The Ultimate Gilbert & Sullivan Collection

Various Artists, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Isidore Godfrey

• Released on 1/1/83 by Decca - London
• Main artists: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company The New Symphony Orchestra of London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royston Nash Isidore Godfrey
• Genre: Classical

H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

1 We shall sail the ocean blue

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 00:02:22

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

H.M.S.Pinafore (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

2 I'm called Little Buttercup

Gillian Knight 00:01:42

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

3 My gallant crew...I am the Captain of the Pinafore

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 00:02:14

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

4 Now give three cheers...I am the monarch of the sea

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 00:01:49

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

5 H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad (Act 1)

Donald Adams 00:02:53

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eric Wilson-Hyde, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Cox-Ife, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

6 Never mind the why and wherefore

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 00:03:27

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

7 Kind Captain, I've important information

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 00:02:35

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

8 H.M.S. Pinafore: Carefully On Tip-Toe Stealing (Act 2)

Donald Adams 00:01:42

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eric Wilson-Hyde, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Cox-Ife, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

9 H.M.S. Pinafore: For He Is An Englishman (Act 2)

Donald Adams 00:01:37

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eric Wilson-Hyde, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Cox-Ife, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited

The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

10 I am the very model of a modern Major-General

John Reed 00:05:09

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - John Reed, MainArtist - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Raymond Ware, Producer

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

The Pirates of Penzance (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

11 When a felon's not engaged in his employment

Owen Brannigan 00:02:30

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

12 With cat-like tread

George Cook 00:02:45

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - George Cook, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

The Sorcerer / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

13 My name is John Wellington Wells

John Reed 00:02:12

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria - Act Two (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

14 Take a pair of sparkling eyes

Isidore Godfrey 00:03:11

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1961 Decca Music Group Limited

Patience / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

15 If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic..

John Reed 00:02:30

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Choir, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1961 Decca Music Group Limited

The Mikado / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

16 1. If you want to know who we are

D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus 00:02:28

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

17 3. A wand'ring minstrel I

Colin Wright 00:04:30

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Wright, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

18 7. Behold the Lord High Executioner

John Reed 00:02:34

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

19 8. As someday it may happen that a victim...

John Reed 00:02:19

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

20 10. Three little maids from school are we

Valerie Masterson 00:01:25

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Pauline Wales, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Masterson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Peggy Ann Jones, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

The Mikado / Act 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)

21 22. The sun whose rays are all ablaze

Valerie Masterson 00:03:04

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Valerie Masterson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

22 24. Here's a how-de-do!

Valerie Masterson 00:01:22

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Valerie Masterson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Wright, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

23 26. From ev'ry kind of man Obedience I expect

Lyndsie Holland 00:01:46

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Lyndsie Holland, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Ayldon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

24 27. A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist

John Ayldon 00:04:31

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - John Ayldon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

25 28. The criminal cried as he dropp'd him down

Peggy Ann Jones 00:03:31

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Kenneth Sandford, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Peggy Ann Jones, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

26 30. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la

Valerie Masterson 00:01:36

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Kenneth Sandford, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Masterson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Wright, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peggy Ann Jones, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

27 33. On a tree by a river a little tom tit

John Reed 00:02:22

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

28 34. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast

Lyndsie Holland 00:02:13

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Lyndsie Holland, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

29 36. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum

Valerie Masterson 00:02:06

John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Kenneth Sandford, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pauline Wales, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Masterson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Royston Nash, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Wright, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rayner, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peggy Ann Jones, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Horricks, Producer

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
• Total length: 01:14:25

• Main artists: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company The New Symphony Orchestra of London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royston Nash Isidore Godfrey
• Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
• Label: Decca - London
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

© 1998 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1998 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.