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Music : Gilbert & Sullivan - Operettas / Pro Arte Orchestra · Sir Malcolm Sargent


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by: Gilbert & Sullivan, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Monica Sinclair, George Baker, Heather Harper, Elizabeth Harwood Owen Brannigan

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724357446822
Format: Box set
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Number Of Discs: 16
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Sales Rank: 157463
Studio: EMI Classics


Disc 1:
  1. Overture
  2. We sail the ocean blue
  3. Hail, men-o'war's men
  4. I'm called Little Buttercup
  5. But tell me, who's the youth
  6. The nightingale sighed for the moon's bright ray
  7. A maiden fair to see
  8. My gallant crew, good morning
  9. I am the captain of the Pinafore
  10. Sir, you are sad
  11. Sorry her lot who loves too well
  12. Over the birght blue sea
  13. I am the monarch of the sea
  14. When I was a lad I served a term
  15. A British tar is a soaring soul
  16. Refrain, audacious tar
  17. Can I survive this overbearing
  18. Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen
  19. This very night
  20. Let's give three cheers
  21. Entr'acte
  22. Fair moon to thee I sing
  23. Thing are seldom what they seem
  24. The hours creep on apace
Disc 10:
  1. Braid the raven hair
  2. The sun, whose raze are all ablaze
  3. Brightly dawns our wedding day
  4. Here's a how-de-do!
  5. Miya sama, miya sama
  6. A mor humane Mikado
  7. The criminal cried
  8. See how the Fates their gifts allot
  9. The flowers that bloom in the spring
  10. Alone, and yet alive
  11. Hearts do not break
  12. On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
  13. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
  14. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
Disc 11:
  1. Overture
  2. Fair is Rose as bright May day
  3. Sir Rupert Murgatroyd
  4. If someday there chanced to be
  5. I know a youth who loves a little maid
  6. From the briny sea
  7. I shippd, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop
  8. My boy, you may take it from me
  9. The battle's roar is over
  10. In sailing o'er life's ocean wide
  11. Cheerily carols the lark
  12. To a garden full of posies
  13. Welcome gentry for your entry
  14. Oh, why am I moody and sad?
  15. You understand?
  16. Hail the bride of seventeen summers
  17. When the buds are blossoming
  18. Hold, bride and bridegroom
  19. Oh, happy the lily
Disc 12:
  1. I was once as meek as a new-born lamb
  2. Happily coupled are we
  3. In bygone days I had thy love
  4. Painted emblems of a race
  5. When the night wind howls
  6. He yields! He yields!
  7. I was once a very abandoned person
  8. My eyes are fully open
  9. There grew a little flower
  10. Oh, happy the lily
  11. I: Introduction
  12. IV: Prelude Act III
  13. VI: Banquet Dance
  14. VII: Overture Act IV
  15. X: Dance of the Nymphs and Reapers
  16. XI: Prelude Act V
  17. XIIc: Epilogue
  18. I: Introduction
  19. III: Bourrée
  20. V: À la valse
  21. VII: Finale
Disc 13:
  1. Overture
  2. When maiden loves
  3. Tower warders, under orders
  4. When are gallant Norman foes
  5. Alas, I waver 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
  11. 'Tis done! I am a bride
  12. Were I thy bride
  13. Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true?
Disc 14:
  1. Night has spread her pall once more
  2. A private buffoon is a light-hearted loon
  3. Here-upon we're both agreed
  4. Free from his fetters grim
  5. Strange adventure!
  6. Hark! What was that, sir?
  7. A man who would woo a fair maid
  8. When a wooer goes a-wooing
  9. Rapture, rapture!
  10. Comes the pretty young bride
Disc 15:
  1. Overture
  2. List and learn, ye dainty roses
  3. Good marrow, pretty maids
  4. For the merriest fellows
  5. Buon'giorno, signorine
  6. we;re called gondolieri
  7. And now to choose our brides
  8. Thank you, gallant gondolieri
  9. From the sunny Spanish shore
  10. In enterprise of martial kind
  11. O rapture when alone
  12. There was a time
  13. I stole the Prince
  14. But bless my life
  15. Try we life-long
  16. Bridegroom and bride
  17. When a merry maiden marries
  18. Kind sir, you cannot have the heart
  19. Don not give way
  20. Then one of us will be a queen
  21. Replying we sing
  22. For everyone who feels inclined
  23. Come, let's away
  24. Then away they go to an island fair
Disc 16:
  1. Og happiness the very pith
  2. Rising early in the morning
  3. Take a pair of sparkling eyes
  4. Here we are, at the risk of our lives
  5. Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero
  6. There lived a King
  7. In a contemplative fashion
  8. With ducal pomp and ducal pride
  9. On the day when i was wedded
  10. To help unhappy commoners
  11. Small titles and orders
  12. I am a courtier grave and serious
  13. Here is a case unprecedented
  14. Now let the royal lieges gather round
  15. The Royal Prince
  16. I: Allegro moderato
  17. II: Andante espressivo -
  18. III: Molto vivace
Disc 2:
  1. Never mind the why and wherefore
  2. Kind Captain, I've important information
  3. Carefully on tiptoe stealing
  4. Pretty daughter of mine
  5. Farewell my own
  6. Hark, the hour of ten is sounding
  7. Now jurymen hear my advice
  8. Is this the Court of the Exchequer?
  9. When first my old, old love I knew
  10. Silence in Court... All hail great Judge
  11. When I, good friends, was called to the Bar
  12. Swear thou the jury
  13. Where is the plaintiff?
  14. Comes the broken flower
  15. Oh, never, never, never
  16. May it please you, my Lud!
  17. That she is reeling is plain to me
  18. Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray
  19. That seems a reasonable proposition
  20. A nice dilemma we have here
  21. I love him, I love him
  22. The question, gentlemen, is one of liquor
  23. Oh joy unbounded
Disc 3:
  1. Overture
  2. Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
  3. When Frederic was a little lad
  4. Oh, better far to live and die
  5. Oh, false one, you have deceived me!
  6. What shall I do?...
  7. Stop, ladies, pray!
  8. Oh, is there not one maiden breast?
  9. Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name
  10. Poor wandering one
  11. What ought we to do?
  12. Stay, we must not lose our senses
  13. Here's a first rate opportunity
  14. Hold, monsters!
  15. I am the very model of a modern Major-General
  16. Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
  17. I'm telling a terrible story
  18. O master, hear one word
  19. Pray observe the magnanimity
Disc 4:
  1. Oh, dry the glistening tear
  2. Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted
  3. When the foeman bears his steel
  4. Now for the pirates' lair
  5. Young Frederic!
  6. When you had left our pirate fold
  7. Away, away! my heart's on fire
  8. All is prepared
  9. Stay, Frederic, stay!
  10. Ah, leave me not to pine
  11. In 1940 I of age shall be
  12. No, I'll be brave!
  13. Though in body and in mind
  14. When a felon's not engaged in his employment
  15. A rollicking band of pirates we
  16. With cat-like tread
  17. Hush, hush! not a word
  18. Softly sighing to the river
  19. Now what is this, and what is that
  20. Frederic here! Oh joy!
  21. Overture : The Sorcerer
  22. Overture : Cox and Box
  23. Overture : Princess Ida
  24. Overture in C (In memoriam)
Disc 5:
  1. Am I alone and unobserved?
  2. Long years ago, fourteen maybe
  3. Prithee pretty maiden
  4. Let the merry cymbals sound
  5. Now tell us, we pray you
  6. Your maiden hearts
  7. Come walk up and purchase with avidity
  8. True love must single-hearted be
  9. I hear the soft note... But who is this?
  10. Overture
  11. Twenty lovesick maidens we
  12. Still brooding on their mad infatuation
  13. I cannot tell what this love may be
  14. The soldiers of our Queen
  15. In a doleful train... Twenty lovesick maidens we
  16. When I first put this uniform on
Disc 6:
  1. On such eyes as maidens cherish
  2. Sad is that woman's lot
  3. Turn, oh turn in this direction
  4. A magnet hung in a hardware shop
  5. Love is a plaintive song
  6. So go to him and say to him
  7. It's clear that medieval art alone retains its zest
  8. If Saphir I choose to marry
  9. When I go out of door
  10. I'm a Waterloo House young man
  11. After much debate internal
  12. I: Andante - Allegro, ma non troppo vivace
  13. II: Andante espressivo
  14. III: Allegretto
  15. IV: Allegro vivace e con brio
Disc 7:
  1. Overture
  2. Tripping hither, tripping thither
  3. Iolanthe!
  4. Good marrow, good mother
  5. Fare thee well, attractive stranger
  6. Good marrow, good lover
  7. None shall part us from each other
  8. Loudly let the trumpet bray!
  9. The Law is the true embodiment
  10. my well-loved lord and guardian dear
  11. Of all the young ladies I know
  12. Nay, tempt me not
  13. Spurn not the nobly born
  14. My Lords, it may not be
  15. A sheperd I
  16. When I went to the bar as a very young man
  17. When darkly looms the day
  18. Oh, shameless one, tremble!
  19. In babyhood upon her lap I lay
  20. For riches and rank I do not long
  21. To you I give my heart
  22. Tripping hither, Tripping thither
  23. The lady of my love
  24. Go away, madam
  25. Oh, Chancellor unwary
  26. With Strephon for your foe
Disc 8:
  1. When all night long a chap remains
  2. Strephon's a Member of Parliament
  3. When Britain really ruled the waves
  4. In vain to us you plead
  5. Oh, foolish fay
  6. Though p'r'aps I may incur your blame
  7. Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest
  8. When you're lying awake with a dismal headache
  9. If you go in, you're sure to win
  10. If we're weak enough to tarry
  11. My Lord, a suppliant at your feet I kneel
  12. He loves! If in the bygone years
  13. It may not be
  14. Soon as we may
  15. BBC Symphony Orchestra
Disc 9:
  1. Overture
  2. If you want to know who we are
  3. Gentlemen, I pray you tell me
  4. A wand'ring minstrel, I
  5. Our great Mikado, virtuous man
  6. Young man, despair
  7. And have I journey'd for a month
  8. Behold the Lord High Executioner!
  9. As some day it may happen
  10. Comes a train of little ladies
  11. Three little maids from school
  12. So please you, sir, we much regret
  13. Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
  14. I am so proud
  15. With aspect stern
  16. Your revels ceae
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The advent of stereo brought forth two competing Gilbert and Sullivan cycles that retain their classic status in divergent ways. Seasoned Savoyards lean towards Decca's D'Oyly Carte recordings, where the use of singing actors and inclusion of dialogue add up to a palpable theatrical experience. By contrast, EMI's competing cycle featured some of Britain's finest operatic singers of the 1950s and '60s, who largely command both music and text on equal terms. The nine operettas in this series conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent--Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard, and The Gondoliers--are repackaged in a budget-priced, space-saving box. True, some might contend that Sargent's stoutly moderate tempos downplay the authors' irreverent bite, but at least you can make out every blasted word. And that's important, since EMI includes no librettos, just a synopsis of each work. As a bonus, Sullivan's orchestral forays outside comic opera fill out the discs, including incidental music to The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice, the touching Overture in C ('In Memoriam'), an attractively tuneful Symphony in E, and a fascinating reconstruction of a Cello Concerto, whose autograph and parts perished in a 1964 fire. You simply cannot find a more comprehensive Gilbert and Sullivan bargain than this highly enticing set. Grab it while you can. --Jed Distler



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The complete Sargent G&S
Actually, its not! But it is a complete edition of the last recordings he ever made of the operettas in question.

The evidence of pre-war Sargent recordings (for instance his earlier "Princess Ida") shows that when he was a little younger he appoached these works with vigour and a stong sense of musical humour. As he mellowed (or got older, anyway) his interpretation of G&S definitely became more personal and reverent (or, if you like, slower). Whether you like this or not is absolutely ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nice collection...but you can get a better price.
This boxset is really a gem for Gilber & Sullivan fans and all operetta lovers. I am not going to add more good words on its excellent performance and nice recording, 'cos it has already got enough of them.
I am not complaining about the price of Amazon, but I purchased this boxset in Hong Kong at an extremely attractive price of HK$218, ie US$28. This price is not only for this boxset, but for all EMI boxsets with the same packing, no matter how many CDs are in one box (from 6pcs to 16pcs). I ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - An operatic approach to G&S
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as soon as the copyright on Gilbert's lyrics expired, EMI began to issue what could have been the complete series of Gilbert & Sullivan collaborations but never quite finished. Of the 14 operettas from "Thespis" to "The Grand Duke," only 9 found their way into the EMI series. In order of composition rather than recordings, they were "Trial by Jury," "HMS Pinafore," "The Pirates of Penzance," "Patience," "Iolanthe," "The Mikado," "Ruddigore," "The Yeomen of the Guard," ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A gem!
This may not be a complete discography of their works, but what a pleasure it is to have. Forget about the librettos, since they're public domain and can be easily found on the web. By the time you've finished listening to a few of these masterpieces, wonderfully conducted by Malcolm Sargent, you'll be like me; whistling and humming 'till you drop over with euphoria. Enjoy it!


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Great Value and Some Unusual Items - OK performances
I give this set somewhat mixed reviews. On the positive side, it is a great value, is well-recorded (especially given that some of the recordings go back to the 50s) , and includes come unusual orchestral works, in addition to 9 operettas. On the negative side, I just don't think these are the best performances of the operettas, in that Sargent really does adopt tempos that often just too slow and the singers sometimes sound just a bit too serious for the roles. My favorite G&S are the recent Telarc ... Read More
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