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The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Isidore Godfrey & Sir Malcolm Sargent

  • Release Date: 16th May 2011
  • Catalogue No: 4782931
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

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Contents

Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 1

Work length5:56
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  • Colin Wright (tenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), 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

10. Three little maids from school are we

Track length1:25
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3. A wand'ring minstrel I

Track length4:31
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 2

Work length2:22
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royston Nash
  • Recorded: 1973-01-15
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

33. On a tree by a river a little tom tit

Track length2:22
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 1

Work length4:53
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royston Nash
  • Recorded: 1973-01
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

7. Behold the Lord High Executioner

Track length2:34
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8. As someday it may happen that a victim...

Track length2:19
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado / Act 2

Work length10:26
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  • Valerie Masterson (soprano), Lyndsie Holland (contralto), Colin Wright (tenor), Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano), Pauline Wales (soprano), John Reed (baritone), Kenneth Sandford (baritone), Michael Rayner (baritone)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
  • Royston Nash
  • Recorded: 1973-01
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

22. The sun whose rays are all ablaze

Track length3:05
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24. Here's a how-de-do!

Track length1:23
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30. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la

Track length1:36
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34. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast

Track length2:13
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36. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum

Track length2:09
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Sullivan, A: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1

Work length6:35
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  • John Reed, Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Joyce Wright (mezzo-soprano), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1959

I Am The Monarch Of The Sea (When I Was A Lad)

Track length4:51
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I'm Called Little Buttercup

Track length1:44
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Sullivan, A: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2

Work length2:39
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  • John Reed, Jeffrey Skitch (baritone), Jean Hindmarsh (soprano)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1959

Never Mind The Why And Wherefore

Track length2:39
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Sullivan, A: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1

Work length4:42
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  • Jeffrey Skitch (baritone), D’Oyly Carte Opera Company (chorus conductor)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1969

We Shall Sail The Ocean Blue

Track length2:27
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My gallant crew...I am the Captain of the Pinafore

Track length2:15
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Sullivan, A: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2

Work length3:06
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  • Joyce Wright (soprano), Thomas Round (tenor), Donald Adams (bass (vocal)), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1959-08-12
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

A joy! Oh rapture unforseen

Track length3:06
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Excerpt, Sullivan, A: Trial by Jury

Work length2:52
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  • John Reed
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Recorded: 1964

When I good friends was called to the Bar

Track length2:52
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Sullivan, A: The Sorcerer / Act 1

Work length2:13
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1966-05
  • Recording Venue: --, --

My name is John Wellington Wells

Track length2:13
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Sullivan, A: Patience / Act 1

Work length5:00
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1961-09
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

The soldiers of our Queen

Track length0:51
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Am I alone and unobserved?

Track length1:39
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If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic..

Track length2:30
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Sullivan, A: Patience / Act 2

Work length1:56
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  • Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), John Reed (baritone)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1961-09
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

So go to him and say to him, with compliment ironical

Track length1:56
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Excerpt, Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

Work length8:13
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  • 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

Track length4:53
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I have a song to sing, oh!

Track length3:20
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Sullivan, A: "When maiden loves"

Work length3:32
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  • Ann Hood (soprano)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1964-04-11
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Sullivan, A: "Tower warders under orders"

Work length3:52
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  • Thomas Lawlor (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1964-04-11
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Sullivan, A: With cat-like tread

Work length2:45
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  • George Cook (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1967-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Excerpt, Sullivan, A: The Pirates of Penzance

Work length2:57
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  • Valerie Masterson (soprano)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1967-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Poor wand'ring one!

Track length2:57
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Sullivan, A: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty / Act 1

Work length2:59
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  • John Reed
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1968

I am the very model of a modern Major-General

Track length2:59
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Excerpt, Sullivan, A: The Pirates of Penzance

Work length7:21
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  • Valerie Masterson (soprano), Jean Allister (mezzo-soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal))
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1967-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

When the foeman bares his steel

Track length4:50
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When a felon's not engaged in his employment

Track length2:31
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Sullivan, A: I know a youth who loves a little maid

Work length3:30
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  • Jean Hindmarsh (soprano), John Reed (baritone)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1962-07
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Sullivan, A: 20. When the night wind howls

Work length2:32
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  • Donald Adams (bass (vocal))
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1962-07
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Sullivan, A: 23. My eyes are fully open to my awful situation

Work length1:37
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  • Jean Allister (mezzo-soprano), John Reed (baritone), Kenneth Sandford (baritone)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1962-07
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Excerpt, Sullivan, A: Iolanthe

Work length5:50
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  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Band of the Grenadier Guards, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Loudly let the trumpet bray

Track length5:50
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Sullivan, A: Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri / Act 2

Work length5:49
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  • John Reed, Thomas Round (tenor), Donald Adams (bass (vocal))
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960

Love unrequited

Track length3:31
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If you go in you're sure to win

Track length2:18
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Sullivan, A: When all night long a chap remains

Work length4:31
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  • Kenneth Sandford (baritone)
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960-09
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Sullivan, A: Said I to myself, said I

Work length1:54
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960-09
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Sullivan, A: Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri / Act 2

Work length3:05
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  • Donald Adams (bass (vocal))
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960

When Britain really ruled the waves

Track length3:05
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Excerpt, Sullivan, A: The Gondoliers

Work length6:52
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  • 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

Track length2:08
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In enterprise of martial kind

Track length1:33
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Take a pair of sparkling eyes

Track length3:11
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Sullivan, A: The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria - Act Two

Work length1:47
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  • Thomas Round (tenor)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1961

Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero

Track length1:47
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Sullivan, A: The Gondoliers / Act One

Work length4:13
$1.70
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  • John Reed, Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer Toye (soprano), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone), Kenneth Sandford (baritone)
  • D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1961

From the Sunny Spanish Shore

Track length1:44
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I Stole the Prince

Track length2:29
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Sullivan, A: Then one of us will be a Queen

Work length2:29
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  • Mary Sansom (soprano), Joyce Wright (soprano), Thomas Round (tenor), Alan Styler (baritone)
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Recorded: 1960-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Sullivan, A: If you give me your attention

Work length2:15
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1965-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sullivan, A: The woman of the wisest wit

Work length2:32
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  • Ann Hood (soprano), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Philip Potter (tenor), David Palmer (singer), Jeffrey Skitch (baritone)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1965-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sullivan, A: I built upon a rock

Work length3:30
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  • Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1965-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sullivan, A: Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke

Work length2:02
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  • John Reed (baritone)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1965-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sullivan, A: This helmet I suppose

Work length2:14
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  • George Cook (baritone), Donald Adams (bass (vocal)), Anthony Raffell (bass (vocal))
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1965-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

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