FAVOURITES FROM THE CLASSICS - Gilbert And Sullivan



Eighth issue in the “Favourites From The Classics” series, which was to run for 25 editions.

3CD Set
Released 1993
Cat No.: RDCD641-3 (RDC92311-3)
RD Code: BERT 008



CD1
Highlights from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’

1 - Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry
2 - Oh, Better Far To Live And Die (Pirate King's Song)
3 - Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
4 - Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
5 - Poor Wand'ring One
6 - I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major - General
7 - When The Foeman Bares His Steel
8 - A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One
9 - With Cat - Like Tread

10 - Overture To 'Princess Ida'

Highlights from ‘The Gondoliers’

11 - List And Learn
12 - For The Merriest Fellows Are We
13 - Thank You, Gallant Gondolieri
14 - From The Sunny Spanish Shore
15 - I Stole The Prince
16 - Bridegroom And Bride
17 - When A Merry Maiden Marries
18 - Kind Sir, You Cannot Have The Heart
19 - Rising Early In The Morning
20 - Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
21 - On The Day When I Was Wedded
22 - Dance A Cachucha

23 - Dance Of The Nymphs And Reapers – The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris

CD2
Highlights from ‘The Mikado’

1 - If You Want To Know Who We Are
2 - A Wand'ring Minstrel, I
3 - Behold The Lord High Executioner
4 - I've Got A Little List
5 - Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
6 - Three Little Maids From School We Are
7 - Moon And I~The
8 - Miya Sama, Miya Sama
9 - My Object All Sublime
10 - For He's Gone And Married Yum - Yum

Highlights from ‘Iolanthe’

11 - Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray
12 - When I Went To The Bar
13 - When All Night Long
14 - Strephon's A Member Of Parliament
15 - When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
16 - Oh Foolish Fay
17 - When You're Lying Awake
18 - My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet
19 - Soon As We May

CD3
Highlights from ‘Patience’

1 - Overture (Abridged)
2 - I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
3 - Soldiers Of Our Queen~The
4 - If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
5 - If You're Anxious For To Shine
6 - Prithee, Pretty Maiden
7 - Said Is That Woman's Lot
8 - Magnet And The Churn~The
9 - So Go To Him
10 - If Saphir I Choose To Marry

11 - Overture To 'The Yeoman Of The Guard' – National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley

12 - Overture To 'The Sorcerer' – The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris

Highlights from ‘HMS Pinafore’

13 - We Sail The Ocean Blue
14 - I'm Called Little Buttercup
15 - Nightingale~The
16 - A Maiden Fair To See
17 - I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
18 - Over The Bright Blue Sea
19 - Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen
20 - Gaily Tripping, Lightly Skipping
21 - I Am The Monarch Of The Sea
22 - When I Was A Lad
23 - Things Are Seldom What They Seem
24 - Kind Captain, I've Important Information
25 - Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen

26 - Overture 'Di Ballo' – The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

All recordings by The Beecham Choral Society and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Walker except where indicated.

Soloists: -
Donald Adams
Jean Allister
John Cartier
Patricia Clarke
Edgar Fleet
Cynthia Glover
Neil Howlett
Anthony Raffell
Stanley Riley
Kenneth Sandford

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