer-burying set-up, I see
sample avg 3.9 · Alan Tilvern, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite, Mervin Wallace, Ron Travis & Sir Simon Rattle
3:50 - 12Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: My man's gone now
sample avg 4.1 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:58 - 13Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
sample avg 3.3 · London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:05 - 14Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: Oh, the train is at the station
sample avg 3.2 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:06 Disc 2
1Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish bankssample avg 3.6 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:29- 2Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
sample avg 4.1 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Paula Ingram & Sir Simon Rattle
3:26 - 3Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style
sample avg 3.4 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
2:28 - 4Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
sample avg 3.6 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Linda Thompson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite, Paula Ingram & Sir Simon Rattle
4:59 - 5Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Boy! Come here, boy!
sample avg 4.1 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Linda Thompson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle & Ted Maynard
2:40 - 6Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Buzzard keep on flyin' over
sample avg 3.5 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:02 - 7Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: 'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?
sample avg 4.0 · Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:57 - 8Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now
sample avg 4.1 · Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
6:15 - 9Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Oh, I can't sit down
sample avg 3.8 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
4:24 - 10Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: I ain't got no shame
sample avg 3.6 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:24 - 11Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: It ain't necessarily so...Shame on you sinners
sample avg 3.9 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
5:59 - 12Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: Crown!
sample avg 3.3 · Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:07 - 13Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: Oh, what you want wid Bess?
sample avg 2.9 · Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:21 - 14Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
sample avg 4.0 · Colenton Freeman, Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
2:49 - 15Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Take yo' han's off me
sample avg 3.3 · Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Mervin Wallace & Sir Simon Rattle
2:28 - 16Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Oh, doctor Jesus
sample avg 2.9 · Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maureen Braithwaite, Mervin Wallace & Sir Simon Rattle
2:13 - 17Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
sample avg 3.7 · Anne Fridal, Camelia Johnson, Colenton Freeman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Mervin Wallace, Paula Ingram & Sir Simon Rattle
5:01 - 18Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Porgy, Porgy, dat you there ain't it?
sample avg 3.9 · Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:42 - 19Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: I wants to stay here
sample avg 3.8 · Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:55 - 20Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
sample avg 3.6 · Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
2:47 Disc 3
1Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: Doctor Jesussample avg 4.1 · Camelia Johnson, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, Linda Thompson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maureen Braithwaite, Michael Forest & Sir Simon Rattle
3:46- 2Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: One of these mornings you goin' to rise up singin'
sample avg 3.5 · Cynthia Haymon, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
1:52 - 3Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
sample avg 3.6 · Barrington Coleman, Linda Thompson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite, Mervin Wallace & Sir Simon Rattle
1:23 - 4Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: You is a nice parcel of Christians!
sample avg 3.0 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Hyacinth Nicholls, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:05 - 5Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track
sample avg 2.9 · Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Haymon, Glyndebourne Chorus, Harolyn Blackwell, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:17 - 6Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus
sample avg 4.0 · Camelia Johnson, Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, Linda Thompson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Forest, Paula Ingram & Sir Simon Rattle
2:31 - 7Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 1: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted...You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame
sample avg 4.0 · Craig Rutenberg, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
6:23 - 8Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 1: Summertime....
sample avg 3.4 · Cynthia Haymon, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:19 - 9Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Wait for us at the corner
sample avg 3.4 · Alan Tilvern, Billy J Mitchell, Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paula Ingram & Sir Simon Rattle
3:45 - 10Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Come out here, both of you
sample avg 3.1 · Alan Tilvern, Billy J Mitchell, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:25 - 11Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?....Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
sample avg 4.0 · Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ron Travis & Sir Simon Rattle
3:42 - 12Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
sample avg 3.1 · Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
4:27 - 13Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Introduction
sample avg 4.1 · London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
2:26 - 14Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Good mornin', sistuh!... It's Porgy comin' home
sample avg 3.7 · Barrington Coleman, Colenton Freeman, Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, Hyacinth Nicholls, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
3:30 - 15Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby
sample avg 3.0 · London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maureen Braithwaite & Sir Simon Rattle
4:00 - 16Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?
sample avg 3.1 · London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
1:48 - 17Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Where's Bess?
sample avg 3.8 · Cynthia Clarey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson & Sir Simon Rattle
3:06 - 18Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Bess is gone
sample avg 3.9 · Barrington Coleman, Craig Rutenberg, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marietta Simpson, Maureen Braithwaite & Sir Simon Rattle
2:01 - 19Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
sample avg 3.5 · Craig Rutenberg, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
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Review by Jules Archer★★★½Sample
the highs are high but it sags in the middle. still coming back for “Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Bess is gone” though.
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