Best of Gilbert & Sullivan: Songs from: The Mikado / HMS Pinafore/ Pirates of Penzance / Iolanthe / Trial by Jury / Ruddigore / Yeoman of the Guard / Gondoliers.

Sullivan, A: The Mikado

Work length59:31

Richard Lewis (tenor), Peter Gellhorn (director), John Cameron (baritone), Ian Wallace (baritone), Geraint Evans (baritone), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Jeannette Sinclair (soprano), Elsie Morison (soprano), Monica Sinclair (contralto), Owen Brannigan (bass)
Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1956-08-03
Recording Venue: 5 & 6 May, 15 June and 3 August 1956, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster): Overture

Track length8:33

A wand'ring minstrel, I (Nanki-Poo, Nobles)

Track length4:14

Our great Mikado, virtuous man (Pish-Tush, Nobles)

Track length3:09

Young man, despair (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)

Track length2:40

Behold the Lord High Executioner! (Nobles, Ko-Ko)

Track length2:54

As some day it may happen (Ko-Ko, Nobles)

Track length2:25

Three little maids from school (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Girls)

Track length1:31

Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum)

Track length2:29

I am so proud (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)

Track length2:58

The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (Yum-Yum)

Track length3:00

Here's a how-de-do! (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)

Track length1:19

Miya sama, miya sama (Girls, Nobles, Mikado, Katisha)

Track length2:45

A more humane Mikado (Mikado, Nobles)

Track length4:14

The criminal cried (Ko-Ko, Nobles, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)

Track length3:15

See how the Fates their gifts allot (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Katisha)

Track length2:04

The flowers that bloom in the spring (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko)

Track length1:50

The MIkado (or The Town of Titipu) - Alone and yet alive!...Hearts do not break!

Track length2:50

On a tree by a river a little tom-tit (Ko-Ko)

Track length3:05

There is beauty in the bellow of the blast (Katisha, Ko-Ko)

Track length2:12

For he's gone and married Yum-Yum (Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Others)

Track length2:04

ExcerptSullivan, A: Trial by Jury

Work length3:24

George Baker (bass-baritone), Elsie Morison (soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), John Cameron (baritone), Bernard Turgeon (baritone)
Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1960-12-30
Recording Venue: 28-30 December 1960, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Trial by Jury: When I, good friends, was called to the Bar (Judge, Others)

Track length3:24

Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor)

Work length24:38

Richard Lewis (tenor), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Elsie Morison (soprano), James Milligan (Bass-Bariton) (bass), Owen Brannigan (bass), Marjorie Thomas (vocals), George Baker (bass-baritone), John Cameron (bass-baritone)
Peter Gellhorn, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1958-04-18
Recording Venue: 15-18 April 1958, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup)

Track length1:41

HMS Pinafore (or the Lass that Loved a Sailor) -My gallant crew...I am the Captain of the Pinafore

Track length2:29

Sorry her lot who loves too well (Josephine)

Track length3:21

When I was a lad I served a term (Sir Joseph, Relatives, Sailors)

Track length3:23

Fair moon to thee I sing (Captain Corcoran)

Track length2:51

Things are seldom what they seem (Buttercup, Captain Corcoran)

Track length3:08

The hours creep on apace (Josephine)

Track length4:54

Never mind the why and wherefore (Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Josephine)

Track length2:51

Sullivan, A: The Pirates of Penzance

Work length25:52

Peter Gellhorn (director), James Milligan (baritone), Richard Lewis (tenor), Elsie Morison (soprano), George Baker (baritone), Owen Brannigan (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), John Cameron (baritone)
Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1960-01-02
Recording Venue: 30 December 1959 to 2 January 1960, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Oh, better far to live and die (Pirate King, Pirates)

Track length2:49

Oh, is there not one maiden breast? (Frederic, Girls, Mabel)

Track length4:03

Poor wandering one (Mabel, Girls)

Track length2:53

I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Major-General, Girls, Pirates)

Track length3:06

When the foeman bears his steel (Sergeant of Police, Policemen, Mabel, Edith, Girls, Major-General) (1987 Digital Remaster)

Track length4:51

Ah, leave me not to pine (Mabel, Frederic)

Track length3:12

When a felon's not engaged in his employment (Sergeant, Policemen)

Track length2:18

With cat-like tread (Pirates, Policemen, Samuel)

Track length2:40

Sullivan, A: Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride)

Work length24:08

Heather Harper (soprano), John Shaw (bass-baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Trevor Anthony (bass), Alexander Young (tenor), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Marjorie Thomas (vocals), Elsie Morison (soprano), George Baker (bass-baritone), John Cameron (bass-baritone)
Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1961-10-20
Recording Venue: 12-20 October 1961, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

The soldiers of our Queen (Dragoons, Colonel Calverley)

Track length3:29

Am I alone and unobserved? (Bunthorne)

Track length4:39

Sad is that woman's lot (Jane)

Track length4:51

A magnet hung in a hardware shop (Grosvenor, Maidens)

Track length2:30

Love is a plaintive song (Patience)

Track length3:22

So go to him and say to him (Jane, Bunthorne)

Track length2:25

When I go out of door (Bunthorne, Grosvenor)

Track length1:33

After much debate internal (Duke, Bunthorne, All)

Track length1:19

Sullivan, A: Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri)

Work length25:20

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Elsie Morison (soprano), George Baker (bass-baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (vocals), Alexander Young (tenor), Monica Sinclair (vocals), John Cameron (baritone), Owen Brannigan (bass), April Cantelo (soprano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone)
Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1958-10-24
Recording Venue: 18 April (Overture) and 21-24 Oct 1958, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: When I went to the Bar as a very young man (Lord Chancellor)

Track length2:01

Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) - Finale Act 1 (The lady of my love....)

Track length10:26

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When all night long a chap remains (Sentry Song) (Private Willis)

Track length4:18

When Britain really ruled the waves (Mountararat, Fairies, Peers)

Track length3:02

When you're lying awake with a dismal headache (Nightmare Song) (Lord Chancellor)

Track length3:00

If you go in, you're sure to win (Tolloller, Mountararat, Lord Chancellor)

Track length2:33

ExcerptSullivan, A: Ruddigore

Work length16:38

Joseph Rouleau (bass), Monica Sinclair (vocals), George Baker (bass-baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), Elsie Morison (soprano), Harold Blackburn (bass), Pamela Bowden (vocals)
Peter Gellhorn, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1962-12-14
Recording Venue: 3 November 1960 (Overture) and 11-14 December 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

My boy, you may take it from me (Robin)

Track length1:42

The battle's roar is over (Richard, Rose)

Track length2:46

In sailing o'er life's ocean wide (Rose, Richard, Robin)

Track length1:50

You understand? (Richard, Sir Despard)

Track length1:21

When the night wind howls (Roderic, Ancestors)

Track length2:22

My eyes are fully open (Robin, Margaret, Sir Despard)

Track length1:56

There grew a little flower (Hannah, Roderic)

Track length4:41

Sullivan, A: The Gondoliers

Work length21:58

Helen Watts (vocals), Lavinia Renton (soprano), Geraint Evans (tenor), John Cameron (bass-baritone), Stella Hitchens (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (vocals), James Milligan (Bass-Bariton) (bass), Richard Lewis (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), Alexander Young (tenor), Edna Graham (soprano), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Elsie Morison (soprano), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone)
Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1957-03-15
Recording Venue: 11-15 March 1957, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

We're called gondolieri (Marco, Giuseppe)

Track length2:10

From the sunny Spanish shore (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz)

Track length1:37

I stole the Prince (Don Alhambra, Casilda, Luiz, Duke, Duchess)

Track length2:15

When a merry maiden marries (Tessa, Chorus)

Track length3:23

The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco)

Track length3:16

Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (Chorus)

Track length2:15

There lived a king (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe)

Track length3:06

I am a courtier grave and serious (Casilda, Duchess, Marco, Giuseppe, Duke)

Track length3:56

Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid)

Work length21:35

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Monica Sinclair (vocals), Geraint Evans (tenor), Richard Lewis (tenor), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Owen Brannigan (bass), Alexander Young (tenor), Elsie Morison (soprano), Doreen Hume (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (vocals), Denis Dowling (bass-baritone), John Cameron (bass-baritone), John Carol Case (bass-baritone)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 1957-12-14
Recording Venue: 10-14 December 1957, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I have a song to sing, O! (Elsie, Point, Crowd)

Track length3:40

How say you maiden (Lieutenant, Point, Elsie)

Track length2:45

Were I thy bride (Phoebe)

Track length1:52

A private buffoon is a light-hearted loon (Point)

Track length3:03

Comes the pretty young bride (All)

Track length10:15

This track is only available as an album download.

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