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The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company & Arthur Sullivan

The Very Best Of Gilbert & Sullivan

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company & Arthur Sullivan

52 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 21 MINUTES • JAN 01 1998

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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1: 10. Three little maids from school are we
Valerie Masterson, Pauline Wales, Peggy Ann Jones, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
01:27
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1: 3. A wand'ring minstrel I
Colin Wright, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
04:33
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 33. On a tree by a river a little tom tit
John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
02:24
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1: 7. Behold the Lord High Executioner
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
02:37
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1: 8. As someday it may happen that a victim...
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
02:22
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 22. The sun whose rays are all ablaze
Valerie Masterson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
03:05
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 24. Here's a how-de-do!
Valerie Masterson, Colin Wright, John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
01:23
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 30. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la
Valerie Masterson, Peggy Ann Jones, Colin Wright, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
01:37
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Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 34. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
Lyndsie Holland, John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
02:14
10
Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2: 36. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
Valerie Masterson, Pauline Wales, Peggy Ann Jones, Colin Wright, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Michael Rayner, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & Arthur Sullivan
02:08
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Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: I Am The Monarch Of The Sea (When I Was A Lad)
Joyce Wright, John Reed, Jeffrey Skitch, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
04:46
12
Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: I'm Called Little Buttercup
Gillian Knight, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:44
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Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
Jeffrey Skitch, Jean Hindmarsh, John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:39
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Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: We Shall Sail The Ocean Blue
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:24
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Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: My gallant crew...I am the Captain of the Pinafore
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Jeffrey Skitch, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:17
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Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2: A joy! Oh rapture unforseen
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Joyce Wright, Thomas Round, Donald Adams, Jeffrey Skitch, Gillian Knight, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
03:04
17
Sullivan: Trial by Jury: When I good friends was called to the Bar
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Arthur Sullivan
02:54
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Sullivan: The Sorcerer / Act 1: My name is John Wellington Wells
John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:13
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Sullivan: Patience / Act 1: The soldiers of our Queen
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
00:51
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Sullivan: Patience / Act 1: Am I alone and unobserved?
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:40
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Sullivan: Patience / Act 1: If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic..
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:31
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Sullivan: Patience / Act 2: So go to him and say to him, with compliment ironical
Gillian Knight, John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:58
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Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard: When our gallant Norman foes
Gillian Knight, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
04:54
24
Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard: I have a song to sing, oh!
Elizabeth Harwood, John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
03:21
25
Sullivan: "When maiden loves"
Ann Hood, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
03:33
26
Sullivan: "Tower warders under orders"
Thomas Lawlor, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
03:56
27
Sullivan: With cat-like tread
George Cook, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:47
28
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: Poor wand'ring one!
Valerie Masterson, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:57
29
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty / Act 1: I am the very model of a modern Major-General
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:58
30
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: When the foeman bares his steel
Valerie Masterson, Jean Allister, Owen Brannigan, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
04:51
31
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Owen Brannigan, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:32
32
Sullivan: I know a youth who loves a little maid
Jean Hindmarsh, John Reed, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
03:28
33
Sullivan: 20. When the night wind howls
Donald Adams, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:32
34
Sullivan: 23. My eyes are fully open to my awful situation
Jean Allister, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:37
35
Sullivan: Iolanthe: Loudly let the trumpet bray
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
05:52
36
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri / Act 2: Love unrequited
John Reed, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
03:34
37
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri / Act 2: If you go in you're sure to win
John Reed, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:21
38
Sullivan: When all night long a chap remains
Kenneth Sandford, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
04:33
39
Sullivan: Said I to myself, said I
John Reed, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:54
40
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri / Act 2: When Britain really ruled the waves
Donald Adams, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
03:07
41
Sullivan: The Gondoliers: We're called gondolieri, but that's a vagary
Thomas Round, Alan Styler, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:11
42
Sullivan: The Gondoliers: In enterprise of martial kind
Jennifer Toye, Gillian Knight, Jeffrey Skitch, John Reed, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:34
43
Sullivan: The Gondoliers: Take a pair of sparkling eyes
Thomas Round, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
03:13
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Sullivan: The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria - Act Two: Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero
Thomas Round, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:49
45
Sullivan: The Gondoliers / Act One: From the Sunny Spanish Shore
John Reed, Gillian Knight, Jennifer Toye, Jeffrey Skitch, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
01:45
46
Sullivan: The Gondoliers / Act One: I Stole the Prince
Kenneth Sandford, Jennifer Toye, Gillian Knight, Jeffrey Skitch, John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:28
47
Sullivan: Then one of us will be a Queen
Mary Sansom, Joyce Wright, Thomas Round, Alan Styler, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Isidore Godfrey & Arthur Sullivan
02:22
48
Sullivan: If you give me your attention
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
02:16
49
Sullivan: The woman of the wisest wit
Ann Hood, Valerie Masterson, Philip Potter, David Palmer, Jeffrey Skitch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
02:32
50
Sullivan: I built upon a rock
Elizabeth Harwood, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
03:30
51
Sullivan: Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
02:02
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Sullivan: This helmet I suppose
George Cook, Donald Adams, Anthony Raffell, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent & Arthur Sullivan
02:17
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