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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Concert Suite Arranged by Andrew Litton

Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Andrew Litton, Conductor
Cynthia Haymon, Bess    Gordon Hawkins, Porgy    Cynthia Clarey, Serena
Damon Evans, Sportin' Life    Andrew Litton, Jasbo Brown


In March 1924 in Charlston, South Carolina, a crippled, black American named Goatcart Sammy attempted to shoot Maggie Barnes and was pursued by police who, with their Cadillacs, not surprisingly overtook the goat-cart and put him in jail.
- J.Knighten Smit

[  1] Introduction / Jasbo Brown
[  2] Summertime
[  3] A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
[  4] Gone, Gone, Gone
[  5] My Man's Gone Now
[  6] Leavin' For The Promise' Lan'
[  7] Oh I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
[  8] Bess, You Is My Woman Now
[  9] Oh, I Can't Sit Down
[10] I Ain't Got No Shame
[11] It Ain't Necessarily So
[12] Shame On All You Sinners
[13] I Loves You, Porgy
[14] Hurricane
[15] There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
[16] Act 3, Scene 3 Orchestral Introduction
[17] Good Mornin', Sistuh
[18] Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way!



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