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Arthur Sullivan, Harry Dearth, Robert Howe
Arthur Sullivan Sesquicentenial, Vol.2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. The Sorcerer, operetta: My name is John Wellington Wells
2. H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta: When I was a lad
3. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: When a felon's not engaged
4. Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta: Am I alone?/If you're anxious for to shine
5. Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta: When I go out of door
6. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: When you're lying awake (Nightmare song)
7. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: The flowers that bloom in the spring
8. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: I have a song to sing-o
9. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: Who fired that shot?/Like a ghost
10. The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta: I stole the prince
11. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: As some day it may happen
12. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: I am so proud
13. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Here's a how-de-do
14. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: There is beauty in the bellow
15. The Sorcerer, operetta: My name is John Wellington Wells
16. H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta: When I was a lad
17. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: I am the very model of a modern major-general
18. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: Softly sighing to the river
19. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: The law is the true embodiment
20. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: When I went to the bar
21. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: When you're lying awake (Nightmare song)
22. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: On a tree by the river (Tit willow)
23. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: I have a song to sing-o
24. The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta: In enterprise of martial kind
25. Utopia Limited (The Flowers of Progress), operetta: First you're born
26. The Rose of Persia (The Story-Teller and the Slave), operetta: The small street-Arab

CD Details

All Artists: Arthur Sullivan, Harry Dearth, Robert Howe
Title: Arthur Sullivan Sesquicentenial, Vol.2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Symposium
Release Date: 10/1/1996
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 760411206025

CD Reviews

Of great historical interest to G&S fans

F. Behrens | Keene, NH USA | 06/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've got it into my head somehow that the older a recording is, the closer it brings me to the original intentions of the composer. Walter Passmore's singing voice is 1 on a 1-to-10 scale...but oh what style he has! Gilbert always insisted that his words be heard and understood (hear that, ye modern singers who mumble into mikes?) and Passmore's enunciation is perfect. Workman had a far better singing voice, but he takes a good deal of liberties here and there. Still most people who will purchase this disc already own, no doubt, more modern recordings; and this one will take us on a time-trip back towards (though not quite to) the Victorian days that drew Gilbert's barbs and inspired Sullivan's melodies. And don't forget to look at Volume 1."