The World of Gilbert & Sullivan, Vol.1
Selections from various Gilbert & Sullivan operettas
John Reed, Jeffrey Skitch, Joyce Wright, Gillian Knight, Jean Hindmarsh, Valerie Masterson, Jean Allister, Peggy Ann Jones, Pauline Wales, Colin Wright, Elizabeth Harwood, Owen Brannigan, Donald Adams, Thomas Round
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus / New Symphony Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Royston...
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- Joyce Wright (soprano), Jean Hindmarsh (soprano), Gillian Knight (contralto), John Reed (baritone), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone)
- D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
- Isidore Godfrey
- Recorded: 1959-08-12
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
Now give three cheers...When I was a lad
I'm called Little Buttercup
Never mind the why and wherefore
Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 1
- John Reed (baritone), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Colin Wright (tenor), Pauline Wales (soprano), Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royston Nash
- Recorded: 1973-01-15
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
3. A wand'ring minstrel I
10. Three little maids from school are we
8. As someday it may happen that a victim...
Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 2
- Valerie Masterson (soprano), Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano), Colin Wright (tenor), John Reed (baritone), Kenneth Sandford (baritone)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royston Nash
- Recorded: 1973-01-15
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
30. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la
33. On a tree by a river a little tom tit
Excerpt,
- Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), John Reed (baritone)
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1964-04-11
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
When our gallant Norman foes
I have a song to sing, oh!
Excerpt,
- John Reed (baritone), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Jean Allister (mezzo-soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal))
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Isidore Godfrey
- Recorded: 1967-12-08
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
When the foeman bares his steel
Poor wand'ring one!
When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Excerpt,
- Thomas Round (tenor), John Reed (baritone), Donald Adams (bass (vocal))
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Band of the Grenadier Guards, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
- Isidore Godfrey
- Recorded: 1960-09-08
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
Loudly let the trumpet bray
If you go in you're sure to win
Excerpt,
- Jennifer Toye (soprano), Thomas Round (tenor), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Alan Styler (baritone), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone), John Reed (baritone)
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Symphony Orchestra of London
- Isidore Godfrey
- Recorded: 1960-09-12
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
We're called gondolieri, but that's a vagary
In enterprise of martial kind
Take a pair of sparkling eyes
Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero