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Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin’s only opera, the masterwork of American music theatre, had
to fight hard on its way to its German audience as it was ostracised as “nigger music” in the Third
Reich. The blockage was only broken by the legendary production by Robert Breen which was
toured first in the US and then across Europe from 1952 until 1955. The present recording documents
the guest performance of the ensemble at the Berliner Festwochen 1952.
The conditions were ideal: the music director, Alexander Smallens, had also conducted the
New York premiere in 1935. He inspired a stellar cast of soloists to perform on the highest level.
Amongst them are William Warfield, Cab Calloway and also the young Leontyne Price; this
is probably the very first sound document on which she can be heard. Here is a captivating document
of the highest musical and dramatic intensity, making the listener hold his breath atmospherically
and dramatically from the first to the last minute.
The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature
„1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at
audite. For historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original
tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain
an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to
76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously
hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications
based on private recordings from broadcasts cannot be compared with these.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene I
Introduction(02:04)
Summertime(02:20)
Oh, nobody knows when de Lawd is goin‘ to call(01:33)
I been sweatin’ all day(01:22)
Summertime – Seven come, seven to pappy!(00:58)
Lissen to yo‘ daddy – A woman is a sometime thing(03:01)
Here’s the ol’ crap shark!(01:51)
No, no, brother(01:41)
Here comes Big Boy!(02:08)
Don‘t you ever let a woman grieve you(02:03)
Oh, little stars(01:57)
Jesus, he’s killed him!(02:53)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene II
Gone, gone, gone(03:21)
Come on sister – Overflow(02:11)
A saucer-burial setup, I see(02:28)
I ain‘t never done nuttin‘, Boss (I can‘t puzzle...)(01:12)
My man’s gone now(03:26)
How de saucer stand now my sister(01:47)
Oh, the train is at the station(02:32)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act One, Scene III
Oh, I‘m agoin‘ out – It take a long pull to get there(02:52)
Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’(02:36)
Mornin’, Lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?(04:21)
`Lo Bess, goin‘ to picnic?(02:39)
Bess, you is my woman now(04:36)
I stayin‘ with Porgy – Sho‘ you goin‘(03:06)
Goodby, Porgy(01:20)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene I
I ain’ got no shame(01:44)
It ain’t neccesarily so(05:48)
Crown, I got something to tell yo(01:24)
Oh, what you want wid Bess?(03:05)
Interlude(02:58)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene II
Honey, dat‘s all de breakfast I got time for(01:50)
It take a long pull to get there, huh!(02:01)
I think dat maybe she goin‘ to sleep now(00:54)
Oh, Doctor Jesus(01:58)
Oh dey‘s so fresh an‘ fine(02:04)
I’m talkin’ about devil crabs(02:21)
I lonesome here all by myself(01:42)
I wants to stay here(02:50)
Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?(01:41)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Two, Scene III
The hurricane is rampaging violently(00:40)
Oh, de Lowd shake de Heavens(01:17)
One of dese mornings you goin‘ to rise up singin‘(01:06)
Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do’(02:25)
If Gawd want to kill me(01:16)
A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump(03:41)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene I
Clara, don’t you be downhearted(03:29)
Ha ha ha – You low-life skunk(01:24)
Summertime(01:19)
Interlude – Death of Crown(01:04)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene II
Introduction(07:47)
Turn me loose(01:34)
There‘s a boat dat‘s leavin‘ soon for New York(03:31)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess • Act Three, Scene III
Introduction(01:15)
Dem white folks sure ain‘ put nuttin‘(07:55)
Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess(01:37)
Where Bess gone?(00:57)
Oh Lord, I’m on my way(02:55)
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