Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas [Box Set]

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All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
Malcolm Sargent began serving as an accompanist for amateur productions of Gilbert & Sullivan when he was 14, was musical director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1926 to 1928, and made complete recordings of several of the operettas with the company, so he clearly had the Gilbert & Sullivan tradition in his blood. During the late '50s and early '60s he recorded nine of the operettas (without the dialogue) with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and the Pro Arte Orchestra using regular Glyndebourne soloists, including sopranos Elsie Morison and Heather Harper, contraltos Monica Sinclair and Marjorie Thomas, tenors Richard Lewis and Alexander Young, ...
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All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
Malcolm Sargent began serving as an accompanist for amateur productions of Gilbert & Sullivan when he was 14, was musical director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1926 to 1928, and made complete recordings of several of the operettas with the company, so he clearly had the Gilbert & Sullivan tradition in his blood. During the late '50s and early '60s he recorded nine of the operettas (without the dialogue) with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and the Pro Arte Orchestra using regular Glyndebourne soloists, including sopranos Elsie Morison and Heather Harper, contraltos Monica Sinclair and Marjorie Thomas, tenors Richard Lewis and Alexander Young, baritones John Cameron and George Baker, and bass Owen Brannigan. Each of Sargent's Glyndebourne versions of the operettas has been released individually, plus smaller works by Sullivan to fill out the discs, and this compilation includes all the previous releases. These performances under Sargent's leadership are uniformly at a musically high level, models of precise and nuanced playing and singing. They vary, though, in the extent to which they convey the element of fun that's essential to make Gilbert & Sullivan really sparkle. Some versions are absolutely stellar; the performances of "H.M.S. Pinafore," and especially "Trial by Jury," are easily in contention for the finest recorded versions, musically immaculate, scintillating, and wildly funny. At the other end of the spectrum is a humdrum performance of "Patience," in which only Sinclair and Baker seem to be having any fun at all. Among the more consistently satisfying performances are "The Pirates of Penzance," "Iolanthe," "Ruddigore," and "Yeomen of the Guard," which are spirited and zesty, for the most part. "The Mikado" and "The Gondoliers" are somewhat less effective, although the orchestra and chorus are consistently excellent. Another factor in the impact of the performances is the vocal quality of the soloists. Morison is cast in the ingénue role in all of the operettas, but except for "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Trial by Jury," she sounds too mature for the parts. Lewis is frequently the heroic lead, but he tends to sound thin and strained more often than heroic. Several troopers can be counted on to excel wherever they are cast, particularly Sinclair, Brannigan, Cameron, and Baker, who are in fine voice and are exceptional comedians. The short works included as filler -- overtures to other Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, and Sullivan's "serious," concert works -- don't contribute much to the compilation. Most feature conductors other than Sargent, and the performances range from fine to decidedly mediocre. Overall, though, the musical quality of Sargent's performances makes this a collection that should be of interest to any serious fan of Gilbert and Sullivan, and there are some complete works and individual performances that are genuinely transcendent.
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  • Release Date: 11/20/2001
  • Label: EMI CLASSICS
  • UPC: 724357446822
  • Catalog Number: 74468

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1–31 H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (77:47)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, George Baker
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2We sail the ocean blue
    3. 3Hail, men-o'war's men
    4. 4I'm called Little Buttercup
    5. 5But tell me, who's the youth
    6. 6The nightingale sighed for the moon's bright ray
    7. 7A maiden fair to see
    8. 8My gallant crew, good morning
    9. 9I am the captain of the Pinafore
    10. 10Sir, you are sad
    11. 11Sorry her lot who loves too well
    12. 12Over the birght blue sea
    13. 13I am the monarch of the sea
    14. 14When I was a lad I served a term
    15. 15A British tar is a soaring soul
    16. 16Refrain, audacious tar
    17. 17Can I survive this overbearing
    18. 18Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen
    19. 19This very night
    20. 20Let's give three cheers
    21. 21Entr'acte
    22. 22Fair moon to thee I sing
    23. 23Thing are seldom what they seem
    24. 24The hours creep on apace
    25. 25Never mind the why and wherefore
    26. 26Kind Captain, I've important information
    27. 27Carefully on tiptoe stealing
    28. 28Pretty daughter of mine
    29. 29Farewell my own
    30. 30A many years ago
    31. 31Oh joy, Oh rapture unforseen
Disc 2
  1. 8–25 Trial by Jury, operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (32:48)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Bernard Turgeon, George Baker
    1. 8Hark, the hour of ten is sounding
    2. 9Now jurymen hear my advice
    3. 10Is this the Court of the Exchequer?
    4. 11When first my old, old love I knew
    5. 12Silence in Court... All hail great Judge
    6. 13When I, good friends, was called to the Bar
    7. 14Swear thou the jury
    8. 15Where is the plaintiff?
    9. 16Comes the broken flower
    10. 17Oh, never, never, never
    11. 18May it please you, my Lud!
    12. 19That she is reeling is plain to me
    13. 20Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray
    14. 21That seems a reasonable proposition
    15. 22A nice dilemma we have here
    16. 23I love him, I love him
    17. 24The question, gentlemen, is one of liquor
    18. 25Oh joy unbounded
Disc 3
  1. 1–39 The Pirates of Penzance, operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (88:17)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Heather Harper, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, George Baker
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
    3. 3When Frederic was a little lad
    4. 4Oh, better far to live and die
    5. 5Oh, false one, you have deceived me!
    6. 6What shall I do?...
    7. 7Stop, ladies, pray!
    8. 8Oh, is there not one maiden breast?
    9. 9Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name
    10. 10Poor wandering one
    11. 11What ought we to do?
    12. 12Stay, we must not lose our senses
    13. 13Here's a first rate opportunity
    14. 14Hold, monsters!
    15. 15I am the very model of a modern Major-General
    16. 16Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
    17. 17I'm telling a terrible story
    18. 18O master, hear one word
    19. 19Pray observe the magnanimity
    20. 20Oh, dry the glistening tear
    21. 21Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted
    22. 22When the foeman bears his steel
    23. 23Now for the pirates' lair
    24. 24Young Frederic!
    25. 25When you had left our pirate fold
    26. 26Away, away! my heart's on fire
    27. 27All is prepared
    28. 28Stay, Frederic, stay!
    29. 29Ah, leave me not to pine
    30. 30In 1940 I of age shall be
    31. 31No, I'll be brave!
    32. 32Though in body and in mind
    33. 33When a felon's not engaged in his employment
    34. 34A rollicking band of pirates we
    35. 35With cat-like tread
    36. 36Hush, hush! not a word
    37. 37Softly sighing to the river
    38. 38Now what is this, and what is that
    39. 39Frederic here! Oh joy!
Disc 4
  1. 1 The Sorcerer, operetta: Overture : The Sorcerer - Arthur Sullivan & Pro Arte Orchestra (5:45)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byPro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
  2. 2 Cox and Box (The Long-Lost Brothers), operetta: Overture : Cox and Box - Arthur Sullivan & Pro Arte Orchestra (2:43)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byPro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
  3. 3 Princess Ida (Castle Adamant), operetta: Overture : Princess Ida - Arthur Sullivan & Pro Arte Orchestra (4:13)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byPro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
  4. 4 Overture (In Memoriam), for orchestra in C major: Overture in C (In memoriam) - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (11:17)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
Disc 5
  1. 1–27 Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & John Cameron (76:59)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byJohn Cameron, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Heather Harper, Elizabeth Harwood, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, John Shaw, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Alexander Young, Trevor Anthony, George Baker
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2Twenty lovesick maidens we
    3. 3Still brooding on their mad infatuation
    4. 4I cannot tell what this love may be
    5. 5The soldiers of our Queen
    6. 6In a doleful train... Twenty lovesick maidens we
    7. 7When I first put this uniform on
    8. 8Am I alone and unobserved?
    9. 9Long years ago, fourteen maybe
    10. 10Prithee pretty maiden
    11. 11Let the merry cymbals sound
    12. 12Now tell us, we pray you
    13. 13Your maiden hearts
    14. 14Come walk up and purchase with avidity
    15. 15True love must single-hearted be
    16. 16I hear the soft note... But who is this?
    17. 17On such eyes as maidens cherish
    18. 18Sad is that woman's lot
    19. 19Turn, oh turn in this direction
    20. 20A magnet hung in a hardware shop
    21. 21Love is a plaintive song
    22. 22So go to him and say to him
    23. 23It's clear that medieval art alone retains its zest
    24. 24If Saphir I choose to marry
    25. 25When I go out of door
    26. 26I'm a Waterloo House young man
    27. 27After much debate internal
Disc 6
  1. 12–15 Symphony in E major (Irish), for orchestra - Arthur Sullivan & Charles Groves (35:45)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byCharles Groves
    Performed byCharles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
    1. 12I: Andante - Allegro, ma non troppo vivace
    2. 13II: Andante espressivo
    3. 14III: Allegretto
    4. 15IV: Allegro vivace e con brio
Disc 7
  1. 1–40 Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (95:37)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, April Cantelo, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Heather Harper, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Alexander Young, George Baker, Ian Wallace
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2Tripping hither, tripping thither
    3. 3Iolanthe!
    4. 4Good marrow, good mother
    5. 5Fare thee well, attractive stranger
    6. 6Good marrow, good lover
    7. 7None shall part us from each other
    8. 8Loudly let the trumpet bray!
    9. 9The Law is the true embodiment
    10. 10my well-loved lord and guardian dear
    11. 11Of all the young ladies I know
    12. 12Nay, tempt me not
    13. 13Spurn not the nobly born
    14. 14My Lords, it may not be
    15. 15A sheperd I
    16. 16When I went to the bar as a very young man
    17. 17When darkly looms the day
    18. 18Oh, shameless one, tremble!
    19. 19In babyhood upon her lap I lay
    20. 20For riches and rank I do not long
    21. 21To you I give my heart
    22. 22Tripping hither, Tripping thither
    23. 23The lady of my love
    24. 24Go away, madam
    25. 25Oh, Chancellor unwary
    26. 26With Strephon for your foe
    27. 27When all night long a chap remains
    28. 28Strephon's a Member of Parliament
    29. 29When Britain really ruled the waves
    30. 30In vain to us you plead
    31. 31Oh, foolish fay
    32. 32Though p'r'aps I may incur your blame
    33. 33Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest
    34. 34When you're lying awake with a dismal headache
    35. 35If you go in, you're sure to win
    36. 36If we're weak enough to tarry
    37. 37My Lord, a suppliant at your feet I kneel
    38. 38He loves! If in the bygone years
    39. 39It may not be
    40. 40Soon as we may
Disc 8
  1. 1 Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major: BBC Symphony Orchestra - Arthur Sullivan & BBC Symphony Orchestra (9:53)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byBBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
Disc 9
  1. 1–30 The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (90:34)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, Geraint Evans, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Jeannette Sinclair, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Ian Wallace
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2If you want to know who we are
    3. 3Gentlemen, I pray you tell me
    4. 4A wand'ring minstrel, I
    5. 5Our great Mikado, virtuous man
    6. 6Young man, despair
    7. 7And have I journey'd for a month
    8. 8Behold the Lord High Executioner!
    9. 9As some day it may happen
    10. 10Comes a train of little ladies
    11. 11Three little maids from school
    12. 12So please you, sir, we much regret
    13. 13Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
    14. 14I am so proud
    15. 15With aspect stern
    16. 16Your revels ceae
    17. 17Braid the raven hair
    18. 18The sun, whose raze are all ablaze
    19. 19Brightly dawns our wedding day
    20. 20Here's a how-de-do!
    21. 21Miya sama, miya sama
    22. 22A mor humane Mikado
    23. 23The criminal cried
    24. 24See how the Fates their gifts allot
    25. 25The flowers that bloom in the spring
    26. 26Alone, and yet alive
    27. 27Hearts do not break
    28. 28On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
    29. 29There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
    30. 30For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
Disc 10
Disc 11
  1. 1–29 Ruddigore (The Witch's Curse), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Harold Blackburn (82:24)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byHarold Blackburn, Pamela Bowden, Owen Brannigan, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Elizabeth Harwood, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Joseph Rouleau, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, George Baker
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2Fair is Rose as bright May day
    3. 3Sir Rupert Murgatroyd
    4. 4If someday there chanced to be
    5. 5I know a youth who loves a little maid
    6. 6From the briny sea
    7. 7I shippd, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop
    8. 8My boy, you may take it from me
    9. 9The battle's roar is over
    10. 10In sailing o'er life's ocean wide
    11. 11Cheerily carols the lark
    12. 12To a garden full of posies
    13. 13Welcome gentry for your entry
    14. 14Oh, why am I moody and sad?
    15. 15You understand?
    16. 16Hail the bride of seventeen summers
    17. 17When the buds are blossoming
    18. 18Hold, bride and bridegroom
    19. 19Oh, happy the lily
    20. 20I was once as meek as a new-born lamb
    21. 21Happily coupled are we
    22. 22In bygone days I had thy love
    23. 23Painted emblems of a race
    24. 24When the night wind howls
    25. 25He yields! He yields!
    26. 26I was once a very abandoned person
    27. 27My eyes are fully open
    28. 28There grew a little flower
    29. 29Oh, happy the lily
Disc 12
  1. 1 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: I: Introduction - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (5:00)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  2. 2 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: IV: Prelude Act III - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2:16)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  3. 3 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: VI: Banquet Dance - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (4:19)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  4. 4 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: VII: Overture Act IV - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (4:43)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  5. 5 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: X: Dance of the Nymphs and Reapers - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (4:06)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  6. 6 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: XI: Prelude Act V - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (4:12)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  7. 7 The Tempest, incidental music, Op. 1: XIIc: Epilogue - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1:50)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
  8. 18–21 The Merchant of Venice, incidental music - Arthur Sullivan & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (14:18)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byVivian Dunn
    Performed byCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Dunn
    1. 18I: Introduction
    2. 19III: Bourrée
    3. 20V: À la valse
    4. 21VII: Finale
Disc 13
  1. 1–23 The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & Owen Brannigan (93:19)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byOwen Brannigan, John Cameron, John Carol Case, Denis Dowling, Geraint Evans, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Doreen Hume, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Alexander Young
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2When maiden loves
    3. 3Tower warders, under orders
    4. 4When are gallant Norman foes
    5. 5Alas, I waver to and fro
    6. 6Is life a boon?
    7. 7Here's a man of jollity
    8. 8I have a song to sing, O!
    9. 9How say you maiden
    10. 10I've jibe and joke
    11. 11'Tis done! I am a bride
    12. 12Were I thy bride
    13. 13Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true?
    14. 14Night has spread her pall once more
    15. 15A private buffoon is a light-hearted loon
    16. 16Here-upon we're both agreed
    17. 17Free from his fetters grim
    18. 18Strange adventure!
    19. 19Hark! What was that, sir?
    20. 20A man who would woo a fair maid
    21. 21When a wooer goes a-wooing
    22. 22Rapture, rapture!
    23. 23Comes the pretty young bride
Disc 14
Disc 15
  1. 1–39 The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta - Arthur Sullivan & John Cameron (96:28)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byMalcolm Sargent
    Performed byJohn Cameron, Geraint Evans, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Edna Graham, Stella Hitchens, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Pro Arte Orchestra, Lavinia Renton, Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Helen Watts, Alexander Young
    1. 1Overture
    2. 2List and learn, ye dainty roses
    3. 3Good marrow, pretty maids
    4. 4For the merriest fellows
    5. 5Buon'giorno, signorine
    6. 6we;re called gondolieri
    7. 7And now to choose our brides
    8. 8Thank you, gallant gondolieri
    9. 9From the sunny Spanish shore
    10. 10In enterprise of martial kind
    11. 11O rapture when alone
    12. 12There was a time
    13. 13I stole the Prince
    14. 14But bless my life
    15. 15Try we life-long
    16. 16Bridegroom and bride
    17. 17When a merry maiden marries
    18. 18Kind sir, you cannot have the heart
    19. 19Don not give way
    20. 20Then one of us will be a queen
    21. 21Replying we sing
    22. 22For everyone who feels inclined
    23. 23Come, let's away
    24. 24Then away they go to an island fair
    25. 25Og happiness the very pith
    26. 26Rising early in the morning
    27. 27Take a pair of sparkling eyes
    28. 28Here we are, at the risk of our lives
    29. 29Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero
    30. 30There lived a King
    31. 31In a contemplative fashion
    32. 32With ducal pomp and ducal pride
    33. 33On the day when i was wedded
    34. 34To help unhappy commoners
    35. 35Small titles and orders
    36. 36I am a courtier grave and serious
    37. 37Here is a case unprecedented
    38. 38Now let the royal lieges gather round
    39. 39The Royal Prince
Disc 16
  1. 16–18 Cello Concerto (orchestral part lost; reconstructed by C. Mackerras and D. Mackie) - Arthur Sullivan & Julian Lloyd Webber (17:28)
    Composed byArthur Sullivan
    Conducted byCharles Mackerras
    Performed byLondon Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
    1. 16I: Allegro moderato
    2. 17II: Andante espressivo -
    3. 18III: Molto vivace
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Almost as good as my early exposure to D'Oyly Carte

    Wonderfully presented by a fine orchestra and excellent singers. Somewhat blander than D'Oyly Carte

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