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Act One Scene One
Introduction – “Summertime”
“A Woman is a Sometime Thing”
“Here Comes the Honeyman”
“They Pass by Singin’”
“Oh, little stars – touch that money
and meet yo’ God”
“Wake up an’ hit it out”

Act One Scene Two
“Gone, Gone, Gone”
“Overflow, overflow”
“A saucer burial setup, I see”
“My Man’s Gone Now”
“How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?”
“Oh, the Train is at the Station”
“Oh, he’s gone, gone, gone”

Act Two Scene One
“It Takes a Long Pull To Get There”
“I Got Pleny o’ Nuttin”
“Mornin’, lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?
“Bess, You is My Woman Now”
“I stayin’ with Porgy”
“Oh, I Can’t Sit Down”
“Goodbye, Porgy”

Act Two Scene Two
“I Ain’t Got No Shame”
“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
“Tell me”
“What You Want With Bess?”

Act Two Scene Three
Interlude
“Honey, dat’s all the breakfast
I got time for”
“Oh, Doctor Jesus”
“Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine”
“I’m Talkin’ About Devil Crabs”
“Porgy, Porgy, dat you there?”
“I Wants to Stay Here”
“What you stand and
watchin’ for, Clara?”

Act Two Scene Four
“Oh, de Lawd shake de heavens”
“Oh, dere’s somebody knockin’ at de do”
“A Red-Headed Woman”
“What’s de matter?”

Act Three Scene One
“Clara, Clara, don’t you be downhearted”
Interlude (Death of Crown)

Act Three Scene Two
Introduction
“Wait for us at the corner, Al”
“Oh, Gawd! They goin’ make him
look on Crown’s face”
“There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon
for New York”

Act Three Scene Three
Introduction
“Thank Gawd I’s home again”
“Oh, Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess”

Music Composed by George Gershwin
Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
and Ira Gershwin

Conducted by Alexander Smallens
Recorded Live at Titiana Palast, Berlin
September 21, 1952