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 (tenor 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. 14, “Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day” (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Pooh, and Pish-Tush)
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!”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
vocals:
Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Reed (actor, baritone with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company) and Colin Wright (tenor with the d'Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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 (English opera singer and comic actor)
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 (English opera singer and comic actor)
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”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
vocals:
John Reed (actor, baritone with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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, baritone 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. 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, baritone with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), Kenneth Sandford (English baritone singer and actor) and Colin Wright (tenor with 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. 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, baritone with 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”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
vocals:
John Reed (actor, baritone with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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, baritone 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 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