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Composer(s): Sullivan, Arthur
Lyricist(s): Gilbert, William Schwenck
Conductor(s): Godfrey, Isidore
Orchestra(s): D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra; New Promenade Orchestra
Choir(s): D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Artist(s): Dean, Yvonne; Fane, Caryl; Flynn, Radley; Goodier, Henry; Green, Martyn; Halman, Ella; Hancock, Tom; Harding, Muriel; Mitchell, Margaret; Osborn, Leonard; Sanders, Geoffrey; Styler, Alan; Walsh, Enid; Watson, Richard; Wright, Joyce
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Operetta
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110209-10
Barcode: 0636943120927
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 06/2002
SULLIVAN: Gondoliers (The) (D'Oyly Carte) (1950)
The Gondoliers was first performed in London in 1889 by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. It remains one of the finest and most popular of all the Savoy Operas. Conducted by Isidore Godfrey, the Company’s music director, who knew better than most how to get the best out of Sullivan’s music, this 1950 recording is an outstanding example of its high standards. The singers were all experts in their rôles, and relished the numerous opportunities for displaying their expertise.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Sullivan, Arthur
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Hancock, Tom (tenor)
Sanders, Geoffrey (baritone)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Walsh, Enid (soprano)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Fane, Caryl (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Hancock, Tom (tenor)
Sanders, Geoffrey (baritone)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Walsh, Enid (soprano)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Fane, Caryl (mezzo-soprano)
|  | 1 | Act I: Overture | 05:52 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 2 | Act I: List and learn (Chorus of Contadine) | 03:26 |
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act I: Good morrow pretty maids (Francesco) | 01:16 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hancock, Tom (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hancock, Tom (tenor)
| | 4 | Act I: For the merriest fellows are we (Antonio, Chorus) | 01:35 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Sanders, Geoffrey (baritone)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Sanders, Geoffrey (baritone)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 5 | Act I: See see at last - Buongiorno, Signorine! (Fiametta, Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus) | 03:10 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Walsh, Enid (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Walsh, Enid (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 6 | Act I: We're called gondolieri (Marco, Giuseppe) | 02:10 |
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 7 | Act I: And now to choose our brides (Marco, Giuseppe, Tessa, Gianetta, Chorus) | 02:46 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 8 | Act I: Thank you gallant gondolieri (Chorus of Girls) | 02:20 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 9 | Act I: From the sunny Spanish shore (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz) | 01:42 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 10 | Act I: In enterprise of marital kind (Duke) | 01:35 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act I: O rapture, when alone together (Casilda, Luiz) | 01:51 |
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
| | 12 | Act I: These was a time (Casilda, Luiz) | 03:11 |
Goodier, Henry (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
| | 13 | Act I: I stole the prince (Don Alhambra, Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz) | 02:24 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 14 | Act I: But bless my heart - Try we life long (Casilda, Don Alhmabra, Duke, Duchess, Luiz, Grand Inquisitor) | 02:55 |
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
| | 15 | Act I: Bridegroom and bride! (Chorus) | 00:40 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 16 | Act I: When a merry maiden marries (Tessa, Chorus) | 02:50 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
| | 17 | Act I: Kind Sir you cannot have the heart (Gianetta) | 02:53 |
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 18 | Act I: Do not give way (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa) | 00:40 |
Watson, Richard (bass)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 19 | Act I: Then one of us will be a queen (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa) | 02:47 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 20 | Act I: Replying we sing (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus) | 00:52 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 21 | Act I: For everyone who feels inclined (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus) | 02:11 |
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 22 | Act I: Come let's away (Marco, Giuseppe) | 00:50 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 23 | Act I: Now Marco dear my wishes hear (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe) | 03:10 |
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
| | 24 | Act I: Then away we go (Chorus, Marco) | 02:02 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Act II: Of happiness the very pith (Chorus of Men, Marco, Giuseppe) | 02:01 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
| | 2 | Act II: Rising early in the morning (Giuseppe, Chorus) | 02:43 |
Styler, Alan (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 3 | Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco) | 03:09 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 4 | Act II: Here we are, at the risk of our lives - After sailing to this island (Chorus of Girls, Tessa, Gianetta) | 03:07 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 5 | Act II: Dance a Cachucha (Chorus) | 01:46 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 6 | Act II: There lived a king (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe) | 02:55 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 7 | Act II: In a contemplative fashion (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa) | 02:01 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Dean, Yvonne (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 8 | Act II: With ducal pomp (Chorus of Men, Duke, Duchess) | 01:47 |
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
| | 9 | Act II: On the day when I was wedded (Duchess) | 02:27 |
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 10 | Act II: To help unhappy commoners - Small titles and orders (Duke, Duchess) | 03:08 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act II: I am a courtier grave and serious (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Marco, Giuseppe) | 03:43 |
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Styler, Alan (bass)
| | 12 | Act II: Here is a case unprecedented! (Marco, Giuseppe, Casilda, Gianetta, Tessa) | 01:08 |
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
Styler, Alan (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Harding, Muriel (soprano)
| | 13 | Act II: Now let the loyal lieges gather round - Finale (Don Alhambra, Inez, Company) | 05:01 |
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fane, Caryl (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
New Promenade Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fane, Caryl (mezzo-soprano)
Total Playing Time: 01:30:04