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Gilbert & Sullivan - Ruddigore & The Merchant of Venice Suite

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd - George Baker

Richard Dauntless - Richard Lewis

Sir Despard Murgatroyd - Owen Brannigan

Old Adam Goodheart - Harold Blackburn

Rose Maybud - Elsie Morison

Mad Margaret - Pamela Bowden

Dame Hannah - Monica Sinclair

Zorah - Elizabeth Harwood

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An underrated gem, meshing parody pastoral with supernatural and graced by Sargent's attention to instrumental detail. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 4 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 5th May 2008
  • Catalogue No: 2134592
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Classics for Pleasure
  • Length: 96 minutes

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Contents

Sullivan, A: Ruddigore

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  • Richard Lewis (tenor), Pamela Bowden (alto), Monica Sinclair (alto), Elsie Morison (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Harold Blackburn (bass), George Baker (bass-baritone)
  • Pro Arte Orchestra, Peter Gellhorn, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Chorus
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent

Ruddigore (or, The Witch's Curse) (1987 - Remaster): Overture (arr. Geoffrey Toye)

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Fair is Rose as bright May day (Bridesmaids, Zorah)

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Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Hannah, Chorus)

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If somebody there chanced to be (Rose)

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I know a youth who loves a little maid (Rose, Robin)

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From the briny sea (Bridesmaids)

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I shipped, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop (Richard)

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My boy, you may take it from me (Robin)

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The battle's roar is over (Richard, Rose)

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In sailing o'er life's ocean wide (Rose, Richard, Robin)

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Cheerily carols the lark (Margaret)

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To a garden full of posies (Margaret)

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Welcome gentry for your entry (Chorus)

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Oh, why am I moody and sad? (Sir Despard, Chorus)

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You understand? (Richard, Sir Despard)

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Hail the bride of seventeen summers (Chorus)

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When the buds are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Richard, Adam, Chorus)

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Hold, bride and bridegroom (Sir Despard, Rose, Robin, Zorah, Richard, Margaret, Chorus)

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Oh, happy the lily (All)

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I once was as meek as a new-born lamb (Robin, Adam)

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Happily coupled are we (Richard, Rose)

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In bygone days I had thy love (Rose, Robin, Richard, Bridesmaids)

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Painted emblems of a race (Ancestors, Roderic, Robin)

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When the night wind howls (Roderic, Ancestors)

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He yields! He yields (Ancestors, Robin)

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I once was a very abandoned person (Sir Despard, Margaret)

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My eyes are fully open (Robin, Margaret, Sir Despard)

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There grew a little flower (Hannah, Roderic)

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Oh, happy the lily (All)

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Sullivan, A: The Merchant of Venice - Suite (1987 - Remaster)

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  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Vivian Dunn, Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

1. Introduction

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3. Bourrée

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5. A la Valse

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7. Finale

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