[ Decca / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 14 July 2003
"If you are looking for a CD to cheer you up on a dull day, either of the pair which make up this Double Decca will serve admirably."
Rosette Recording. Penguin Stereo Guide.
The Mikado:
Three little maids from school
A wand'ring minstrel I
On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Behold the Lord High Executioner
As some day it may happen
The sun whose rays
Here's a how-de-do!
The flowers that bloom in the spring
There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
H.M.S. Pinafore:
When I was a lad
I'm called little Buttercup
Nerver mind the why and wherefore
We sail the ocean blue
I am the Captain of the Pinafore
Oh joy! Oh rapture unforeseen
Trial by Jury:
When I good friends, was called to the bar
The Sorcerer:
My name is John Wellington Wells
Patience:
The Soldiers of our Queen
Am I alone and unobserved
If you're anxious forto shine
So go to him and say to him
The Yeomen of the Guard:
When our gallant Norman foes
I have a song to sing, O!
When maiden loves, she sits and sighs
Tower warders, under orders
The Pirates of Penzance:
With cat-like tread
Poor wand'ring one
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
When the foeman bares his steel
When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Ruddigore:
I know a youth who loves a little maid
When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls
My eyes are fully open
Iolanthe:
Loudly let the trumpet bray
Love unrequited
If you go in you're sure to win
When all night long a chap remains
Said I to myself, said I
When Britain really ruled the waves
The Gondoliers
We're called godolieri, but that's a vagary
In enterprise of martial kind
Take a pair of sparkling eyes
Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero
From the sunny Spanish shore
I stole the Prince
Then one of us will be a queen
Princess Ida
If you give me your attention
The woman of the wisest wit
Built upon a rock
Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke
This helmet I suppose