Compact discs Liner notes in container Glyndebourne Festival Chorus ; Pro Arte Orchestra ; Malcolm Sargent, conductor ; with various vocalists
Contents:
Disc 1. The Mikado. A wand'ring minstrel I (4:17) ; Behold the Lord High Executioner!-- Taken from the county jail (2:54) ; As some day it may happen (2:26) ; Three little maids from school are we (1:33) ; The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (3:02) ; Here's a how-de-do! (1:19) ; A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist (4:14) ; The criminal cried (3:16) ; The flowers that bloom in the spring (1:53) ; On a tree by a river-- Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow (3:05) ; There is beauty in the bellow of the blast (2:13) ; For he's gone and married (2:08) Trial by jury. When I, good friends, was called to the Bar (3:26) H.M.S. Pinafore. I'm called Little Buttercup (1:42) ; My gallant crew-- I am the captain of the Pinafore (2:29) ; Sorry her lot who loves too well (3:21) ; When I was a lad I served a term (2:51) ; Never mind the why and wherefore (2:55) The pirates of Penzance. Oh, better far to live and die (2:51) ; Oh, is there not one maiden breast (4:04) ; Poor wandering one! (2:54) ; I am the very model of a modern major-general (3:09) ; When the foeman bears his steel (4:55) ; Ah, leave me not to pine alone (3:15) ; When a felon's not engaged in his employment (2:20) ; With cat-like tread (2:52) Disc 2. Patience. The soldiers of our Queen-- If you want a receipt for that popular mystery (3:29) ; Am I alone and unobserved?-- If you're anxious for to shine (4:36) ; Sad is that woman's lot-- Silvered is the raven hair (4:51) ; A magnet hung in a hardware shop (2:26) ; So go to him and say to him (2:19) ; When I go out of door (1:33) ; After much debate internal (1:13) Iolanthe. When I went to the Bar as a very young man (2:01) ; The lady of my love-- Act 1 finale (10:21) ; When all night long a chap remains (4:19) ; When Britain really ruled the waves (2:58) ; When you're lying awake with a dismal headache (3:00) ; If you go in, you're sure to win (2:35) Ruddigore. In sailing o'er life's ocean wide (1:47) ; When the night wind howls (2:22) ; My eyes are fully open (1:49) The gondoliers. From the sunny Spanish shore-- In enterprise of martial kind (3:26) ; When a merry maiden marries (3:26) ; Take a pair of sparkling eyes (3:18) ; Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (2:15) ; I am a courtier grave and serious (3:59) The yeomen of the Guard. I have a song to sing, O! (3:41) ; Were I thy bride (1:54) ; Sir, I obey. I am thy bride (4:04)
