Yeomen of the Guard

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Overture

2. When Maiden Loves

3. Tower Warders, Under Orders

4. When Our Gallant Norman Foes

5. Alas! I Waiver to and Fro

6. Is Life a Boon?

7. Here's a Man of Jollity

8. I Have a Song to Sing, O

9. How Say You Maiden

10. I've Jibe and Joke

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Disc: 2

1. Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More

2. Oh! A Private Buffoon Is a Lighthearted Loon

3. Hereupon We're Both Agreed

4. Free from His Fetters Grim

5. Sranger Adventure

6. Hark! What Was That, Sir?

7. Like a Ghost His Vigil Keeping

8. Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid

9. When a Wooer Goes A-Wooing

10. Act II Finale

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Yeomen of the Guard, Music, Arthur Sullivan, Isidore Godfrey, Stephen S. Moore, British Light Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Ann Drummond-Grant, Darrell Fancourt, Deidree Thurlow, Donald Harris, Ella Halman, Geoffrey Sanders, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Muriel Harding, Neville Griffiths, Richard Watson, British Operetta, Classical, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta

Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury
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The Best Of Gilbert And Sullivan

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Delicious G&S samplings abound here.

Fine Intro to G&S

Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury
Nicholas Folwell , Arthur Sullivan , Marie McLaughlin , Rebecca Evans , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , John Mark Ainsley , Alwyn Mellor , Anne Howells , Barry Banks , Eric Garrett , Felicity Palmer , Gareth Rhys Davies , Janice Watson , Julie Gossage , Neill Archer , Pamela Helen Stephen , Peter Savidge , Richard Stuart , Richard Suart , Richard Van Allan , Sir Thomas Allen [baritone] , Sir Charles Mackerras , and Welsh National Opera
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Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

A Wandering Minstrel I
Behold The Lord High Executioner!
Three Little Maids From School Are We
Braid The Raven Hair
The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
On A Tree By A River, A Little Tom-tit Sang, 'Willow, Tit-willow'
For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
We Sail The Ocean Blue
I'm Called Little Buttercup
My Gallant Crew
When I Was A Lad
Things Are Seldom What They Seem
Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Poor Wand'ring One
How Beautifully Blue The Sky
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
When The Foeman Bares His Steel
Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
With Cat-Like Tread
Is Life A Boon?
I Have A Song To Sing, O!
Were I Thy Bride
Oh, A Private Buffoon Is A Light-Hearted Loon
When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing
When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
A Nice Dilemma We Have Here
Oh, Joy Unbounded

Customer Reviews:

The Best Of Gilbert And Sullivan.......2004-03-15

At the end of the 19th century (1870's, 80's and 90's) the compatible duo of librettist and composer Gilbert and Sullivan popularized the pre-Broadway entertainment of Savoy opera. These were light operas or operettas whose content was satire and comedy, full of bouncy melodies and beautiful singing, highly entertaining theatrical works staged at London's Savoy theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan did not always get along and in fact there was a time when they ended their professional relationship because personal conflicts surfaced. But they managed to create the world's most beloved light operas, over 40 of them. Their most famous are what I call the Big Three- The H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates Of Penzance and The Mikado. Other works include their first hit Trial By Jury, The Yeomen Of The Guard, Princess Ida, The Gondoliers, Patience and several others. A standard signature of Gilbert and Sullivan was in the colorful cast- a comic actor with a special kind of baritone voice, a canary-like and sweet-voiced coloratura or lyric diva, a mezzo soprano with strong chest register and a lyric tenor as the romantic hero. On this album, English conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, a popular figure in the classical music scene and opera, guides the Chorus and Orchestra Of the Welsh National Opera in generally well-delivered performances of excerpts from the operas The Mikado, The H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates Of Penzance, Yeomen Of The Guard and Trial By Jury. Although I feel that the recordings made by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with Isodore Godfrey conducting and starring the best cast of the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire- the singers of the 60's and 70's- tenor Phillip Potter, soprano Valerie Masterson, baritone John Reed, Donald Adams and mezzo soprano Christine Palmer. Their version of the Pirates Of Penzance and the Mikado far outshine the Welsh National Opera in technical mastery and vibrant tone color.

But these are fine excerpts. Especially appealing is the famous and cheerful "Three Little Maids From School Are We", a trio that imitates Japanese style melody. Most of the Mikado does this, for it was inspired by Japanisme or the new fashion in Victorian England- everything Japanese, from prints to paintings to poetry. Gilbert and Sullivan simply "Japanized" their English operettas. The Finale "For He's Gone To Marry Yum Yum" is an ebullient and pleasant finale. Not featured here is the domineering and powerful Katisha, a figure who stands out in the Mikado.

The H.M.S. Pinafore is Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular work. The sea chanty "We Sail The Ocean Blue" opens the opera with appropriate atmosphere and it seems to fit perfectly with the other scene in which the Captain greets his crew and they sing his praises "My Gallant Crew..I am the Captain Of The Pinafore". A beautiful melody that seems to come out of a romantic Offenbach tune is "I"m Called Little Buttercup". The finale, not featured here, is also very engaging "For He Is An Englishman" which can almost resemble a British national anthem. The Yeomen Of The Guard was Gilbert and Sullivan's "serious opera" eventhough it remains very Savoyard. The plot deals with Tudor England and takes place at the London Tower. "I have a song to sing" makes use of what can be taken for an English ballad of the Renaissance. Trial By Jury, about the eccentric and hilarious activity of a court trial, has a sextet that although different in composition, has the sextet "Che Mi Frena" from Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor in mind. All in all, an excellent recording sure to delight young and old.

Pure delight.......2003-08-02

--Gilbert & Sullivan--
William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were a match made in heaven, yet on earth their pairing seems even with hindsight a most unlikely coupling. Both were destined for other things, Gilbert in fact for decidedly non-musical careers. Introduced by a mutual friend, Fred Clay, the fledgling lyricist Gilbert met the military-band-leader's son Sullivan and together continued to conspire to inspire the delights of audiences from high Victorian times down to the present, as their work in musical theatre comedy continues to provide merriment throughout the English-speaking world and beyond.

--The Music--
This collection includes highlights from five of the most popular Gilbert & Sullivan operettas: The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Yeoman of the Guard, and Trial by Jury. The arrangements and orchestrations are delightfully energetic and clear; the characterisation and vocal qualities of the leads are perfect for their roles. The haughty if misplaced Lord of the Admiralty has the perfect combination of insecurity and pompous officiousness. The Plaintiff and the Defendant in the Trial are perfectly cast. This is a collection of highlights - at least three but no more than seven songs each, but this gives a good flavour of the music. The recordings on this collection come from complete performances by Mackerras and the WNO.

--Sir Charles Mackerras--
Mackerras is one of the geniuses of the twentieth century musical scene. Having a conducting career that includes the Hamburg Opera, the English National Opera (formerly Sadlers Wells Opera), and the Welsh National Opera (the performers for this piece), he has also conducted major orchestras on the continent of Europe and in the United States. The holder of many major awards and honourary doctorates, he has devoted much time and energy to the preservation and performance of eighteenth and nineteenth century music, as well the restoration of historical musical venues, such as the Estates Theatre in Prague, scene of the original production of Don Giovanni (Mackerras conducted the opera there to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Mozart).

--Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus--
The seeds of the WNO were planted in Cardiff during World War II by music lovers; the first performances occurred a year after the war's end, with Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci on the bill, with Faust the next night. Popular appeal was so great that the WNO was established, later adding choruses in both Cardiff and Swansea. The professional chorus was established in 1973, with a strength that matches the orchestra. They continue an ambitious performance schedule for recording and live events; Mackerras remains the Conductor Emeritus, as the WNO continues under the direction of Carlo Rizzi. The list of awards the WNO has won over the years is staggering - they are a world class institution by any measure.

--Other performers--
Notable singers such as Richard Stuart, Rebecca Evans, Felicity Palmer, John Mark Ainsley and Anne Howells lead the chorus with stunning vocals and clever characterisations of the parts they play. Many (such as Stuart and Evans) play the leading roles across several of the pieces of the disc.

--Liner Notes--
The liner notes give a good introduction and biographical information about Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as synopses of the five pieces presented here. It does not, unfortunately, include any information about Mackerras, the WNO Orchestra and Chorus, or the other special performers. It also does not include the lyrics to the songs. Were the quality of the CD not so great, this might cost it a star in rating.

--Overall Impressions--
I play this CD in my car, in my home and in my office frequently. It is a great sing-along work and a great comedic relief from the stresses of the day. The music is bubbly and clear; the recording quality is excellent and crisp. I recommend this to any Gilbert & Sullivan lover, any fan of musical comedy, opera and operettas, and anyone who delights in good music.

Delicious G&S samplings abound here........2003-05-06

The first thing I should be saying is "What an infectuous G&S CD." Indeed this is, with this fine sampling of the peppy and bright Mackerras series. I know I have praised its "Mercedes-Benz quality" elsewhere on these pages, but that doesn't stop me from saying that everyone is in fine voice. This generously filled CD may only focus on five operas, but at least you can savour a reasonable choice sampling of delights from each one. Of particular interest is Richard Suart's patter-baritone parts and the soaring lyric soprano of Rebecca Evans. The selection on this disc is filled with a mixture of familiar favourites and lesser-known gems such as the female choruses in Mikado and Pirates. Mackerras is a true G&S conductor, but one who always springs rhythms crisply, and adopts peppy tempo for the fast bits. The one drawback is that this selection is far too infectuous that you'll want to shell out money to buy the full 5-CD Mackerras cycle - an incredible bargain with most of the operas fitted onto one disc each. But still, this is at least a decent G&S sampling for beginners, capped with Steven Ledbetter's copious liner notes. It will leave you wanting to say "dammit I'm going to play it again."

Fine Intro to G&S.......2000-12-30

This is the perfect CD for those who may not be familiar with G&S, or for the initiated who want a smattering but don't have the mother of all CD changers. The difficulty with any G&S Greatest Hits CD is determining which pieces to leave off; while one could easily point to any number equally good bits, it would be difficult to argue about the quality of the choices included. The only problem, such as it is, is that after listening to it I am usually induced to go back and listen to the whole opera anyway. The Mackerras recordings are uniformly excellent. I have read elsewhere the criticism that they are too 'operatic' for light opera. If by this it is meant that the singers are too good, then I leave it to the discretion of the listener when the singing becomes too good to be enjoyable.

Topsy-Turvy - The Music of Gilbert & Sullivan: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Topsy-Turvy is TOPS!!!
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Better than many a G&S non-sountrack
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Tracks:

'The Mikado': Behold! The Lord High Executioner - Carl Davis
'The Mikado': Overture - Carl Davis
'The Mikado': Three Little Maids From School Are We - Dorothy Atkinson/Shirley Henderson/Cathy Sara
'Princess Ida': Overture - Carl Davis
'Princess Ida': If You Give Me Your Attention - Martin Savage
'The Grand Duke': Paris Galop - Carl Davis
'The Mikado': Mi-Ya Sa-Ma/A More Humane Mikado - Louise Gold/Timothy Spall
'The Sorcerer': But Soft.../Why, Where Be Oi? - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage
'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Alone - Carl Davis
'The Mikado': The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Martin Savage
'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Overture - Carl Davis
'The Mikado': A Wand'ring Minstrel I - Kevin McKidd/Michael Simkins
'The Mikado': The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze - Shirley Henderson
End Titles ('The Pirates Of Penzance'/'The Grand Duke') - Carl Davis
'The Sorcerer': Incantation - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage
'The Gondoliers': The Fitting - Ian Balmain
The Lost Chord - Eleanor David/John Constable/Shelagh Sutherland
'The Mikado': The Mikado: Finale, Act Two - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Louise Gold/Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Cathy Sara...
'The Long Day Closes': Resolutions - Carl Davis

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The producers of Mike Leigh's vibrant Topsy-Turvy took many big studio meetings seeking financing for their film. Word has it all went swimmingly until time for the pitch came--there are apparently no two words as unsettling to Hollywood film execs as "Gilbert & Sullivan." But the studio system's loss turned out to be the indie film's--and our--gain. Leigh's film brought the composers' late-19th-century mounting of their breakthrough The Mikado to an all-too-familiar life, filled with as many neuroses, foibles, and fragile egos as any modern Broadway musical. The film's score, an inviting pastiche adapted from Mikado (and other G&S staples) by veteran Carl Davis, may upset purists with its time-conscious liberties. But then, it might just win over a receptive yet unexposed new audience for whom this music may seem strangely familiar, as well it should: this is where modern musical theater began. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Here's a How-De-Do!.......2007-02-22

It's brilliant, really! I am a self-confessed Gilbert and Sullivan fanatic, and so the release of this soundtrack to accompany a truly delightful movie provided me with an "Oh, joy! Oh, rapture!" moment ... many of them, actually! To hear some of my favorite tunes from some of my favorite G & S operetti performed so well makes my heart "sing-o" - and me, too!

Topsy-Turvy is TOPS!!!.......2007-02-21

This is Gilbert and Sullivan like you will never hear again! These performances are so fresh and alive with comedy flourish that my formerly "purist" ears reveled in delight at this magnificeant rendition of these great operettas.It is wonderful to hear excerpts from PRINCESS IDA,IOLANTHE and SORCERER (as well as THE MIKADO) when so many recordings already exist of the other G&S chestnuts,PINAFORE and PIRATES OF PENZANCE.
The actual cd itself fills the speakers and is a true listener's dream.A great soundtrack of a great film.Wonderfully recorded by SONY.

Superb.......2005-02-25

This is a fantastic cd, one that I have listened to many many times without growing tired of it. The particularly nice thing about this cd for lovers of the movie is that you get to hear the entire performance for many songs which are necessarily cut short in the film, most enjoyably "A Wandring Minstrel I". As has been noted in other reviews, the vocal performances are not what you will typically find in other G & S recordings: they are far less burdened with mannered belle canto nonsense, to their immense benefit. And I must disagree with one reviewer who disparaged the staging as portrayed in the film. My wife and I saw a touring production of the Mikado which used the costumes and set from the movie, and it was fantastic. Even better, the performers seemed to take some cues from the film actors too, singing and performing in a way that was much more accessible and not a bit less pleasing.

Better than many a G&S non-sountrack.......2003-09-16

I was compelled to get this after seeing the overlong, flawed, but nonetheless all-around amazing 'Topsy Turvy'. (Seriously - almost every supporting actor in the film deserved an Oscar, and Jim Broadbent was robbed; his Gilbert is magnificent and real.)
Inspired then to hear a true G&S performance, I bought several Carte recordings. What broke my heart is that the genuine Savoy performances are not as good as those of the 'Topsy' actors! Contrary to a review here, the articulation is just dandy. And the tenor in 'Wand'ring Minstrel' alone is far, far superior to the thin, reedy, annoying versions on the several concert cds I've heard. As is the riveting soprano on the beautiful 'The Sun Whose Rays...' of 'Topsy'; again, the actual Savoy recordings are merely shrill in comparison.
I remove one star only because of the necessarily abbreviated performances here.

Put on the CD, close your eyes and..........2003-03-02

You are back in the Savoy Theater in Victorian England, watching a Gilbert and Sullivan production of the Mikado, or Yeoman of the Guard, or the Sorcerer, or Princess Ida. The qualiity of the music is superb, the voices are wonderful and I only wish I could have videos of all the G&S productions to watch along with the music.

Tracks:

H.M.S. Pinafore: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Owen Edwards
H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs - Janine Roebuck
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Here's A Man Of Jollity - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither - Yvonne Patrick/Madeliene Mitchell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment - Richard Suart/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar - Richard Suart
Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament! - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rul'd The Waves - Lawrence Richard/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: Finale Act Two: Soon As We May - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Pryce-Jones
The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One - Marilyn Hill Smith/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model - Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bares His Steel - Simon Masterton Smith/Marilyn Hill Smith/Patricia Cameron/Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte...
The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread - Gareth Jones/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Roberts/Deborah Rees/Thora Ker/Malcom Rivers
The Mikado: On A Tree By A River - Eric Roberts
Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Patience: If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved - Simon Butteriss
Patience: If You're Anxious For To Shine - Simon Butteriss
The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke
The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore - Richard Suart/Jill Pert/Elizabeth Woollett/Philip Casey
The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - David Fieldsend
The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr

Customer Reviews:

The best? I think not........2004-01-11

This disc includes some songs that, while I like them, are not what people might consider the "best" of G&S. Of course, anything by G&S is good, it's still not the "best of the best."

There has got to be something that better represents the G&S canon.

can't understand the words.......2004-01-08

Don't know about those other reviewers, but I just can't make out very much of the lyrics. Maybe those folk have better CD players or better hearing, but it's pretty much a blur to me. I strongly recommend "The Ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan" instead.

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Not the best sung but among the best in characterization

Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan

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Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

HMS Pianfore: Overture
HMS Pinafore, Act One: We Sail the Ocean Blue
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Hail, Men O' War's Men
HMS Pinafore, Act One: I'm Called Little Buttercup
HMS Pinafore, Act One: But Tell Me, Who's the Youth
HMS Pinafore, Act One: The Nightingale Sighed for the Moon's ...
HMS Pinafore, Act One: A Maiden Fair to See
HMS Pinafore, Act One: My Gallant Crew, Good Morning
HMS Pinafore, Act One: I Am the Captain of the Pianfore
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Sir, You Are Sad
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Over the Bright Blue Sea
HMS Pinafore, Act One: I Am the Monarch of the Sea
HMS Pinafore, Act One: When I Was a Lad I Served a Term
HMS Pinafore, Act One: A British Tar Is a Soaring Soul
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Refrain, Audacious Tar
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Can I Survive This Overbearing?
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen
HMS Pinafore, Act One: This Very Night
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Let's Give Three Cheers
HMS Pinafore, Act One: Entr'acte
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Fair Moon to Thee I Sing
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: The Hours Creep on Apace
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Never Mind the Why and Wherefore
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Kind Captain, I've Important Information
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Carefully on Tiptoe Stealing
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Pretty Daughter of Mine
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: He Is an Englishman
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: In Uttering a Reprobation
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Farewell My Own
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: A Many Years Ago
HMS Pinafore, Act Two: Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen

Tracks:

Ruddigore: Overture
Ruddigore, Act One: Fair Is Rose as Bright May Day
Ruddigore, Act One: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd
Ruddigore, Act One: If Somebody There Chacned to Be
Ruddigore, Act One: I Know a Youth Who Loves a Little Maid
Ruddigore, Act One: From the Briny Sea
Ruddigore, Act One: I Shipp'd d'Ye See, In a Revenue Sloop
Ruddigore, Act One: My Boy, You May Take It from Me
Ruddigore, Act One: If Well His Suit Has Sped
Ruddigore, Act One: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
Ruddigore, Act One: Cheerily Carols the Lark
Ruddigore, Act One: To a Garden Fulls of Posies
Ruddigore, Act One: Welcome Gentry for Your Entry
Ruddigore, Act One: Oh, Why Am I Moody and Sad?
Ruddigore, Act One: You Understand?
Ruddigore, Act One: Hail the Bride of Seventeen Summers
Ruddigore, Act One: When the Buds Are Blossoming
Ruddigore, Act One: Hold, Bride and Bridegroom
Ruddigore, Act One: Oh, Happy the Lily
Ruddigore, Act Two: I Once Was as Meek as a New-Born Lamb
Ruddigore, Act Two: Happily Coupled Are We
Ruddigore, Act Two: In Bygone Days I Hade Thy Love
Ruddigore, Act Two: Painted Emblems of a Race
Ruddigore, Act Two: When the Night Wind Howls
Ruddigore, Act Two: He Yields! He Yields!
Ruddigore, Act Two: I Once Was a Very Abandoned Person
Ruddigore, Act Two: My Eyes Are Fully Open
There Grew a Little Flower
Ruddigore, Act Two: Oh, Happy the Lily

Tracks:

Patience: Overture
Patience, Act One: Twenty Lovesick Maidens We
Patience, Act One: Still Brooding on Their Mad Infatuation
Patience, Act One: I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
Patience, Act One: The Soldiers of Our Queen
Patience, Act One: In a Doleful Train...Twenty Lovesick Maidens We
Patience, Act One: When I First Put This Uniform On
Patience, Act One: Am I Alone and Unoberved?
Patience, Act One: Long Years Ago, Fourteen Maybe
Patience, Act One: Prithee Pretty Maiden
Patience, Act One: Let the Merry Cymbals Sound
Patience, Act One: Now Tell Us, We Pray You
Patience, Act One: Your Maiden Hearts
Patience, Act One: Come Walk Up and Purchase With Avidity
Patience, Act One: True Love Must Single-Hearted Be
Patience, Act One: I Hear the Soft Note...But Who Is This?
Patience, Act Two: Sad Is That Woman's Lot
Patience, Act Two: Turn, Oh Turn in This Direction
Patience, Act Two: A Magnet Hung in Hardware Shop
Patience, Act Two: Love Is a Plaintive Song
Patience, Act Two: So Go to Him and Say to Him
Patience, Act Two: It's Clear That Medieval Art Alone Retains Its Zest
Patience, Act Two: If Saphir I Choose to Marry
Patience, Act Two: When I Go Out of Door
Patience, Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House Young Man
Patience, Act Two: After Much Debate Internal
Mikado: Overture

Tracks:

Mikado, Act One: If You Want to Know Who We Are
Mikado, Act One: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
Mikado, Act One: A Wand'ring Minstrel, I
Mikado, Act One: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
Mikado, Act One: Young Man, Despair
Mikado, Act One: And Have I Journey'd for a Month
Mikado, Act One: Behold the Lord High Executioner!
Mikado, Act One: As Some Day It May Happen
Mikado, Act One: Comes a Train of Little Ladies
Mikado, Act One: Three Little Maids from School
Mikado, Act One: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
Mikado, Act One: Were You Not Ko-Ko Plighted?
Mikado, Act One: I Am So Proud
Mikado, Act One: With Aspect Stern
Mikado, Act One: Your Revels Cease!
Mikado, Act One: The Hour of Gladness
Mikado, Act Two: Braid the Raven Hair
Mikado, Act Two: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Mikado, Act Two: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Mikado, Act Two: Here's a How-De-Do!
Mikado, Act Two: Miya Sama, Miya Sama
Mikado, Act Two: A More Humane Mikado
Mikado, Act Two: The Criminal Cried
Mikado, Act Two: See How the Fates Their Gifts Allot
Mikado, Act Two: The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
Mikado, Act Two: Alone, And Yet Alive!
Mikado, Act Two: Hearts Do Not Break
Mikado, Act Two: On a Tree by a River a Little Tom-Tit
Mikado, Act Two: There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
Mikado, Act Two: For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum

Tracks:

Trial by Jury: Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding
Trial by Jury: Now, Jurymen, Hear My Advice
Trial by Jury: Is This the Court of the Exchequer?
Trial by Jury: When First My Old, Old Love I Knew
Trial by Jury: Silence in Court...All Hail, Great Judge
Trial by Jury: When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar
Trial by Jury: Swear Thou the Jury
Trial by Jury: Where Is the Plaintiff?
Trial by Jury: Comes the Broken Flower
Trial by Jury: Oh, Never, Never, Never
Trial by Jury: May It Please You, M'Lud!
Trial by Jury: That She Is Reeling Is Plain to Me
Trial by Jury: Oh Gentlemen, Listen
Trial by Jury: That Seems a Reasonable Proposition
Trial by Jury: A Nice Dilemma We Have Here
Trial by Jury: I Love Him, I Love Hin
Trial by Jury: The Question, Gentlemen Is One of Liquor
Trial by Jury: Oh Joy Unbounded
Pirates of Penzance: Overture
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: When Frederic Was a Little Lad
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, Better Far to Live and Die (I Am ...)
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me!
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: What Shall I Do?...Climbing Over ...
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Stop, Ladies, Pray!
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, Sisters, Deaf to Pity's Name
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Poor Wandering One
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: What Ought We to Do?
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Here's a First-Rate Opportunity
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Hold, Monsters!
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: I Am the Very Model of a Modern ...
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: I'm Telling a Terrible Story
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Oh, Master, Hear One Word
Pirates of Penzance, Act One: Pray Observe the Magnanimity

Tracks:

Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Then, Frederic, Let Your Escort ...
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: When the Foeman Bares His Steel
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Now for the Pirates' Lair!
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Young Frederic!
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: All Is Prepared
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Stay, Frederic, Stay!
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: In 1940 I of Age Shall Be
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: No, I'll Be Brave!
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Though in Body and in Mind
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: When a Felon's Not Engaged in His ...
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: A Rollicking Band of Pirates We
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: With Cat-Like Tread
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Hush, Hush! Not a Word
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Sighing Softly to the River
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: And What Is This, And What Is That?
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Frederic Here! Oh Joy!
Pirates of Penzance, Act Two: Poor Wandering Ones
Iolanthe: Overture
Iolanthe, Act One: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither
Iolanthe, Act One: Iolanthe!
Iolanthe, Act One: Good Morrow, Good Mother
Iolanthe, Act One: Fare Thee Well, Attractive Stranger
Iolanthe, Act One: Good Morrow, Good Lover
Iolanthe, Act One: None Shall Part Us from Each Other
Iolanthe, Act One: Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray!
Iolanthe, Act One: The Law Is the True Embodiment
Iolanthe, Act One: My Well-Loved Lord and Guardian Dear
Iolanthe, Act One: Of All the Young Ladies I Know
Iolanthe, Act One: Nay, Tempt Me Not
Iolanthe, Act One: Spurn Not the Nobly Born
Iolanthe, Act One: My Lords, It May Not Be
Iolanthe, Act One: A Shepherd I
Iolanthe, Act One: When I Went to the Bar as a Very Young Man

Tracks:

Iolanthe, Act One: When Darkly Looms the Day
Iolanthe, Act One: Oh, Shameless One, Tremble!
Iolanthe, Act One: In Babyhood Upon Her Lap I Lay
Iolanthe, Act One: For Riches and Rank That You Befall
Iolanthe, Act One: To You I Give My Heart
Iolanthe, Act One: Tripping, Hither, Tripping Thither
Iolanthe, Act One: The Lady of My Love
Iolanthe, Act One: Go Away, Madam
Iolanthe, Act One: Oh, Chancellor Unwary
Iolanthe, Act One: Young Strephon Is the Kind of Lout (With ...)
Iolanthe, Act Two: When All Night Long a Chap Remains
Iolanthe, Act Two: Strephon's a Member of Parliament
Iolanthe, Act Two: When Britain Really Ruled the Waves
Iolanthe, Act Two: In Vain to Us You Plead
Iolanthe, Act Two: Oh, Foolish Fay
Iolanthe, Act Two: Though P'r'aps I May Incur Your Blame
Iolanthe, Act Two: Love, Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest
Iolanthe, Act Two: When You're Lying Awake With a Dismal Headache
Iolanthe, Act Two: If You Go in, You're Sure to Win
Iolanthe, Act Two: If We're Weak Enough to Tarry
Iolanthe, Act Two: My, Lord, A Suppliant at Your Feet I Kneel
Iolanthe, Act Two: He Loves! If in the Bygone Years
Iolanthe, Act Two: It May Not Be
Iolanthe, Act Two: Soon as We May
Gondoliers: Overture
Gondoliers, Act One: List and Learn, Ye Dainty Roses
Gondoliers, Act One: Good Morrow, Pretty Maids
Gondoliers, Act One: For the Merriest Fellows Are We
Gondoliers, Act One: Buon'giorno, Signorine
Gondoliers, Act One: We're Called Gondolieri
Gondoliers, Act One: And Now to Choose Our Brides
Gondoliers, Act One: Thank You, Gallant Gondolieri

Tracks:

Gondoliers, Act One: From the Sunny Spanish Shore
Gondoliers, Act One: In Enterprise of Martial Kind (The Duke of ...)
Gondoliers, Act One: O Rapture When Alone Together
Gondoliers, Act One: There Was a Time
Gondoliers, Act One: I Stole the Prince
Gondoliers, Act One: But, Bless My Heart
Gondoliers, Act One: Try We Life-Long
Gondoliers, Act One: Bridegroom and Bride
Gondoliers, Act One: When a Merry Maiden Marries
Gondoliers, Act One: Kind Sirm You Cannot Have the Heart
Gondoliers, Act One: Do Not Give Way
Gondoliers, Act One: Then One of Us Will Be a Queen
Gondoliers, Act One: Replaying, We Sing
Gondoliers, Act One: For Everyone Who Feels Inclined
Gondoliers, Act One: Come, Let's Sway
Gondoliers, Act One: Then Away We Go to an Island Fair
Gondoliers, Act Two: Of Happiness the Very Pith
Gondoliers, Act Two: Rising Early in the Morning
Gondoliers, Act Two: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Gondoliers, Act Two: Here We Are, At the Risk of Our Lives
Gondoliers, Act Two: Dance a Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
Gondoliers, Act Two: There Lived a King
Gondoliers, Act Two: In a Contemplative Fashion
Gondoliers, Act Two: With Ducak Pomp and Ducal Pride
Gondoliers, Act Two: On the Day When I Was Wedded
Gondoliers, Act Two: To Help Unhapppy Commoners
Gondoliers, Act Two: Small Titles Abd Orders
Gondoliers, Act Two: I Am a Courtier Grave and Serious
Gondoliers, Act Two: Here Is a Case Unprecedented
Gondoliers, Act Two: Now Let the Loyal Lleges Gather Round
Gondoliers, Act Two: The Royal Prince

Tracks:

Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: When Maiden Loves
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Tower Warders, Under Orders
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Alas, I Waver to and Fro
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Is Life a Boon?
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Here's a Man of Jollity
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: I Have a Song to Sing, O!
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: How Say You, Maiden, Will You Wed?
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: I've Jibe and Joke
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: 'Tis Done! I Am a Bride!
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Were I Thy Bride
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True?
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: Forbear My Friends
Yeomen of the Guard, Act One: The Prisoner Comes to Meet His Doom
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is a Light-Hearted
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Hereupon We're Both Agreed
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Free from His Fetters Grim
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Strange Adventure!
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Hark! What Was That, Sir?
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: When a Wooer Goes A-Wooing

Tracks:

Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Comes the Pretty Young Bride
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: Hold, Pretty One!
Yeomen of the Guard, Act Two: All Thought of Leonard Meryll Set Aside
H.M.S. Pinafore
Yeomen of the Guard
Di Ballo: Overture - Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene One: Opening Dance
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene One: Poll's Dance and Pas de Deux
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene One: Belaye's Solo
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene One: Pas de Trois
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene One: Finale
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Poll's Solo
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Jasper's Solo
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Belaye's Solo and Sailor's ...
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Poll's Solo
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Entry of Belaye With ...
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Reconciliation
Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite, Scene Two: Grand Finale

Customer Reviews:

Not the best sung but among the best in characterization.......2005-07-09

Between 1949 and 1951, the D'Oyly Carte Company was very busy recording nine of the Gilbert & Sullivan works onto mono LPs for the Decca label (or the London, as it was known over here), with comic lead Martyn Green in all but "Trial By Jury." After he left the company, Green was supplanted by Peter Pratt, who recorded the comic lead roles in "The Sorcerer" and "Princess Ida." All of these have waited a long time to appear on CDs and several companies have taken advantage of the copyright lapse to issue them at very high prices and at least one at very budget ones.

But now I find that all of the 1949-1951 sets are available on the Avid Entertainment label as a boxed set of 10 discs (AMSC 780-789). To keep things compact, the Avid people unavoidably had to place on the same disc Act I of one opera after Act II of the one before. There is also orchestral bonus material towards the end including orchestral selections from "Pinafore" and "Yeomen of the Guard," Sullivan's salute to the dance "Overture Di Ballo," and the entire score of the G&S-based ballet "Pineapple Poll."

Green is good and even better are the bottomless basso of Richard Watson, the most famous Mikado of them all Darrell Fancourt, and the sympathetic contralto of Ella Halman. Only tenor Leonard Osborne does not come over very well on recordings, although he was very good on stage. No true "Savoyard" will want to be without this collection.

Those who are perfectly happy with less will want "Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights and Overtures" (AMSC 800), a double-CD set in which there are 27 selections from the complete recordings and the 9 overtures, plus "Overture Di Ballo." A great starter kit to introduce newcomers to the magic of the G&S team.

The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan (Box Set)

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Don't underestimate those "unknown" Operettas!!
A few details
Wonderful set, if a little inconsistent at times.

The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan (Box Set)

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ASIN: B00008LJEO
Release Date: 2003-05-13

Customer Reviews:

Don't underestimate those "unknown" Operettas!!.......2005-07-07

This is, as far as I know - the only way of buying the "official" recordings of "The Grand Duke" and "Utopia" - which seem to be otherwise out of print!! Several of the others are not that easy to get either.

In any case - most people getting this set will already have the Mikado, and very probably Pirates and Pinafore for that matter, so you're really getting it for the others.

So just for the record - someone has to say this!

The Mikado is (of course) a wonderful piece, but it enjoys its long running status as the most successful of all the G&S operettas very largely for "extra-musical" reasons. It is visually so wonderful, with all those great authentic costumes, and the whole idea of satirising English institutions by pretending they are Japanese is of course brilliantly funny.

Again, Pirates and Pinafore enjoy a lot of their acclaim simply because we have heard them so often. And at least part of the initial success of these (admittedly very funny and entertaining) pieces was the vogue for "nautical drama" on the popular Victorian stage.

Iolanthe, Ruddigore, and Yoemen are all MUCH stronger musically than any of what another reviewer here keeps calling the "trilogy". Patience, Princess Ida, and the Gondoliers all excel either "nautical" operetta, at least musically, although not, perhaps, the Mikado. And I have had a lot of fun listening to my recording of the Sorcerer - although I think most at least of the other G&S operettas are even more interesting.

As for "Trial by Jury" it is really another thing altogether - but in its kind the most perfect thing either Gilbert or Sullivan had anything to do with!

This leaves Utopia and the Grand Duke.

Both of these were produced after the long running friendship between G&S had soured, and they have been sadly neglected ever since. Utopia is none the less both musically beautiful and very funny, and well worth taking an effort to come to grips with. The main point of the satire (which many commentators and reviewers seem to miss) is the way that the English language and British (especially English) institutions were being adopted, often rather uncritically, by countries around the world (most, but not all, of them members of the British Empire, of course). India is perhaps the country Gilbert had most in mind, but you could set it in any of a dozen other countries. The residual problems this has left in the post-colonial world ensure that this work is still far from dated. In some ways this operetta is about globalisation! What could possibly be LESS dated than that!

The Grand Duke, on the other hand, is a bit of an odd man out - I suppose you still have to say it is the weakest of all the G&S efforts. It's the ONLY one that didn't score a very respectable run on its first outing. Surprisingly, however, if an attempt is made to duplicate the musical and (especially) dialogue cuts that G&S would have done themselves if they had not by this time been at each other's throats all the time, a very entertaining piece can be made of it. I was very agreeably surprised by the Ohio Light Opera recording, which does just that - and I am coming round to the idea that the only thing really wrong with the Duke is that it is too long.

ANYWAY:

For all people (especially callow youth) who remain convinced that G&S only wrote three operettas worth listening to - all I can say is, buy this set, and give the lesser known ones a chance. Make sure you have a libretto in your hands as you listen, of course. It may even just need a single hearing in some cases, but otherwise, be patient. In the meantime, you really cannot have any conception of what you are missing.

A few details.......2004-03-28

This 24-CD album consists of 12 plastic cases, each with a thin booklet giving background and plot summaries for the works on its 2 enclosed CD's. Most of the album consists of 15 operettas, 2 of which (Cox and Box, The Zoo) have texts not by Gilbert and 7 of which (The Sorcerer, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Yeomen of the Guard, Utopia Limited, The Grand Duke) omit most of the spoken dialogue. Before listening to any of these operettas that you don't know well, you'll want to obtain a copy of its text so you can read along and not miss any of the words or the wit.

Wonderful set, if a little inconsistent at times........2003-07-07

If you thought that the Sargent set of G&S opera recordings was gargantum enough, then this D'Oyly Carte cycle is even more gargantum. Although it is more expensive (because of the four extra operas that the Sargent cycle did not include), this complete 24-CD set is like a joy to behold. There is a debate as to whether this is better than the Sargent cycle, but I like to think that this is a delight from first disc to last, because of the idiomatic sense of polish that these recordings seem to have, and are given a life that makes them able to breathe well. This is all thanks to Isidore Godfrey and Royston Nash's conducting. I know that the performances may not be entirely consistent (this is evident when you compare the performance and recording quality of Mikado and Pirates with those of Gondoliers and Pinafore), but this is only a matter of personal preference. The 1960s performances were given more sumptuous and well-detailed recordings than the 1970s recordings, made when the performing style was not so fresh. But anyway, I still think that this is definitely a good buy for anyone who loves G&S. Even with the consistency of Sargent's cheaper EMI set, I would still say: do go ahead to invest in the set because of the liveliness and style in this complete G&S cycle that Sargent never (hardly ever) tackles. The only thing is: I would also like to suggest complementing it with the 1957 Decca D'Oyly Carte recordings of Mikado and Pirates, recently released by the Sounds on CD label, so that these recordings can do justice to the enormous spirit of these operas.

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard; Trial by Jury

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Gilbert & Sullivan at its VERY best!
Two Great Discs.

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard; Trial by Jury

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ASIN: B000003D17
Release Date: 1995-10-24

Tracks:

Overture
When Maiden Loves
Tower Warders, Under Orders...This The Autumn Of Our Life
When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Alas! I Waver To And Fro
Is Life A Boon?
Here's A Man Of Jollity
I Have A Song To Sing, O!
How Say You, Maiden
I've Jibe And Joke, And Quip And Crank
'Tis Done, I Am A Bride...Though Tear And Long-Drawn Sigh
Were I Thy Bride
Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True

Tracks:

Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More
Oh, A Private Buffoon Is A Light-Hearted Loon
Hereupon We're Both Agreed
Free From His Fetters Grim
Strange Adventure
Hark, What Was That, Sir?
A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid
When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing
Rapture, Rapture
Comes The Pretty Young Bride
Hark, The Hour Of Ten Is Sounding
Is This The Court Of The Exchequer?
When First My Old, Old Love I Knew
All Hail, Great Judge!
When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
Swear Thou The Jury
Where Is The Plaintiff?...Comes The Broken Flower
Oh Never, Never, Never
May It Please You, M'Lud
That She Is Reeling Is Plain To See
Oh, Gentlemen, Listen I Pray
That Seems A Reasonable Proposition
A Nice Dilemma We Have Here
I Love Him, I Love Him
Oh, Joy Unbounded

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The Yeoman of the Guard" is the "serious" Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, a comic work that actually ends tragically. Trial by Jury, by contrast, is a one-act farce that initiated Sullivan's association with Gilbert, and which deals with one of their stock gags: a woman of mature years and less than compelling looks seeks to trap a younger man into fulfilling a marriage vow. Charles Mackerras is the world's foremost expert on Sullivan. He even concocted a delightful ballet called Pineapple Poll to a plot by Gilbert, with music taken from the operettas. His performances of these two delightful works are as fine as we have any right to expect. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Gilbert & Sullivan at its VERY best!.......2005-06-03

"The Yoemen of the Guard" was the nearest thing G&S came to writing a "serious" opera. Sullivan was fed up with the typical "topsy-turvy" Gilbert plot - and for once got a (fairly) sensible one instead. No gimmicks (for once) - just a funny, romantic little play - with a hint of sentimental pathos.

From the lovely little "folk" duet "I have a song" - to the noble aria of courage and resignation in the face of death "Is life a boon" - both lyrics and music are of a the highest possible standard. This IS still "just" operetta - but it rates artistically with any grand opera I can think of offhand.

Sullivan tried hard, in his serious opera "Ivanhoe", to write "the" great English romantic opera. As someone said - his mistake was that he had already done so - in "Yoemen".

The performances on this recording are outstanding - avoiding the "comic" exaggeration the characterisation sometimes receives. More than in any other G&S operetta the characters are real people - and it is nice to have them played so straight - although very little of the spoken dialogue is included.

What we get instead of dialogue, or "bonus" recordings of deleted songs, is a perfect recording of G&S's very first successful collaboration - "Trial by Jury" - a little one act piece taking off English court procedure. It is, incidentally, technically NOT an operetta, as there is no spoken dialogue at all - unlike all later G&S, every word is sung!

Gilbert was called to the bar himself when young, and the humour is very apt - the bufoonery is none the less very broad for a Victorian piece - in fact there is a good deal more sexual innuendo in this one than Gilbert ever allowed himself again. It was written as a curtain raiser for an Offenbach piece, which is probably how he got away with it here.

The highlights are the judge's song "When I, good friends, was called to the bar" the first and one of the best of G&S's "patter songs", and "You cannot eat breakfast all day" - a charming little hymn to male fickleness.

For any fan of G&S who has NOT heard "Trial by Jury" before, this is alone well worth the price of the album. With the very best available recording of Yoemen as well it is an absolute must.

Two Great Discs........2001-11-02

This two disc set pairs two operas that are historically at very different periods in the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire. Trial by Jury is usually viewed as the first Gilbert and Sullivan opera (because Thespis was lost to history); Yeomen of the Guard is a later opera. One can only conclude that they are on the same disc because of space; Yeomen is not quite long enough for two complete discs, so the one act Trial by Jury is added in to fill the second disc.

Nevertheless, the operas are complementary because they are so different -- Yeomen of the Guard is generally considered the least satirical, most "realistic" G&S opera (if such a thing is even possible!), while Trial by Jury is perhaps the most farcical. So on one set of discs you get both extremes.

At any rate, Yeomen of the Guard is my personal favorite G&S opera, beating out even the Mikado, and this performance is outstanding in all respects. Richard Suart is in both operas, as the fool, Jack Point, in Yeomen, and as the Judge in Trial by Jury, and he does a superb job in both roles. He has the perfect clarity and diction one needs as a G&S performer, a great comic voice.

A great purchase for someone who has the more well known operas (the Mikado, Pinafore, Pirates) and who loves Gilbert and Sullivan. The Yeomen of the Guard has some of Sullivan's best music in it, G&S fans who have not heard it are often surprised how excellent it truly is.

Sullivan: Yeomen Of The Guard/Trial By Jury
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Night has spread her pall once more

The ultimate casting and grandeur of performance

Sullivan: Yeomen Of The Guard/Trial By Jury
Ann Hood , David Palmer , Philip Potter , Anthony Raffell , Kenneth Sandford , Thomas Round , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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ASIN: B0000041RP
Release Date: 1989-07-21

Tracks:

The Yeoman Of The Guard: Overture
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: When Maiden Loves, She Sits And Sighs
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: Tower Warders, Under Orders
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: When Our Gallant Norman Foes
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: Alas! I Waver To And Fro
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: Is Life A Boon?
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: Here's A Man Of Jollity!
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: How Say You, Maiden
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: I've Jibe And Joke And Quip And Crank
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: 'Tis Done! I Am A Bride
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: Were I Thy Bride
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act One: O Sergeant Merryl, Is It True

Tracks:

The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: The Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Oh! A Private Bofoon Is A Lighthearted Loon
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Hereupon We Are Both Agreed
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Free From His Fetters Grim
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Strange Adventure
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Hark! What Was That, Sir?
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Rapture, Rapture
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Act Two: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
Trial By Jury: Hark The Hour Of Ten Is Sounding
Trial By Jury: When My First Old , Old Love I Knew
Trial By Jury: When I , Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
Trial By Jury: Where Is The Plaintiff
Trial By Jury: May It Please You, My Lud!
Trial By Jury: Oh Gentlemen, Listen, I Pray
Trial By Jury: A Nice Dilemma We Have Here
Trial By Jury: I Love Him, I Love Him

Customer Reviews:

Night has spread her pall once more.......2004-12-08

The Yeomen of the Guard is Gilbert and Sullivan's only genuine opera. The rest of their operettas, while completely wonderful, are simply too lighthearted to count as operas.

And D'Oyly Carte gets the job done. The most important Men's role is that of Jack, sung very well by John Reed. After all, if you go to a performance of this opera, you'll be humming, no, whistling "I have a song to sing" on the way home.

The difficult role of Phoebe is admirably performed by Ann Hood, who also plays the Plaintiff in the farcical "Trial By Jury." And she does a fine job with "When maiden loves, she sits and sighs," and "Were I thy bride."

But the key to this opera has to be Carruthers, superbly played by Gillian Knight. We hear her at her best, malicious, satisfied, and proud as she sings:

"The screw may twist and the rack may turn
And men may bleed and men may burn ..."

At this point, we aren't exactly wondering about which lucky guy will get to marry her.

And after she is thwarted in her efforts to kill a completely innocent man, we hear her again, in ultimate fury, as she belts out the most ridiculously shocking and dramatic four words in all of Gilbert and Sullivan:

"Pretty warders are ye!"

The intensity of these words sets the stage for the bizarre final act and provides the first suggestion that evil will indeed triumph over good in this story.

Knight, um, spreads her pall once more, running the gamut of emotions by showing her joy at the end of the opera as things turn out her way.

All in all, an excellent performance.

The ultimate casting and grandeur of performance.......1999-07-07

This 1964 recording, coupled with Trial by Jury is a superb release. The chorus, orchestra and soloists are uniformely superb. Sir Malcolm Sargent encourages the best of performances from the cast and although he is known for particularly slow tempi in his conducting, this is not so here. The cast is a complete success, even though Decca engaged the services of the late, but gloriously voiced Elizabeth Harwood as Elsie Maynard. Ann Hood, at the time the soubrette, was the former soprano lead for the company and to my ears seems a little laboured in the lower register. But, this is a minor point and this should not detract you from buying what is the 'grandest' of D'Oyly Carte performances. The smaller operetta Trial by Jury is a 'show-case' cast and not the regular performing cast for of the time. But, what would have a threatrical experience with this troupe have been like ? Wonderful, that's for sure. When this recording of Trial by Jury was originally released in 1964, it was coupled with excerpts of Utopia Limited. At that time the thirteenth Savoy Opera was not performed professionally, until during the centenary performances of the D'Oyly Carte in 1975. It is a shame that these excerpts are not available on the current market, for my memory of them was of style and affectionate performance. But back to 'Yeoman', go for it and re-live one of the 'Golden' periods of The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company history.

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Complete Overtures (plus Cox and Box)
Lovely recording of lovely music
Simply Splendid!
First Rate G & S

The Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B00000AEL8
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Cox And Box
The Sorcerer
HMS Pinafore
The Pirates Of Penzance
Patience
Iolanthe
Princess Ida
The Mikado
Ruddigore
The Yeomen Of The Guard
The Gondoliers
The Grand Duke

Customer Reviews:

Complete Overtures (plus Cox and Box).......2005-08-12

Trial by Jury doesn't have an overture - being a little one act "opener", and for some reason neither does Utopia Limited - just a short little orchestral prelude. When Utopia is performed, in fact, Sullivan's "Imperial March" is often added to the prelude, to flesh out something like a proper overture.

So this recording does actually include all the overtures - or at least an overture to all the Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas that HAD overtures as such. The undistinguished overture to Cox and Box is thrown in for good measure.

These works, it must be said, are very uneven in quality. Most of them were not actually written by Sullivan - but cobbled together by someone else out of the tunes from the operetta, often at the very last minute. The performances treat the overtures as music in their own right - and at least some of them deserve it. The overtures Sullivan DID write himself (especially the "Yoemen" overture) are fine pieces - as is the overture to "Patience" (written by a very young Eugene d'Albert) and the "Ruddigore" overture (in this case the later one by Toye rather than Clarke's original - but I actually prefer this!)

Several of the others are really very ordinary - although keen G&S fans will at least enjoy the quotations of the famous melodies.

All in all a very pleasant recording - even if you already have all (or most) of the works in question complete.

Lovely recording of lovely music.......2001-11-04

I recommend this recording for all G&S fans. The overtures, including all of the well known ones and a few that are obscure, are very nicely played and nicely recorded.

Simply Splendid!.......2001-07-08

One could not hope for a better collection of Gilbert & Sullivan overtures than these as performed by Andrew Penny and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. With modern digital sound and spirited ensemble playing, one is left yearning for more. The overtures, though not the complete set, nicely cover many of the most popular G & S operettas. So tuneful are they, you can't help but sing along with the familiar melodies. More installments from this group would be very welcomed indeed. This disc has put a smile on my face and left me in a good mood each time I've played it, which has been often. I particularly enjoy the version of "The Gondolier's" contained on this disc because it includes additional music from the operetta not found on other recordings that I own. This collection is one that you will treasure, and can be recommended whole heartitly!

First Rate G & S.......1999-08-27

Like any true "Savoyard",you will be singing along with the overtures found on this disc.Andrew Penny is a fine conductor and treats the music with the right touch of wit and romance.The "Cox and Box" overture (not a true G & S piece)is a great opener to the disc and putting the overtures in historical order lets the listener follow Sullivan's progression from a follower of Liszt and Mendelsohn to a composer with truly his own voice.My only complaint,and it's a very minor one,is that Penny and Naxos couldn't find room for Sullivan's best concert work,the "Overture DiBallo" on the disc.However the inclusion of the last and rarely performed G & S opera "The Grand Duke" more than makes up for it.I would recomend this to anyone just starting their G & S collection.Great price too!!!!

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard/Laughing Boy/A Jealous Torment/Is Life a Boon?

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Adequate - Enjoyable
Yeoman of the Guard
O.K. but...
Great!

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard/Laughing Boy/A Jealous Torment/Is Life a Boon?

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ASIN: B0000029KJ
Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Overture
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: When Maiden Loves She Sits and Sighs (Phoebe)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Tower Warders Under Orders
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: When Our Gallant Norman Foes (Dame Carruthers)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Alas! I Waver To and Fro (Phoebe, Leonard, Meryll)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Is Life A Boon? (Fairfax)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Here's a Man of Jollity
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: I Have a Song to Sing, O (Elsie, Point)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: How Say You, Maiden, Will You Wed (Elsie, Point, Cholmondley)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: I've Jibe and Joke and Quip and Crank (Point)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: 'Tis Done! I Am A Bride (Elsie)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act I: Were I Thy Bride (Phoebe)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Finale Act One: Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Finale Act One: Dids't Thou Not, Oh, Leonard Meryll
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Finale Act One: To Thy Fraternal Care (Shadbolt, Phoebe)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Finale Act One: The Prisoner Comes To Meet His Doom

Tracks:

The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More (Dame Carruthers)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Oh! A Private Buffoon is a Light-Hearted Loon (Point)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Hereupon We're Both Agreed (Point, Shadbolt)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Free From His Fetters Grim (Fairfax)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Strange Adventure! (Kate, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, Meryll)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Hark! What Was That, Sir?
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid (Elsie, Phoebe, Fairfax)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: When a Wooer Goes A-Wooing (Elsie, Phoebe, Fairfax, Point)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Rapture! Rapture! (Dame Carruthers, Meryll)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Act II: Finale Act II: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Bonus Track: A Laughing Boy (Meryll)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Bonus Track: A Jealous Torment (Shadbolt)
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Bonus Track: Is Life A Boon (Earlier Version) (Fairfax)

Customer Reviews:

Adequate - Enjoyable.......2006-04-11

Make no mistake, this is an excellent recording of this wonderful operetta. However, there is a tendency these days to rate recordings higher than they deserve - probably because they are new & fresh. And for some reason those who do so often ignore the quality of the voices in the recordings. The singing in this recording is very good and the characterizations are fine. But to suggest that it is comparable in quality to the superb 1964 D'Oyly Carte recording under Sir Malcolm Sargent is an error.

The voices in the 1964 recording - Harwood, Hood, Knight, Potter, Reed, Sandford, Adams - are perhaps the best ever to sing this music and Sargent was one of the greatest of G&S conductors. I would rate the current recording as perhaps the 3rd or 4th best of those available. In addition to the 1964 recording, consider the Marriner which is also excellently sung and also includes the dialogue.

Yeoman of the Guard.......2005-08-31

This is an excellent recording, although at the beginning the audio sounds somewhat distant, as if it were being recorded on-stage from the middle of the house. However, the cast is uniformally excellent, with veddy, veddy proper diction and every "r" rolled. Once in a while the orchestra overpowers a soloist but the chorus is rich, right-on and regal. Elsie's voice could be a little younger to match her age in the operetta. These are minor compared to the whole-between very good and excellent.

O.K. but..........2003-05-04

"Yoemen" is the most "serious" of all the G&S operettas, especially from Gilbert's point of view - Sullivan goaded him into a plot without "topsy-turveydom" and the result is a story that is positively sensible, not just by G&S standards, but also compared with other operettas, (and operas, for that matter).

In particular, the characters in "Yoemen" are real people, rather than the two-dimensional characters of the other operettas. Point is the obvious case, and reviews of performances of the work often dwell on how well Point is (or is not) played. Shadbolt is another character that can be interpreted at least two ways - he is inescapably an oaf and a buffoon, of course, but he can be played as a reasonably young and personable one, which is at the very least as funny as making him old, repulsive and deformed, and much more believable. Giving him a "comic" accent hints at the "quasimodo" approach to the character, and a bit regressive.

This is no doubt a fine technical performance, but at it is less dramatically satisfying than my slightly older (Welsh National Opera) version. Of course I have listened to the latter about a million times, and I do have to give this new one a chance, but I must admit to just a little disappointment.

The "extra" material is certainly interesting. "A laughing boy" is in fact quite often included in modern performances - it is a nice little song, which develops Sergeant Merrill's character, even if it was originally inserted to cover a costume change. "A Jealous Torment" is probably, on balance, best left out - although I had never heard it sung before - and it is far from irrelevant to the plot - giving emphasis to Shadbolt's obsession with Phoebe. The earlier version of "Is life a boon?" is in fact a completely different setting, and in itself quite a pleasant one - although one comes to the conclusion fairly quickly that the final version, one of Sullivan's greatest songs, is much better, bringing out the nobility of the words far more effectively.

But why are all three on Disc 2, where it is impossible to program them into their intended places without burning a fresh Act 1 CD (as I have done) ? There is plenty of room for them on Disc 1.

Great!.......2000-04-22

I wouldn't have thought it possible but the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company have managed to surpass their exemplary 1964 recording of "The Yeomen of the Guard" with this stunning effort. Beautiful conducting by John Owens Edwards - dare I say it, he leaves both Sargent and Marriner for dead! - cap off a well cast ensemble. This is an opera which strives very hard for heart throbs but rarely delivers. Here we have a deeply moving reading of the score, which may well be Sullivan's masterpiece. Compulsory listening for all Savoyards.

Sublime Harmonie: Victorian Musical Boxes

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Sublime Harmonie: Victorian Musical Boxes

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1. Overture
2. When Maiden Loves
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5. Alas! I Waiver to and Fro
6. Is Life a Boon?
7. Here's a Man of Jollity
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7. Like a Ghost His Vigil Keeping
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