Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Malcolm Sargent · Pro Arte Orchestra · Richard Lewis · Elsie Morison · Geraint Evans · John Cameron · Monica Sinclair · Marjorie Thomas · Alexander Young · Ian Wallace
Best of Gilbert & Sullivan (1988), CD, on EMI. Music by Arthur Sullivan, performed by Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison; 25 tracks.
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Tracklist
The Mikado: Act I. “If you want to know who we are”
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, No 1, Men’s Chorus, “If you want to know who we are”
The Mikado: Act I. “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: Act I. “A wand'ring minstrel I”
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A Wand’ring Minstrel I” (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)
The Mikado: Act II. “The sun whose rays”
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum)
The Mikado: Act II. “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: Act II. “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: Act II. “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: Act II. “There is a 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: Act II. “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)
The Gondoliers: “Buon giorno Signorine” - “We're called Gondolieri”
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers, Act I: "Buon' Giorno, Signorine!" (Marco, Giuseppe, 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 chachucha, fandango, bolero”
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II, No. 15, Chorus, “Dance a Cachucha” (Company)
The Gondoliers: “I am a courtier grave and serious” (Gavotte)
Arthur Sullivan - The Gondoliers: Act II, No. 21, Gavotte, “I am A Courtier, Grave and Serious”, (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Marco and Giuseppe)
Iolanthe: “Loudly let the trumpet bray”
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act I, no. 6, Chorus, “Loudly Let the Trumpets Bray” (Peers)
Iolanthe: “When you're lying awake”
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, no. 20 “When You’re Lying Awake” (Lord Chancellor)
Iolanthe: “Soon as we may, off and away!”
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe: Act II, No. 25, Finale, “Soon as We May, Off and Away” (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: “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 wand'ring one”
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 8. “Poor wand’ring one …” (Mabel, Girls)
The Pirates of Penzance: “When the foeman bares his steel” - “Though to us it's evident”
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 17. “When the foeman bares his steel” (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, Policemen, Girls)
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, Recitative and Song “Hail! Men-o’-War’s Men” / “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain)