PORGY AND BESS (1952 LIVE INTERNATIONAL TOUR CAST)
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Show: Porgy and Bess
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Book: DuBose Heyward
Date: September 21, 1952
Method: Live
Location: Germany / Berlin
Theatre/Venue: Titania Palast
Performers: Georgia Burke — Maria, Cab Calloway — Sportin' Life, Helen Colbert — Clara, Joseph Crawford — Honey Man, Hugh Dilworth — Joe, Helen Dowdy — Lily, Eva Jessye Choir, Elizabeth Foster — Ruby, Joseph James — Jake, Jerry Laws — Mingo, Moses La Marr — Frazier, John McCurry — Crown, Leontyne Price — Bess, Walter Riemer — Detective, Howard Roberts — Robbins, Leslie Scott — Jim, Helen Thigpen — Serena, William Veasey — Undertaker, William Warfield — Porgy, Ray Yeates — Crab Man
Notes: Broadcast on the radio
Notes: This CD is derived and remastered from a tape of the broadcast from Berlin. Limited to 500 copies.
Tracks:
Disc 1
1 Introduction - Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
2 Summertime - Helen Colbert, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
3 Oh, nobody knows when de Lawd is goin' to Call - Cab Calloway, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
4 I been sweatin' all Day - Helen Thigpen, Howard Roberts, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
5 Summertime - Seven come, seven to Pappy! - Helen Colbert, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
6 Lissen to yo' daddy - A woman is a sometime Thing - Cab Calloway, Jerry Laws, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
7 Here's the ol' crap Shark! - William Warfield, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Howard Roberts, Leslie Scott, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
8 No, no, Brother - William Warfield, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
9 Here comes Big Boy! - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, John McCurry, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Howard Roberts, Leslie Scott, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
10 Don't you ever let a woman grieve You - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, John McCurry, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, Joseph Crawford, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
11 Oh, little Stars - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, John McCurry, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Howard Roberts, Leslie Scott, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
12 Jesus, he's killed Him! - Leontyne Price, John McCurry, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
13 Gone, gone, Gone - Helen Thigpen, Georgia Burke, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
14 Come on sister - Overflow - Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
15 A saucer-Burial setup, I See - William Warfield, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Helen Dowdy, Sam Kasakoff, Walter Riemer, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
16 I ain't never done nuttin', Boss (I can't Puzzle...) - William Warfield, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
17 My man's gone Now - Helen Thigpen, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
18 How de saucer stand now my Sister - William Warfield, Helen Thigpen, Joseph James, Sam Kasakoff, William Veasey, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
19 Oh, the train is at the Station - Leontyne Price, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
20 Oh, I'm agoin' out - It take a long pull to get There - Helen Colbert, Joseph James, Catherine Ayers, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
21 Oh, I got plenty o' Nuttin' - William Warfield, Cab Calloway, Helen Thigpen, Georgia Burke, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
22 Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for Somebody - William Warfield, Helen Colbert, Helen Thigpen, Georgia Burke, Catherine Ayers, Moses LaMarr, Willis Daily, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
23 'Lo Bess, goin' to Picnic - Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway, Joseph James, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
24 Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene III Bess, you is my woman Now - Live - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
25 I stayin' with Porgy - Sho' you Goin' - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
26 Goodby, Porgy - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
Disc 2
1 I ain' got no Shame - Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
2 It ain't neccesarily So - Cab Calloway, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
3 Crown, I got something to tell Yo - Leontyne Price, John McCurry, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
4 Oh, what you want wid Bess - Leontyne Price, John McCurry, Joseph Crawford, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
5 Interlude - RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
6 Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time For - Joseph James, Leslie Scott, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
7 It take a long pull to get there, Huh! - Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
8 I think dat maybe she goin' to sleep Now - William Warfield, Helen Thigpen, Joseph Crawford, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
9 Oh, Doctor Jesus - William Warfield, Joseph Crawford, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
10 Oh dey's so fresh an' Fine - Joseph Crawford, Helen Dowdy, Catherine Ayers, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
11 I'm talkin' about devil Crabs - Ray Yeates, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
12 I lonesome here all by Myself - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
13 I wants to stay Here - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
14 Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara - Helen Colbert, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
15 The hurricane is rampaging Violently - RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
16 Oh, de Lowd shake de Heavens - William Warfield, Cab Calloway, Helen Colbert, Helen Thigpen, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
17 One of dese mornings you goin' to rise up Singin' - William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Helen Colbert, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
18 Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de Do' - Jerry Laws, Joseph Crawford, Helen Dowdy, Georgia Burke, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
19 If Gawd want to kill Me - John McCurry, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
20 A red-Headed woman make a choo-Choo Jump - Leontyne Price, John McCurry, Helen Colbert, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
21 Clara, don't you be Downhearted - Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
22 Ha ha ha - You low-Life Skunk - Cab Calloway, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
23 Summertime - Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
24 Interlude - Death of Crown - Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
25 Introduction - Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Cab Calloway, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
26 Turn me Loose - Cab Calloway, Leontyne Price, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
27 There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York - Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
28 Introduction - William Warfield, Helen Dowdy, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
29 Dem white folks sure ain' put Nuttin' - William Warfield, Helen Thigpen, Georgia Burke, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
30 Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess - William Warfield, Jerry Laws, Helen Thigpen, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
31 Where Bess Gone - William Warfield, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens
