Music by Arthur Sullivan; words primarily by W.S. Gilbert. D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; with various orchestra and conductors. Recorded between Aug. 1959 and Nov. 1982. Previously released recordings. Compact discs; analog to digital remaster. Program notes, including credits and synopses ([111] p. : ill., ports.) in accompanying booklet.
Contents:
The Mikado or The town of Titipu (without dialogue) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) (1:29:33) -- The Grand Duke or The statutory duel (without dialogue) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) (1:36:09) -- Overture di ballo (10:48) ; March & Graceful dance from Henry VIII (9:37) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- H.M.S Pinafore or The lass that loved a sailor (with dialogue) / (with the New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:54:26) -- Iolanthe or The peer and the peri (with dialogue) (with the New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:59:18) -- The Mikado or The town of Titipu (without dialogue) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) (1:29:33) -- The sorcerer (without dialogue) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:24:59) -- The pirates of Penzance or The slave of duty (with dialogue) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:43:51) Princess Ida or Castle Adamant (without dialogue) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) (1:23:48) -- Pineapple Poll / Sullivan ; arr. Mackerras (with the Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor) (44:53) -- Ruddigore or The witch's curse (without dialogue) (with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:26:06) -- Cox and Box or The long-lost brothers / Burnand & Sullivan (with dialogue) (with the New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (29:30) -- The sorcerer (without dialogue) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (1:24:59) -- Then one of us will be a queen (with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) (11:05). Utopia Limited or The flowers of progress (without dialogue) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) (1:50:55) -- Overture "Macbeth" (8:18) ; Victoria and Merrie England (Suite no. 1) (11:14) ; Overture "Marmion" or A tale of flodden field (8:06) (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor) -- The Yeomen of the Guard or The merryman and his maid (without dialogue) / (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) (1:31:56) -- Trial by jury (with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor) (33:04) -- Bonus CD. Songs and snatches. The gondoliers or The King of Barataria. From the sunny Spanish shore ; There was a time, a time for ever gone ; To help unhappy commoners ; Then one of us will be a queen (11:05). A man who would woo a fair maid Love unrequited ; None shall part us from each other ; If you go in you're sure to win ; When I went to the bar ; Though p'r'aps I may incur your blame (9:55) / Ruddigore, or The witch's curse. My boy, you may take it from me ; I know a youth who loves a little maid ; There grew a little flower ; The battle's roar is over ; In sailing o'er life's ocean wide (13:25). The Yeomen of the Guard. Hereupon we're both agreed ; I've jibe and joke and quip and crank ; When a wooer goes a-wooing ; A man who would woo a fair maid (9:55) / (members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Walker, conductor).
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