The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Malcolm Sargent · Isidore Godfrey · Marcus Dods · Pro Arte Orchestra · New Symphony Orchestra · Royal Choral Society · John Cameron · Richard Lewis · Thomas Round · Geraint Evans
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan (2010), CD, on H&H Music. Music by Arthur Sullivan, performed by Malcolm Sargent, Isidore Godfrey, Marcus Dods, Pro Arte Orchestra; 97 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Trial by Jury: Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding
Arthur Sullivan - Trial by Jury: “Hark, the Hour of Ten Is Sounding” (Chorus)
Trial by Jury: When I, Good Friends, Was Call'd to the Bar
Arthur Sullivan - Trial by Jury: “When I, Good Friends, Was Call’d to the Bar” (Judge, Chorus)
The Sorceror: My Name Is John Wellington Wells
Arthur Sullivan - The Sorcerer: Act I. “My name is John Wellington Wells” (Mr. Wells)
H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail the Ocean Blue
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 1, Chorus, “We Sail the Ocean Blue” (Sailors)
H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 2 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain)
H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew, Good Morning!
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 4 “My Gallant Crew, Good Morning” (Captain, Sailors
H.M.S. Pinafore: I Am the Captain of the Pinafore
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 4 “I Am the Captain of the Pinafore” (Captain, Sailors)
H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was a Lad / For I Hold That on the Seas
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 9a “For I Hold That on the Seas” (Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe, Chorus)
H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act II, no. 13 “Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing” (Captain)
H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act II, no. 14 “Things Are Seldom What They Seem” (Buttercup, Captain)
H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind the Why and Wherefore
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act II, no. 16 “Never Mind the Why and Wherefore” (Josephine, Captain, Sir Joseph)
H.M.S. Pinafore: He Is an Englishman
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act II, no. 18 “Carefully on Tiptoe Stealing” / “Hold! Pretty Daughter of Mine” / “He is an Englishman” / “In Uttering a Reprobation” / “My Pain and My Distress”(Dick Deadeye, Captain, Ralph, Josephine, Boatswain, Sir Joseph, Hebe, Sailors, Ensemble)
The Pirates of Penzance: Oh, Better Far to Live and Die
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 3. “Oh, better far to live and die” … “I am a pirate king!” (Pirate King, Pirates)
The Pirates of Penzance: Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 5. “Climbing over rocky mountain” (Girls, Edith, Kate)
The Pirates of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 7. “Oh, is there not one maiden breast?” (Frederic, Girls, Mabel)
The Pirates of Penzance: Poor Wandering One
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 8 “Poor Wand’ring One!” (Mabel, Chorus of Girls)
The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 9. “What ought we to do?” (Edith, Kate, Girls)
The Pirates of Penzance: I Am the Model of a Modern Major-General
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus)
The Pirates of Penzance: When the Foeman Bares His Steel
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 17. “When the foeman bares his steel” (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, Policemen, Girls)
The Pirates of Penzance: When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 19 “When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold” (Ruth, Frederic, Pirate King)
The Pirates of Penzance: Ah Leave Me Not to Pine
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 22. “Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine” (Mabel, Frederic)
The Pirates of Penzance: When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 24. “When a felon’s not engaged in his employment” (Sergeant, Policemen)
The Pirates of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 26. “With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal” (Samuel, Pirates, Policemen)
Patience: I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
Arthur Sullivan - Patience: Act I. 2a. “I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be” (Patience, Chorus)
Disc 2
Iolanthe: March and Entry of the Peers: Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray!
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act I, no. 6, Chorus, “Loudly Let the Trumpets Bray” (Peers)
Iolanthe: The Law Is the True Embodiment
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act I, no. 7 “The Law Is the True Embodiment” (Lord Chancellor, Chorus of Peers)
Iolanthe: When I Went to the Bar
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act I, no. 12 “When I Went to the Bar” (Lord Chancellor)
Iolanthe: When All Night Long a Chap Remains
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 14 “When All Night Long a Chap Remains” (Private Willis)
Iolanthe: When Britain Really Ruled the Waves
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 16 “When Britain Really Ruled the Waves” (Lord Mountararat, Chorus)
Iolanthe: Nightmare Song: Love, Unrequited Robs Me of My Rest
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 20 “Love, Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest” (Lord Chancellor)
Iolanthe: When You're Lying Awake With a Dismal Headache
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 20 “When You’re Lying Awake” (Lord Chancellor)
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 21 “If You Go In You’re Sure to Win” (Tolloller, Mountararat, Lord Chancellor)
Princess Ida: The Woman of the Wisest Wit
Arthur Sullivan - Princess Ida: Act II. “The Woman of the Wisest Wit” (Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
Princess Ida: Would You Know the Kind of Maid?
Arthur Sullivan - Princess Ida: Act II. “Would You Know the Kind of Maid?” (Cyril)
Princess Ida: Whene'er I Spoke Sarcastic Joke
Arthur Sullivan - Princess Ida: Act III. “Whene’er I spoke sarcastic joke” (Gama, Chorus)
The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A wand’ring minstrel I…” (Nanki-Poo, Men)
The Mikado: Behold the Lord High Executioner
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no. 5, “Behold the Lord High Executioner…” (Ko-Ko and Men)
The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no. 5a “As someday it may happen” (Ko-Ko and Men)
The Mikado: Comes a Train of Little Ladies
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no. 6, “Comes a Train of Little Ladies” (Girls)
The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no. 7. “Three little maids from school are we” (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, and Girls)
The Mikado: Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no. 9, “Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted” (Yum-Yum and Nanki-Pooh)
The Mikado: Braid the Raven Hair
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 12, “Braid the Raven Hair” (Pitti-Sing and Girls)
The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum)
The Mikado: Here's a How-De-Do!
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 15. “Here’s a how-de-do” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko)
The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 17, “A More Humane Mikado” (Mikado, Chorus)
The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 20, “The Flowers That Bloom In the Spring” (Nanki-Pooh, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Bah)
The Mikado: On a Tree by a River a Little Tom-Tit
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko)
The Mikado: There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 23. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast” (Katisha and Ko-Ko)
The Mikado: Finale: For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum” (Ensemble)
Disc 3
The Yeomen of the Guard: Tower Warders, Under Orders
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I, no. 2 “Tower Warders, Under Orders…” (Crowd, Yeomen, Second Yeoman)
The Yeomen of the Guard: When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “When our gallant Norman foes” (Dame Carruthers, Yeomen)
The Yeomen of the Guard: Is Life a Boon
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Is Life a Boon?” (Fairfax)
The Yeomen of the Guard: I Have a Song to Sing-O!
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I, No. 7, Duet, “I Have a Song to Sing, O!”, (Point, Elsie, and Chorus)
The Yeomen of the Guard: I've Jibe and Joke
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I, no. 9 “I’ve Jibe and Joke” (Point)
The Yeomen of the Guard: 'Tis Done, I Am a Bride
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I, no. 10 “’tis Done! I Am a Bride!” (Elsie)
The Yeomen of the Guard: Were I Thy Bride
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I, no. 11 “Were I Thy Bride” (Phœbe)
The Yeomen of the Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is a Light-Hearted Loon
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act II, no. 14 “Oh! A Private Buffoon Is a Light-Hearted Loon” (Point)
The Yeomen of the Guard: Hereupon We're Both Agreed
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Hereupon we’re both agreed” (Point, Wilfred)
The Yeomen of the Guard: Strange Adventure
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act II, no. 17 “Strange Adventure” (Kate, Dame, Fairfax as Leonard, Meryll)
The Yeomen of the Guard: A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act II, no. 19 “A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid” (Fairfax as Leonard, Elsie, Phœbe)
The Yeomen of the Guard: When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard: Act II, no. 20 “When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing” (Elsie, Fairfax, Phœbe, Point)
The Gondoliers: For the Merriest Fellows Are We
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act I: “For the Merriest Fellows Are We” (Antonio, Fiametta, Chorus)
The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act I: “We’re Called Gondolieri” (Marco, Giuseppe)
The Gondoliers: From the Sunny Spanish Shore
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act I: "From the Sunny Spanish Shore" (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz)
The Gondoliers: In Enterprise of Martial Kind
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act I: "In Enterprise of The Martial Kind" (Duke, Casilda, Duchess, Luiz)
The Gondoliers: I Stole the Prince
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act I: "I Stole the Prince" (Don Alhambra, Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz)
The Gondoliers: When a Merry Maiden Marries
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act I: no. 9a. “When a Merry Maiden Marries” (Tessa)
The Gondoliers: Then One of Us Will Be a Queen
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act I Finale: “Then One of Us Will Be a Queen” (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa)
The Gondoliers: Rising Early in the Morning
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act II: "Rising Early in the Morning" (Giuseppe, Male Chorus)
The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II, no. 13, Song: “Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes” (Marco)
The Gondoliers: Dance a Cachucha
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II, No. 15, Chorus, “Dance a Cachucha” (Company)
The Gondoliers: There Lived a King
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act II: "There Lived a King" (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe)
The Gondoliers: In a Contemplative Fashion
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II: “In a Contemplative Fashion” (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)
Disc 4
The Pirates of Penzance: Pour, oh Pour, the Pirate Sherry
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 1. “Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry” (Samuel, Pirates)
The Pirates of Penzance: Stop, Ladies, Pray!
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 6. “Stop, ladies, pray!” (Fredric, Girls, Edith, Kate)
The Pirates of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 7. “Oh, is there not one maiden breast?” (Frederic, Girls, Mabel)
The Pirates of Penzance: Poor Wandering One
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 8. “Poor wand’ring one …” (Mabel, Girls)
The Pirates of Penzance: I Am the Model of a Modern Major-General
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus)
The Pirates of Penzance: A Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 24. “When a felon’s not engaged in his employment” (Sergeant, Policemen)
H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew, Good Morning! / I Am the Captain of the Pinafore
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 4 “I Am the Captain of the Pinafore” (Captain, Sailors)
H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was a Lad
Arthur Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 9, “When I Was a Lad” (Sir Joseph)
Iolanthe: When Britain Really Ruled the Waves
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 16 “When Britain Really Ruled the Waves” (Lord Mountararat, Chorus)
The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II, no. 13, Song: “Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes” (Marco)
The Gondoliers: Once More Gondolieri
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act II: “Once More Gondolieri” (Company)
The Mikado: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me” (Nanki-Poo, a Noble)
The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A wand’ring minstrel I…” (Nanki-Poo, Men)
The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum)