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This is the third release in AVID's Gilbert & Sullivan series and is a must for the non-committed G&S fan who is simply looking for a compilation of the "best bits"!!
We have taken the highlights and overtures from our highly successful 10CD Box Set (AMBX138), added a couple of excerpts from The Sorcerer (AMSC799) and to complete this well filled 2CD Set we have added the charming Overture Di Ballo, the most popular of Arthur Sullivan's concert works premiered in Birmingham on 31st August 1870, the year before his first collaboration with William Gilbert.
So if you are looking for a comprehensive "Best of Gilbert & Sullivan" look no further than this superbly re-mastered 2CD set!
CD1: GILBERT & SULLIVAN HIGHLIGHTS - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
HMS PINAFORE
1. I'm Called Little Buttercup
2. When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
3. Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
RUDDIGORE
4. When The Night Wind Howls
5. My Eyes Are Fully Open
PATIENCE
6. A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Store
7. So Go To Him And Say To Him
THE MIKADO
8. Behold The Lord High Executioner
9. As Some Day It May Happen (I've Got A Little List)
10. Three Little Maids From School
11. Here's A How-De-Do!
12. The Flowers That Bloom In Spring
13. On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit (Willow, Tit-Willow)
TRIAL BY JURY
14. When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
15. Oh, Better Far To Live And Die (I Am A Pirate King)
16. I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
17. When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment (A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One)
IOLANTHE
18. When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
19. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache (The Nightmare Song)
THE GONDOLIERS
20. For The Merriest Fellows Are We
21. In Enterprise Of Martial Kind (The Duke Of Plaza-Toro)
22. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
23. Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
24. I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
25. I Have A Song To Sing, O!
26. Were I Thy Bride
THE SORCERER
27. My Name Is Mr John Wellington Wells
CD2: OVERTURES
1. HMS Pinafore - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
2. Ruddigore - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
3. Patience - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
4. The Mikado - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
5. The Pirates Of Penzance - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
6. Iolanthe - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
7. The Gondoliers - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
8. The Yeomen Of The Guard - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
9. The Sorcerer - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & The New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey
10. Overture 'Di Ballo' - The D'oyly Carte Opera Company with Chorus & The City Of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by George Weldon |
