The Mikado

~ Release by Gilbert & Sullivan (see all versions of this release, 15 available)

Tracklist

1▶Cassette: Act I
2▼Cassette: Act II
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1The Mikado: Act II. “Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tresses”
vocals:
Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 12, “Braid the Raven Hair” (Pitti-Sing and Girls)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:38
2The Mikado: Act II. “The sun whose rays are all ablaze”
vocals:
Valerie Masterson (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:05
3The Mikado: Act II. “Brightly dawns our wedding day”
vocals:
Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 14, “Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day” (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Pooh, and Pish-Tish)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:42
4The Mikado: Act II. “Here's a how-de-do!”
vocals:
Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company) and Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 15. “Here’s a how-de-do” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
1:23
5The Mikado: Act II. “Miya sama, miya sama, o n'mma no maye ni”
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16 “Miya sama” (Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16, “Mi-ya Sa-ma” … “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
1:15
6The Mikado: Act II. “From ev’ry kind of man Obedience I expect”
vocals:
John Ayldon
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16 “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16, “Mi-ya Sa-ma” … “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
1:47
7The Mikado: Act II. “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist”
vocals:
John Ayldon
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 17, “A More Humane Mikado” (Mikado, Chorus)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
4:32
8The Mikado: Act II. “The criminal cried as he dropp’d him down”
vocals:
John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 18, “The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down” (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus) (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:31
9The Mikado: Act II. “See how the fates their gifts allot”
vocals:
John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 19, “See How the Fates Their Gifts Allot” (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Katisha)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:10
10The Mikado: Act II. “The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Valerie Masterson (soprano)
vocals:
Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company), John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), Kenneth Sandford and Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 20, “The Flowers That Bloom In the Spring” (Nanki-Pooh, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Bah)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
1:36
11The Mikado: Act II. “Alone and yet alive”
vocals:
Lyndsie Holland
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21 “Alone, and Yet Alive” (Katisha (recitative only, preceding song)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21, “Alone, and Yet Alive…” (Katisha)
0:45
12The Mikado: Act II. “Hearts do not break! They sting and ache”
vocals:
Lyndsie Holland
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21 “Hearts Do Not Break” (Katisha)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21, “Alone, and Yet Alive…” (Katisha)
1:52
13The Mikado: Act II. “On a tree by a river a little tom tit”
vocals:
John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko) (willow, tit-willow)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:22
14The Mikado: Act II. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast”
vocals:
John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 23. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast” (Katisha and Ko-Ko)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:13
15The Mikado: Act II. Fanfare
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
0:12
16The Mikado: Act II. “For he’s gone and married Yum-Yum”
vocals:
John Reed (actor, member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, No 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum…” (Ensemble)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum” (Ensemble) (first song only in Act II Finale)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, No 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum…” (Ensemble)
2:09