Highlights from the operettas
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Highlights from the operettas
John Mark Ainsley / Thomas Allen / Rebecca Evans / Felicity Palmer / Richard Suart / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Telarc Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 November 2005
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"...this anthology is a delight." -Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
"...this anthology is a delight."
-Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
"One of the best recordings of this operetta."
- Gilbert & Sullivan Down Under on Yeomen of the Guard'
"Sir Charles Mackerras directs a riveting performance with an exceptional cast"
- Gilbert & Sullivan Down Under on 'The Pirates of Penzance'
"The orchestral playing is breathtaking - sample the Butterfly/Corcoran duet in Act two"
- Gilbert & Sullivan Down Under on 'HMS Pinafore'
Tracks:
Highlights from The Mikado
Act One
1. Song And Chorus (Nanki-Poo): A wandering minstrel I
2. Chorus with Solo (Ko-Ko): Behold the Lord High Executioner!
3. Trio (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing with Chorus of School Girls): Three little maids from school are we
4. Solo (Pitti-Sing and Chorus of School Girls): Braid the raven hair
5. Duet (Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko with Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Pooh-Bah): The flowers that bloom in the spring
6. Song (Ko-Ko): On a tree by a river, a little torn-tit sang, "Willow, tit-willow"
7. Finale, Act Two: For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
Highlights from H.M.S. Pinafore
Act One
8. Introduction and Opening Chorus (Chorus of Sailors): We sail the ocean blue
9. Recitative and Aria (Buttercup): I'm called Little Buttercup
10. Recitative and Song (Captain Corcoran and Chorus of Sailors): My gallant crew
11. Song (Sir Joseph and Chorus): When I was a lad
Act Two
12. Duet (Buttercup and Captain Corcoran): Things are seldom what they seem
13. Trio (Josephine, Captain Corcoran and Sir Joseph): Never mind the why and wherefore
Highlights from The Pirates of Penzance
Act One
14. (Chorus of Girls): Climbing over rocky mountain
15. Song (Mabel and Chorus): Poor wand'ring one
16. Duet (Mabel and Frederic and Chorus of Girls): How beautifully blue the sky
17. Song (Major-General and Chorus): I am the very model of a modern Major-General
Act Two
18. Chorus, with Solos (for Mabel, Edith and Sergeant): When the foeman bares his steel
19. Duet (Mabel and Frederic): Ah, leave me not to pine (from Stay, Frederic, stay!)
20. Solo (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates): With cat-like tread
Highlights from The Yeoman of the Guard
Act One
21. Ballad (Fairfax): Is life a boon?
22. Duet (Elsie and Point): I have a song to sing, O!
23. Song (Phoebe): Were I thy bride
Act Two
24. Song (Point): Oh, a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon
25. Quartet (Elsie, Phoebe, Fairfax and Point): When a wooer goes a-wooing
Highlights from Trial by Jury
26. Song (Judge): When I, good friends, was called to the Bar
27. Sextet and Chorus (Plaintiff, Defendant, Counsel, Judge, Usher and Foreman): A nice dilemma we have here
28. Finale (Ensemble): Oh, joy unbounded
