SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (1930) / The Pirates of Penzance (1929) (D'Oyly Carte)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Sullivan, Arthur
Gilbert, William Schwenck - Lyricist
1 Act I: Overture 04:01
2 Act I: We sail the ocean blue (Male Chorus) 02:05
3 Act I: Hail, Men-o'-war's men (Little Buttercup) 00:24
4 Act I: I'm called Little Buttercup (Little Buttercup) 01:35
5 Act I: But, tell me - who's the youth (Little Buttercup, Boatswain) 00:28
6 Act I: The Nightingale sighed (Ralph) 01:52
7 Act I: A maiden fair to see (Ralph) 01:55
8 Act I: My gallant crew, good morning (Captain, Chorus) 00:28
9 Act I: I am the Captain of the Pinafore (Captain, Chorus) 01:48
10 Act I: Sir, you are sad (Little Buttercup, Captain) 01:30
11 Act I: Sorry her lot (Josephine) 03:16
12 Act I: Over the bright blue sea (Female Chorus) 00:39
13 Act I: Sir Joseph's barge is seen (Male Chorus) 00:34
14 Act I: Gaily tripping, lightly skipping (Chorus) 01:23
15 Act I: Now give three cheers (Captain, Chorus) 01:10
16 Act I: When I was a lad (Sir Joseph, Hebe, Chorus) 02:34
17 Act I: For I hold that on the seas (Sir Joseph, Hebe, Chorus) 00:26
18 Act I: A British tar is a soaring soul (Ralph, Boatswain and His Mate, Chorus) 01:56
19 Act I: Refrain, audacious tar (Josephine, Ralph) 02:49
20 Act I: Can I survive this overbearing (Ralph, Chorus, Dick) 01:43
21 Act I: My friends, my leave of life I'm taking (Ralph, Chorus) 01:23
22 Act I: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen (Josephine, Chorus, Dick) 01:22
23 Act I: This very night (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Dick, Boatswain) 01:59
24 Act I: Let's give three cheers for the sailor's bride (Chorus) 02:28
25 Act II: Entr'acte 01:06
26 Act II: Fair moon, to thee I sing (Captain) 02:47
27 Act II: Things are seldom what they seem (Little Buttercup, Captain) 02:41
28 Act II: The hours creep on apace (Josephine) 04:31
29 Act II: Never mind the why and wherefore (Captain, Sir Joseph, Josephine) 02:28
30 Act II: Kind Captain, I've important information (Dick, Captain) 02:09
31 Act II: Carefully on tiptoe stealing (Male Chorus) 01:35
32 Act II: Pretty daughter of mine (Captain, Male Chorus, Ralph, Josephine) 01:11
33 Act II: He is an Englishman! (Chorus, Boatswain) 01:43
34 Act II: In uttering a reprobation (Captain, Chorus, Dick, Hebe, Sir Joseph) 02:28
35 Act II: Farewell, my own (Ralph, Josephine, Sir Joseph, Boatswain, Dick, Hebe, Little Buttercup) 01:39
36 Act II: My pain and my distress (Sir Joseph, Ensemble, Little Buttercup) 00:43
37 Act II: A many years ago (Little Buttercup, Ensemble) 02:07
38 Act II: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Dick, Captain, Chorus) 02:58
39 Act I: Overture 07:14
Disc 2
1 Act I: Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry (Chorus, Samuel) 01:36
2 Act I: When Frederic was a little lad (Ruth) 02:44
3 Act I: Oh, better far to live and die (King, Chorus) 02:12
4 Act I: Oh, false one, you have deceived me! (Frederic, Ruth) 02:25
5 Act I: What shall I do? (Frederic) 00:15
6 Act I: Climbing over rocky mountain (Female Chorus, Edith, Kate, Isabel) 03:29
7 Act I: Stop, ladies, pray! (Frederic, Female Chorus, Edith, Kate) 01:21
8 Act I: Oh, is there not one maiden breast (Frederic, Female Chorus) 03:06
9 Act I: 'Tis Mabel! (Female Chorus, Mabel) 00:46
10 Act I: Poor wandering one! (Mabel, Female Chorus) 02:33
11 Act I: What ought we to do (Edith, Kate, Female Chorus) 00:42
12 Act I: How beautifully blue he sky (Female Chorus, Mabel, Frederic) 01:59
13 Act I: Stay, we must not lose our senses (Frederic, Female Chorus) 00:35
14 Act I: Here's a first-rate opportunity (Chorus) 00:50
15 Act I: Hold, monsters! (Mabel, Samuel, Female Chorus, General) 00:49
16 Act I: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (General, Chorus) 02:47
17 Act I: Oh, men of dark and dismal fate (General, King, Samuel, Male Chorus) 02:18
18 Act I: I'm telling a terrible story (General, Chorus) 00:37
19 Act I: Although our dark career … Hail, Poetry (King, Chorus) 01:35
20 Act I: You may go, for you're at liberty (King, Samuel, Chorus, General, Ruth, Frederic) 01:45
21 Act I: Pray, observe the magnanimity (Chorus) 01:28
22 Act II: Oh, dry the glistening tear (Female Chorus, Mabel) 03:02
23 Act II: Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted (General, Frederic) 00:15
24 Act II: When the foeman bears his steel (Sergeant, Police, Mabel, Female Chorus, Edith) 04:16
25 Act II: Now for the pirates' lair! (Frederic, King, Ruth) 01:16
26 Act II: When you had left our pirate fold (Ruth, Frederic, King) 03:16
27 Act II: Away, away! my heart's on fire (King, Ruth, Frederic) 01:25
28 Act II: All is prepared, your gallant crew await you (Mabel, Frederic) 02:01
29 Act II: Ah, leave me not to pine (Mabel, Frederic) 03:26
30 Act II: Oh, here is love, and here is truth (Ensemble) 00:53
31 Act II: No, I am brave! (Mabel, Sergeant, Police) 01:19
32 Act II: When a felon's not engaged in his employment (Sergeant, Police) 02:13
33 Act II: A rollicking band of pirates we (Pirates, Sergeant, Police, Male Chorus) 02:13
34 Act II: With cat-like tread (Male Chorus, Police) 02:34
35 Act II: Hush, hush, not a word! (Frederic, Pirates, Police, General, Male Chorus) 01:20
36 Act II: Softly sighing to the river (General, Male Chorus) 02:25
37 Act II: Now what is this, and what is that (Chorus, King, General, Mabel, Frederic, Police) 02:23
38 Act II: To gain a brief advantage you've contrived (Sergeant, King, Police, General, Ruth) 02:24
39 Act II: Poor wandering ones (Mabel, Chorus) 01:35

Total Playing Time: 02:31:16