Composer(s): Sullivan, Arthur
Conductor(s): Godfrey, Isidore
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Operetta
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110176-77
Barcode: 0636943117620
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 07/2001

SULLIVAN: Mikado (The) (D'Oyly Carte) (1950)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Sullivan, Arthur
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Wright, Joyce (mezzo-soprano)
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Hallman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
1Act I: Overture07:38
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
2Act I: If you want to know who we are (Chorus of Nobles)02:19
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
3Act I: Recitative: Gentlemen, I pray you (Nanki-Poo)00:42
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
4Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)04:29
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
5Act I: Our great Mikado, virtuous man (Pish-Tush, Chorus)02:48
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
6Act I: Young Man, Despair (Pooh-Bah. Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)02:39
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Styler, Alan (bass)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
7Act I: Recitative: And have I journeyed for a month (Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah)00:55
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
8Act I: Behold the Lord High Executioner - Taken from a country jail (Chorus of Nobles, Ko-Ko)02:13
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
9Act I: As some day it may happen (Ko-Ko, Chorus of Men)02:02
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
10Act I: Comes a train of little ladies (Chorus of Girls)02:11
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
11Act I: Three little maids from school (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Girls)01:28
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Wright, Joyce (mezzo-soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
12Act I: So please you sir, we much regret (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)01:52
Watson, Richard (bass)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Wright, Joyce (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
13Act I: Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo)02:23
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
14Act I: I am so proud (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)02:43
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Styler, Alan (bass)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
15Act I: Finale (Chorus, Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tush, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Katisha, Ensemble)12:51
Watson, Richard (bass)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II: Braid the raven hair (Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Girls)03:20
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
2Act II: The sun whose rays are all ablaze (Yum-Yum)02:33
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
3Act II: Brightly dawns our wedding day (Yum-Yum, Pitti Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)03:55
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
4Act II: Here's a how-de-do! (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)01:10
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
5Act II: Miya Sama, "March of the Mikado's Troops" (Chorus)01:06
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
6Act II: From every kind of man (Mikado, Katisha)01:49
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Hallman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
7Act II: A more humane Mikado - My object all sublime (Mikado, Chorus)04:08
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
8Act II: The criminal cried, as he dropped him down (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus)03:16
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
9Act II: See how the fates their gifts allot (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah)02:09
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
10Act II: The flowers that bloom in the spring (Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)01:23
Gillingham, Joan (mezzo-soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
11Act II: Alone and yet alive - Hearts do not break (Katisha)02:17
Hallman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
12Act II: On a tree by a river, "Willow titwillow" (Ko-Ko)02:28
Green, Martyn (baritone)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
13Act II: There is beauty in the bellow of the blast (Katisha, Ko-Ko)02:02
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Hallman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
14Act II: Finale (Entire Company)01:55
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:22:44