The Gilbert & Sullivan Edition | Decca 4782748

The Gilbert & Sullivan Edition

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4782748

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 25

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 16th May 2011

Contents

Artists

D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Isidore Godfrey
Sir Charles Mackerras

Works

Sullivan, Arthur

Cox and Box
HMS Pinafore
Iolanthe
Macbeth
» Overture
Marmion: Overture
Overture di Ballo
Patience
Pineapple Poll
Princess Ida
Ruddigore
The Gondoliers
The Grand Duke
The Mikado
The Pirates of Penzance
The Sorcerer
The Yeomen of the Guard
The Zoo
Trial by Jury
Utopia Limited
Victoria and Merrie England

Artists

D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Isidore Godfrey
Sir Charles Mackerras

About

29 May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert – the librettist of one of the most famous musical partnerships in music history.

Decca’s earliest recordings of G&S with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company were made between 1949 and 1955 in mono. In 1957, the first in a new series of stereo recordings was initiated with The Pirates of Penzance, culminating in 1966 with The Sorcerer; between 1967 and 1979 a second series of recordings was made.

Contents:
CD 1-2
- The Gondoliers [1960 recording with dialogue]

CD 3-4
- The Grand Duke [1976 recording without dialogue]
- Overture Di Ballo
- March & Graceful Dance from from Henry VIII

CD 5-6
- H.M.S. Pinafore [1959 recording with dialogue]

CD 7-8
- Iolanthe [1960 recording with dialogue]

CD 9-10
- The Mikado [1973 recording without dialogue]

CD 11-12
- Patience [1961 without dialogue]

CD 13-14
- The Pirates of Penzance [1967 recording with dialogue]

CD 15-16
- Princess Ida [1965 recording without dialogue]
- Pineapple Poll [1982 recording]

CD 17-18
- Ruddigore [1962 recording without dialogue]
- Cox and Box [1961 recording]

CD 19-20
- The Sorcerer [1966 recording without dialogue]
- The Zoo [1977 recording]

CD 21-22
- Utopia Limited [1975 recording without dialogue]
- Overture: Macbeth [recorded 1974]
- Victoria and Merrie England [[recorded 1978]
- Overture: Marmion [recorded 1976]

CD 23-24
- The Yeomen of the Guard [1964 recording without dialogue]
- Trial by Jury [1963 recording]

Bonus CD
CD 25 Songs and Snatches
Favourite songs from The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard

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