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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert/Sullivan: Princess Ida (Complete) with the Pineapple Poll Ballet D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Elizabeth Harwood; John Reed; Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Valerie Masterson; Owen Brannigan; John Reed / Royal Philharmonic Orch. / Isadore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence." (Penguin Guide) |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Eberhard Waechter, Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Heinz Holecek, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic. Karl Bohm [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Ruddigore (complete operetta Rec 1950) D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and Orchestra Isidore Godfrey (conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] "the performance is certainly a landmark" - MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury (Rec 1949) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] "The 1949 Pirates was the old company's high point, with stalwarts such as Green, and the imposing Darrell Fancourt as the Pirate King, reveling in their parts in a way that still sounds fresh. It's and impression greatly enhanced by the deft... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (Recorded 1948-1954) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands / Peter Pratt / Muriel Harding / Ella Halman & others [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] "Good news for Anglophiles-the great Gilbert and Sullivan recordings of the late 1940s are on their way back into the catalogue, at budget prices and sounding better than ever. The best of these discs are not only agreeable but almost magical in... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Sorcerer (Rec 1953) plus highlights from the 1933 recording D'Oyly Carte Opera Company featuring Peter Pratt, Neville Griffiths and Donald Adams [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] "Nearly two complete recordings of The Sorcerer ... both are among the best of their era. ... One would be hard pressed to find a better rendition" - MusicWeb (April 2005) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Mikado (Complete 1950 Recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The first release of the Historic 1950 D'Oyly Carte recordings |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Yeomen of the Guard (Complete 1950 Recording) plus orchestral music (1935) The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (with Darrell Fancourt & Martyn Green), Isidore Godfrey / British Light Orchestra [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] Chronologically the eleventh Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if we number Trial By Jury as their first, and the sixth of the Savoy Opera productions, The Yeomen of the Guard was first given at the London Savoy on 3rd October, 1888. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida (complete operetta rec 1954) plus The Gondoliers (excerpts rec 1931) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Donald Adams, George Baker, Leonard Osborn, Peter Pratt, Thomas Round and Victoria Sladen / Isidore Godfrey (conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared, chronologically, between Iolanthe (1882) and The Mikado (1885) and was first performed under the baton of the composer, on 5th January 1884 at the 'electrically-lighted' Savoy Theatre. |
FRANZ LEHAR
Schan ist die Welt (operetta in three acts) Elena Mosuc (soprano) Zoran Todorovich (tenor) Roland Kandlbinder (tenor) / Manchner Rundfunkorchester / Ulf Schirmer [ CPO / CD - released 18/Jun/2006 ] "the sound is first class!" (MusicWeb May 2006) |
GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / PONCHIELLI / CILEA / MASCAGNI / etc
Believe in Love: Rare French and Italian Opera Arias Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Orchestra Victoria / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Whitehouse ... makes a good case for these works ... Bonynge ... there is no one on earth more qualified to lead such a project. The sound is excellent with good depth ... The packaged presentation of the Australian label is a model of its kind."... |
WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) Gary Rideout / Richard Greager / John Brocheler / Lisa Gasteen / The State Opera of South Australia / Asher Fisch (Conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / 4 SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The overall sense of the project is one of deserved community and company pride in an enterprise which can stand its ground with pretty much anything elsewhere. I welcome the issue" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
W.A. MOZART
Sublime Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet Paul Dean (clarinet) / The Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Grainger Quartet [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] 'In both works Paul Dean demonstrates his exemplary fluency and a stylish, marvellously phrased affinity for Mozart's classical demands. Moreover conductor Tourniaire appears to have the measure of the enduringly superlative score.' Music and Vision... |
MASSENET
Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias Rosamund Illing (soprano) / The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Rosamund Illing - we do appreciate her full and brilliant tone - sings them with sincerity. Her voice shows many colours, her diction is refined ... her charm is evident ... Bonynge weaves a voluptuous accompaniment around the singer ... 4... |