Tracks: 1. Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown With Chorus
2. Summertime... A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews & Harriet Jackson With Chorus
3. My Man's Gone Now - Annie Brown With Chorus
4. It Takes a Long Pull To Get There - Edward Matthews With Chorus
5. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin - Todd Duncan With Chorus
6. Buzzard Song - Todd Duncan With Chorus
7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Todd Duncan & Anne Brown
8. It Ain't Necessarily So - Todd Duncan With Chorus
9. What You Want Wid Bess? - Todd Duncan & Anne Brown
10. Strawberry Woman's Call...Crab Man's Call - Helen Dowdy, Gladys Goode, William Woolfolk & Georgette Harvey
11. I Loves You, Porgy - Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
12. The Requiem - Chorus
13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - Avon Long & Anne Brown
14. Porgy's Lament And Finale - Todd Duncan With Chorus
15. Summertime - Helen Jepson With Chorus
16. Summertime...Crapgame...A Woman Is A Something Thing - Helen Jepson & Lawrence Tibbett With Chorus
17. My Man's Gone Now - Helen Jepson With Chorus
18. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin - Lawrence Tibbett With Chorus
19. Buzzard Song - Lawrence Tibbett With Chorus
20. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson
21. It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett With Chorus
22. Where Is My Bess? - Lawrence Tibbett
Tracks: Disc 1:
1. Act I: Scene 1: Overture
2. Act I: Scene 1: Summertime
3. Act I: Scene 1: Summertime and Crap Game
4. Act I: Scene 1: A Woman is a Sometime Thing
5. Act I: Scene 2: My Man's Gone Now
6. Act II: Scene 1: It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
7. Act II: Scene 1: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
8. Act II: Scene 1: Buzzard Song
9. Act II: Scene 1: Bess, You is My Woman Now
10. Act II: Scene 2: It Ain't Necessarily So
11. Act II: Scene 2: What You Want Wid' Bess
12. Act II: Scene 3: Street Cries: Strawberry Woman's Call / Crab man's Call
13. Act II: Scene 3: I Loves You, Porgy
14. Act III: Scene 1: The Requiem
15. Act III: Scene 2: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
16. Act III: Scene 3: Porgy's lament (Where is My Bess?)
17. Act III: Scene 3: Finale (I'm On My Way)
18. It Ain't Necessarily So -- Avon Long (1942-3-15, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
19. A Woman is a Sometime Thing -- Avon Long (1942-3-15, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
20. Summertime -- Helen Dowdy (1942-3-15, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
21. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York -- Avon Long (1942-3-15, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
22. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' -- Avon Long (1942-4-10, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
23. Bess, You is My Woman -- Helen Dowdy (1942-4-10, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
24. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' -- Edward Matthews (1935-11-13, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
25. It Ain't Necessarily So -- Edward Matthews (1935-11-13, Leo Reisman Orchestra)
Disc 2:
1. Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy -- Helen Jepson (1935-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
2. Summertime and Crap Game -- Helen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
3. A Woman is a Sometime Thing -- Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-14, Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret)
4. My Man's Gone Now -- Helen Jepson (1935-10-30, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
5. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' -- Lawrence Tibbett (1923-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
6. Buzzard Song -- Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
7. Bess, You is My Woman Now -- Helen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-14, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
8. It Ain't Necessarily So -- Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
9. Where is My Bess? -- Lawrence Tibbett (1935-10-23, Conducted by Alexander Smallens)
10. Lullaby: Summertime / Livin's Easy -- Paul Robeson (1938-1-14, conducted by Clifford Greenwood)
11. A Woman is a Sometime Thing -- Paul Robeson (1938-1-21, conducted by Clifford Greenwood)
12. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There -- Paul Robeson (1938-1-14, conducted by Clifford Greenwood)
13. It Ain't Necessarily So-- Paul Robeson (1938-1-21, conducted by Clifford Greenwood)
14. Summertime -- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
15. A Woman is a Sometime Thing-- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
16. My Man's Gone Now -- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
17. It Ain't Necessarily So -- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
18. Bess, You is My Woman Now -- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
19. Tempo di Blues: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York -- Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (1945-11-28)
20. Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture -- Los Angeles Philharmonic (1944-8-9, conducted by Alfred Wallenstein)
Tracks: Disc One
1. Rhapsody in Blue
2. Hang on to Me
3. Fascinating Rhythm
4. Half of It Dearie Blues
5. I'd Rather Charleston
6. Sweet and Low Down
7. That Certain Feeling
8. Looking for a Boy
9. When Do We Dance
10. Do Do Do
11. Someone to Watch Over Me
12. Clap Yo' Hands
13. Maybe
14. My One and Only
15. Three Preludes
16. Andante from "Rhapsody in Blue"
17. 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
18. Rhapsody in Blue (2)
Disc Two
1. American in Paris
2. It Ain't Necessarily So
3. Buzzard Song
4. Summertime/Crapgame/A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
5. Bess You Is My Woman Now
6. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
7. Where Is My Bess?
8. Summertime
9. My Man's Gone Now
10. Concerto in F (Third Movement)
11. I Got Rhythm/Of Thee I Sing
Tracks: 1. Lullaby: Summertime
2. Summertime and Crap Game / A Woman is a Sometime Thing
3. My Man's Gone Now
4. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
5. Buzzard Song
6. Bess, You is My Woman Now
7. It Ain't Necessarily So
8. Where is My Bess?
Title: Lawrence Tibbett from Broadway to Hollywood
Tracks: 1. Porgy & Bess, Opera/Summertime
2. Porgy & Bess, Opera/Summertime & Crap Game/A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
3. Porgy & Bess, Opera/My Man's Gone Now
4. Porgy & Bess, Opera/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
5. Porgy & Bess, Opera/The Buzzard Song
6. Porgy & Bess, Opera/Bess You Is My Woman Now
7. Porgy & Bess, Opera/It Ain't Necessarily So
8. Porgy & Bess, Opera/Where Is My Bess?
9. Emperor Jones, Opera/Oh Lord! ...Standin' in the Need of Prayer
10. Merry Mount, Opera/Oh, 'Tis an Earth Defiled
11. Rogue Song, Film/The Rogue Song
12. Rogue Song, Film/The Narrative
13. Rogue Song, Film/The White Dove
14. Rogue Song, Film/When I'm Looking at You
15. Without a Song
16. Life Is a Dream
17. De Glory Road
18. Old Black Joe
19. Goin' Home (Adapted from Largo Movement, Dvorák's Symphony "From ...)"
Posted 2007-12-13 23:14:28: Amazon.com: The first of these two discs gathers all Gershwin's commercially issued discs as a pianist, including the two abridged Rhapsody in Blue traversals, Gershwin accompanying the Astaire siblings, and twelve solo sides. Hearing the composer play his own music is like getting your ears cleaned out from 75 years of interpretive maulings. Gershwin's crisp touch, clear-cut and unsentimental phrasing, and rhythmic verve comes through more convincingly in these flat discs than in his much-vaunted piano rolls. Also included are the composer-supervised first recordings of An American in Paris and selections from Porgy & Bess, along with a flawed yet revelatory aircheck of Gershwin playing the finale of his concerto. No Gershwin lover should be without this important collection. --Jed Distler
