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Composer(s): Sullivan, Arthur
Lyricist(s): Gilbert, William Schwenck
Conductor(s): Godfrey, Isidore
Orchestra(s): D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Choir(s): D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Artist(s): Drummond-Grant, Ann; Fancourt, Darrell; Flynn, Radley; Green, Martyn; Halman, Ella; Mitchell, Margaret; Osborn, Leonard; Thurlow, Deirdre; Watson, Richard
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Operetta
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110295
Barcode: 0636943129524
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: 10/2004
SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (D'Oyly Carte) (1950)
Having already mocked the time-honoured institutions, the Navy (HMS Pinafore), the judicature (Trial by Jury) and the archetypal English ‘flower power’ group known as the Aesthetic Movement (Patience), in Ruddigore W. S. Gilbert ridiculed contemporary obsessions with etiquette and the supernatural. Without being a top G&S favourite, Ruddigore is a highly accomplished score with several finely-integrated dramatic moments, including the memorable ‘gallery of ghosts’ sequence.
Tracklist
Sullivan, Arthur
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Thurlow, Deirdre (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Drummond-Grant, Ann (contralto)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Flynn, Radley (bass)
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Thurlow, Deirdre (soprano)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Drummond-Grant, Ann (contralto)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Flynn, Radley (bass)
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
|  | 1 | Overture (composed by Geoffrey Toye) | 06:49 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act I: Fair is Rose as bright May day (Chorus, Zorah) | 02:28 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Thurlow, Deirdre (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Thurlow, Deirdre (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 3 | Act I: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Dame Hannah, Chorus) | 02:29 |
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 4 | Act I: If somebody there chanced to be (Rose) | 03:03 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
| | 5 | Act I: I know a youth who loves a little maid (Robin, Rose) | 03:37 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act I: From the briny sea - Ballad: I shipped d'ye see (Chorus, Richard) | 02:38 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 7 | Act I: Hornpipe (Orchestra) | 01:12 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 8 | Act I: My boy, you may take it from me (Robin) | 01:39 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 9 | Act I: If well his suit has sped (Chorus) | 00:43 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 10 | Act I: In sailing o'er life's ocean wide - My heart says (Chorus, Richard, Robin, Rose, Ensemble) | 01:56 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act I: Cheerily carols the lark - To a garden full of posies (Margaret) | 04:17 |
Drummond-Grant, Ann (contralto)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 12 | Act I: Welcome, gentry, for your entry (Chorus) | 02:32 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 13 | Act I: Oh why am I moody and sad? (Sir Despard) | 01:56 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Watson, Richard (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Watson, Richard (bass)
| | 14 | Act I: You understand? I think I do (Sir Despard, Richard) | 01:21 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 15 | Act I: Hail the bride of seventeen Summers (Chorus) | 01:45 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 16 | Act I: When the bands are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Ensemble) | 03:33 |
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 17 | Act I: Gavotte (Orchestra) | 01:11 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 18 | Act I: Hold, bride and bridegroom - Finale (Sir Despard, Robin, Richard, Rose, Margaret, Hannah, Adam, Zorah, Chorus) | 08:01 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Watson, Richard (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
| | 19 | Act II: I once was meek as a new-born lamb (Sir Ruthven, Adam) | 02:21 |
Flynn, Radley (bass)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 20 | Act II: Happily coupled are we (Richard, Chorus) | 01:06 |
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
| | 21 | Act II: In bygone days I had thy love (Rose, Sir Ruthven, Richard, Chorus) | 01:36 |
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Osborn, Leonard (tenor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 22 | Act II: Painted emblems of a race (Sir Ruthven, Ghosts) | 03:54 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 23 | Act II: When the night wind howls (Sir Roderick) | 02:35 |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
Fancourt, Darrell (bass-baritone)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
| | 24 | Act II: He yields! He answers to our call (Chorus, Sir Ruthven) | 02:14 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 25 | Act II: I once was a very abandoned person (Despard, Margaret) | 02:46 |
Drummond-Grant, Ann (contralto)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 26 | Act II: My eyes are fully open (Sir Ruthven, Despard, Margaret) | 01:36 |
Drummond-Grant, Ann (contralto)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Watson, Richard (bass)
| | 27 | Act II: There grew a little flower (Hannah, Sir Ruthven) | 04:12 |
Green, Martyn (baritone)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Halman, Ella (mezzo-soprano)
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 28 | Act II: Finale (The Company) | 00:51 |
Godfrey, Isidore (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (Choir)
Total Playing Time: 01:14:21