[78-L] DECCA - Porgy & Bess

Wed Apr 25 19:51:06 PDT 2012

Here's my track list (Naxos's site never tells you who actually performs on 
what tracks):

PORGY & BESS: ORIGINAL RECORDINGS 1935-1945 (2 CD SET)

CD 1: ORIGINAL CAST RECORDINGS

1-17: 1940, 1942 recordings by members of the Original Cast

ACT I SCENE 1:

1.  OVERTURE (George Gershwin)..ORCHESTRA (1:07)
2.  SUMMERTIME (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)..ANNE BROWN (2:25)
	DECCA 29067, mx 67740-A; 15 May 1940

3.  SUMMERTIME & CRAP GAME (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	HARRIET JACKSON & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (1:03)
4.  A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	EDWARD MATTHEWS (1:39)
	DECCA 23250, mx 70756-A; 23 May 1942

ACT 1 SCENE 2:

5.  MY MAN'S GONE NOW (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	ANNE BROWN & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (3:52)
	DECCA 29067, mx 67738-A; 15 May 1940

6.  IT TAKES A LONG PULL TO GET THERE (George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	EDWARD MATTHEWS & MALE CHORUS (2:05)
	DECCA 23250, mx 70757-A; 23 May 1942

7.  I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN' (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (2:39)
	DECCA 29068, mx 67744-A; 15 May 1940

8.  BUZZARD SONG (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (3:39)
	DECCA 29068, mx 67737-A; 15 May 1940

9.  BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN & ANNE BROWN (4:28)
	DECCA 29069, mx 67742-A; 15 May 1940

ACT II SCENE 2:

10. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (2:44)
	DECCA 29069, mx 67741-AAA; 15 May 1940

11. WHAT YOU WANT WID' BESS? (George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	ANNE BROWN, TODD DUNCAN (2:56)
	DECCA 23251, mx 70753-A; 23 May 1942

ACT II SCENE 3:

12. STREET CRIES (George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward):
       STRAWBERRY WOMAN'S CALL..HELEN DOWDY WITH GLADYS GOODE; CRAB MAN'S
	CALL..WILLIAM WOOLFOLK WITH GEORGETTE HARVEY (3:03)
	DECCA 23251, mx 70752-A; 23 May 1942

13. I LOVES YOU, PORGY (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	ANNE BROWN & TODD DUNCAN (3:19)
	DECCA 23252, mx 70754-A; 23 May 1942

ACT III SCENE 1:

14. THE REQUIEM (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	EVA JESSYE CHOIR (3:50)
	DECCA 29070, mx 67743-AA; 15 May 1940

ACT III SCENE 2:

15. THERE'S A BOAT DAT'S LEAVIN' SOON FOR NEW YORK (George & Ira Gershwin)
	AVON LONG & ANNE BROWN (2:59)
	DECCA 23252, mx 70755-A; 23 May 1942

ACT III SCENE 3:

16. PORGY'S LAMENT (WHERE IS MY BESS) (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN (1:53)
17. FINALE (I'M ON MY WAY) (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	TODD DUNCAN & EVA JESSYE CHOIR (1:20)
	DECCA 29070, mx 67739-A; 15 May 1940

Decca Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Smallens
Decca 29067/70 issued in album A-145
Decca 23250/2 issued in album A-283

18-25: MEMBERS OF ORIGINAL CAST with LEO REISMAN'S ORCHESTRA, 1935-42:

18. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	AVON LONG (2:40)
	DECCA 18281, mx 70496-A; 15 March 1942
19. A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING (George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	AVON LONG (2:35)
	DECCA 18281, mx 70497-BB; 15 March 1942
20. SUMMERTIME (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	HELEN DOWDY (2:34)
	DECCA 18282, mx 70495-AA; 15 March 1942
21. THERE'S A BOAT DAT'S LEAVIN' SOON FOR NEW YORK (George & Ira Gershwin)
	AVON LONG (2:44)
	DECCA 18282, mx 70494-A; 15 March 1942
22. I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN' (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	AVON LONG (2:32)
	DECCA 18323, mx 70650-A; 10 April 1942
23. BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	AVON LONG & HELEN DOWDY (3:11)
	DECCA 18323, mx 70648-A; 10 April 1942

Decca 18281/2, 18323 issued in album A-351: SONG HITS FROM "PORGY AND BESS" FOR
DANCING

24. I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN' (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	EDWARD MATTHEWS (2:55)
	BRUNSWICK 7562, mx B 18265-1; 13 November 1935
25. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (George & Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward)
	EDWARD MATTHEWS (2:48)
	BRUNSWICK 7562, mx B 18266-1; 13 November 1935

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CD 2: FIRST CONTEMPORARY RECORDINGS, 1935-1945

1-8: HIGHLIGHTS FROM PORGY AND BESS with LAWRENCE TIBBETT & HELEN JEPSON,
RECORDED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE COMPOSER

1.  LULLABY (SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY)..HELEN JEPSON & CHORUS
	VICTOR 11881, mx CS 95465-1; 23 October 1935 (2:27)

2.  SCENE: "SUMMERTIME" AND CRAP GAME..HELEN JEPSON, LAWRENCE TIBBETT & CHORUS;
A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING..LAWRENCE TIBBETT & CHORUS
	VICTOR 11879, mx CS 95387-1; 14 October 1935 (3:15)

3.  MY MAN'S GONE NOW..HELEN JEPSON & CHORUS
	VICTOR 11881, mx CS 95683-2; 30 October 1935 (4:05)

4.  I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN'..LAWRENCE TIBBETT & CHORUS
	VICTOR  11880, mx CS 95390-2; 23 October 1935 (3:04)

5.  BUZZARD SONG..LAWRENCE TIBBETT & CHORUS
	VICTOR 11878, mx CS 95389-3; 23 October 1935 (3:45)

6.  BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW..LAWRENCE TIBBETT & HELEN JEPSON
	VICTOR 11879, mx CS 95388-1; 14 October 1935 (4:53)

7.  IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO..LAWRENCE TIBBETT & CHORUS
	VICTOR 11878, mx CS 95466-1; 23 October 1935 (2:58)

8.  WHERE IS MY BESS?..LAWRENCE TIBBETT
	VICTOR 11880, mx CS 95467-1; 23 October 1935 (3:02)

Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Alexander Smallens except track 3 conducted
by Nathaniel Shilkret; recorded in New York

9-12: PAUL ROBESON

9.  LULLABY (SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY)
	HMV B 8698, mx 0EA 5171-1; 14 January 1938 (2:33)
10. A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING
	HMV B 8711, mx 0EA 5992-1; 21 January 1938 (2:17)
11: IT TAKES A LONG PULL TO GET THERE
	HMV B 8698, mx 0EA 5172-1; 14 January 1938 (2:59)
12: IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
	HMV B 8711, mx 0EA 5998-1; 21 January 1938 (2:28)

Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood; recorded in London

13-18: SELECTIONS FROM "PORGY AND BESS" (George Gershwin, arr. Jascha Heifetz)
	JASCHA HEIFETZ, violin, with Emanuel Bay, piano

13: SUMMERTIME (1:44)
14: A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING (1:47)
	DECCA 29195, mx 73172-A
15: MY MAN'S GONE NOW (3:49)
	DECCA 29195, mx 73176-A
16: IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (2:26)
	DECCA 23521, mx 73173-A
17: BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW (3:00)
	DECCA 23522, mx 73174-A
18: TEMPO DI BLUES (THERE'S A BOAT DAT'S LEAVIN' SOON FOR NEW YORK) (2:50)
	DECCA 23521, mx 73175-A

Issued in Decca Album A-435; recorded 28 November 1945, New York

19: PORGY AND BESS: A SYMPHONIC PICTURE (George Gershwin, arranged by Robert
Russell Bennett) (Premiere Recording)..THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF LOS
ANGELES conducted by ALFRED WALLENSTEIN (c. 15:47)
	DECCA DA 29176/7 in album DA 397, mx LA 3499AA, 3503AA, 3504A, 3505A; 9 August
1944, Los Angeles