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570034Bk Hasse 20/4/07 4:41 PM Page 1 111311-12bk Best G&S/A:570034bk Hasse 20/4/07 4:41 PM Page 1 Hyphe p6/co p8/co Add B 2 CDs 111311-12bk Best G&S:570034bk Hasse 20/4/07 9:27 PM Page 2 William Schwenk Gilbert (1836–1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) However, the Lord Chancellor suggests the fairies avoid a pilot, not a pirate, has just completed his pirate their fate by inserting the word ‘don’t’ into the fairy law, apprenticeship (a misunderstanding on the part of his nanny, The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan thus commuting the death sentence and forcing the Queen Ruth, who is now also a member of the crew). Being a man CD 1 of the Fairies to marry a mortal herself! The fairies are then of his word he has waited for his release from the able to marry the peers and it is revealed that the Lord apprenticeship to break the news that he intends to use this H.M.S. Pinafore From Naxos 8.110175 24:48 Chancellor is in fact Iolanthe’s husband; they are reunited new freedom to destroy his comrades in arms. The pirates 1 Overture 4:14 and Phyllis is free to marry Strephon. The mortals are are most understanding, being genial and accommodating 2 Act 1: We sail the ocean blue (Chorus) 2:22 transformed into fairies and all fly away leaving the House chaps with a great empathy for orphans, having no parents 3 Hail, Men-O Wars men / I’m called Little Buttercup (Buttercup) 1:51 of Lords to be filled not by birth, but by intelligence. themselves. During this time the Major General’s daughters 4 My gallant crew, good morning / I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain & Chorus) 2:18 Performed by: D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and Orchestra have crept up on the gang, and Frederic, having never seen 5 When I was a lad (Sir Joseph & Chorus) 2:58 another woman besides his nanny, makes advances towards 6 Act 2: Never mind the why and wherefore (Josephine, Captain & Sir Joseph) 2:37 The Lord Chancellor Martyn Green, baritone Private Willis Fisher Morgan, bass-baritone all, only to be accepted by one, Mabel. The Major General 7 Pretty daughter of mine / He is an Englishman (Captain, Ralph, Josephine, Boatswaine, Deadeye, arrives to find each one of his daughters attached to a Hebe, Sir Joseph & Chorus) 5:20 Earl Tolloller Leonard Osborn, tenor Earl of Mountararat Eric Thornton, baritone different pirate and promptly forbids all potential unions, 8 Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Deadeye, Captain, Buttercup, Sir Joseph & winning the pirates’ empathy and subsequent cooperation by Chorus) 2:47 Recorded London, 1951 lying that he too is an orphan. Frederic assembles a squad of policemen to take on the Patience From Naxos 8.110233 15:43 Trial by Jury – 1875 9 Act 1: I cannot tell what this love may be (Patience & Maidens) 2:23 pirates, but is dissuaded by Ruth and the Pirate King who 0 When I first put this uniform on (Colonel & Dragoons) 1:24 This forty-minute one-act operetta was the first work written remind him that he is only really five years old, having been ! Am I alone? If you’re anxious for to shine (Bunthorne) 4:26 by Gilbert and Sullivan for Richard D’Oyly Carte (following born on 29th February, and is therefore still an apprentice to @ Act 2: A magnet hung in a hardware shop (Grosvenor & Maidens) 2:28 their success with Thespis). It opened in March 1875 and the pirates. Being a man of duty he rejoins the gang whilst # So go to him and say to him (Bunthorne & Jane) 2:00 has been a long running favourite ever since. Mabel vows to wait (until 1940 when he will be of age). $ If Saphir I choose to marry (Duke, Major, Colonel, Angela & Saphir) 2:48 The story tells of a breech of promise of marriage case Now, once again a pirate, Frederic feels obliged to reveal that between Angelina and Edwin. The Jury is clearly very the Major General is not an orphan and the pirates resolve The Sorcerer From Naxos 8.110785–86 biased towards Angelina from the outset, and the Judge to attack and win back his daughters. This, however, is % Act 1: My name is John Wellington Wells (Mr Wells) 2:13 presiding is a hypocrite, having only risen to his position by thwarted by the police squad. The pirates are eventually Ruddigore From Naxos 8.110295 11:39 marrying an attorney’s ‘elderly ugly daughter’. Angelina saved by Ruth who reveals that each pirate is really a ^ Act 1: I know a youth who loves a little maid (Robin & Rose) 3:39 bemoans her love for Edwin, in an attempt to gain the nobleman gone wrong; they marry the General’s daughters & When the buds are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Ensemble & Chorus) 3:34 greatest damages attainable and the entire matter is resolved and join the House of Lords. * Act 2: When the night wind howls (Sir Roderic & Ghosts) 2:35 by the Judge offering to marry Angelina. Performed by: D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and the ( My eyes are fully open (Sir Ruthven, Despard & Margaret) 1:40 Clearly a parody of the judicial system, Trial by Jury has New Promenade Orchestra its origins in Gilbert’s brief practice of law, which he Princess Ida From Naxos 8.110317–18 Edith Joan Gillingham, mezzo-soprano discarded for his writing. ) Act 1: If you give me your attention (King Gama & Chorus) 2:23 Major-General Stanley Martyn Green, baritone Performed by: D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and the Mabel Muriel Harding, soprano The Gondoliers From Naxos 8.110209–10 16:53 New Promenade Orchestra ¡ Act 1: We’re called gondolieri (Marco & Giuseppe) 2:12 Samuel Donald Harris, bass The Learned Judge Richard Watson, bass ™ When a merry maiden marries (Tessa & Chorus) 2:52 Frederic Leonard Osborn, tenor £ Now Marco dear my wishes hear (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco & Giuseppe) 3:11 Recorded London, July 1949 Sergeant of Police Richard Watson, bass ¢ Act 2: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco) 3:11 Kate Joyce Wright, mezzo-soprano ∞ Dance a Cachucha (Chorus) 1:48 The Pirates of Penzance – 1880 Recorded London, July and August 1949 § In a contemplative fashion (Tessa, Gianetta, Marco & Giuseppe) 2:02 After the great success of H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of ¶ Here is a case unprecedented! (Casilda, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco & Giuseppe) 1:14 Penzance opened first in New York December 1879, The Yeomen of the Guard – 1888 followed shortly by London in April 1880. The Yeomen of the Guard is a satire of Queen Victoria’s own Frederic, a man of noble birth, who was intended to be personal guard. The work is unusual when compared to 8.111311-12 2 7 8.111311-12 111311-12bk Best G&S:570034bk Hasse 20/4/07 9:27 PM Page 6 Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd / Robin Oakapple Martyn Grand Inquisitor, Don Alhambra, to protect him from a coup CD 2 Green, baritone while he was very young. Unfortunately, no one can tell Iolanthe From Naxos 8.110231–32 26:12 Dame Hannah Ella Halman, mezzo-soprano which brother is the heir except his foster mother, Inez, also 1 Overture 7:18 Rose Maybud Margaret Mitchell, soprano mother to Luiz, the attendant to the Duke of Plaza-Toro; 2 Act 1: Loudly let the trumpet bray! (Chorus) 5:45 Sir Despard Murgatroyd of Ruddigore Richard Watson, Luiz is sent to fetch her. 3 Act 2: When all night long (Private Willis) 3:56 bass In the meantime, both gondoliers leave for Barataria to 4 When Britain really ruled the waves (Mountararat & Chorus) 2:58 Recorded London, July and August 1950 rule together until further notice. At this point it is revealed 5 Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest / When you’re lying awake (Lord Chancellor) 3:39 to them and their wives that one is now, unwittingly, a 6 If you go in (Mountararat, Tolloller & Lord Chancellor) 2:21 bigamist, as the heir was married to the Duke of Plaza-Toro’s Princess Ida – 1884 daughter, Casilda, before he was hidden. Gianetta and Tessa Trial by Jury From Naxos 8.110196–97 Princess Ida opened at the beginning of 1884 during the are naturally upset by all this, not to mention Casilda who 7 Act 1: When I, good friends (Judge) 2:56 period when Gilbert and Sullivan were at their most affluent. really loves Luiz. All is put right, however, upon the arrival The Pirates of Penzance From Naxos 8.110196–197 19:20 It is generally accepted as a brilliant work, both lyrically of Inez who reveals that she switched the heir, her foster 8 Act 1: Oh, is there not one maiden breast (Frederic, Mabel & Ladies) 4:08 and musically, but was somewhat dwarfed by both its child, with her own son to protect him and thus, Luiz is not 9 I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Major General & Chorus) 2:46 forerunners and successors each in its time. The operetta her son, but the heir to Barataria and the husband of Casilda. 0 Act 2: When the foreman bares his steel (Sergeant, Police, Mabel & Edith) 4:08 was designed to mock contemporary concern with women’s All parties agree this is a very satisfactory outcome. ! Ah! Leave me not to pine (Mabel & Frederic) 3:08 education. Performed by: D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and the @ When a felon’s not engaged (Sergeant & Police) 2:11 Princess Ida, daughter of King Gama (a disagreeable old New Promenade Orchestra # With cat-like tread (Pirates, Police & Samuel) 2:41 man), is betrothed to Prince Hilarion.
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