Gilbert And Sullivan (The Best Of) - CD

CD - 1

Arthur Seymor Sullivan

HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor) (1878)

 

1. Overture

00:04:14

 

2. Act I: We sail the ocean blue (Chorus)

00:02:22

 

3. Act I: Hail, Men-O'-Wars men - I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup)

00:01:51

 

4. Act I: My gallant crew, good morning - I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain, Chorus)

00:02:18

 

5. Act I: When I was a lad (Sir Joseph, Chorus)

00:02:58

 

6. Act II: Never mind the why and wherefore (Josephine, Captain, Sir Joseph)

00:02:37

 

7. Act II: Pretty daughter of mine - He is a Englishman (Captain, Ralph, Josephine, Boatswain, Deadeye, Hebe, Sir Joseph, Chorus)

00:05:20

 

8. Act II: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Deadeye, Captain, Buttercup, Sir Joseph, Chorus)

00:02:47

Patience (1881)

 

9. Act I: I cannot tell what this love may be (Patience, Maidens)

00:02:23

 

10. Act I: When I first put this uniform on (Colonel, Dragoons)

00:01:24

 

11. Act I: Am I alone? If you're anxious for to shine (Bunthorne)

00:04:26

 

12. Act II: A magnet hung in a hardware shop (Grosvenor, Maidens)

00:02:28

 

13. Act II: So go to him and say to him (Bunthorne, Jane)

00:02:00

 

14. Act II: If Saphir I choose to marry (Duke, Major, Colonel, Angela, Saphir)

00:02:48

The Sorcerer (1877)

 

15. The Sorcerer, Act I: My name is John Wellington Wells (Mr Wells)

00:02:13

Ruddigore (1887)

 

16. Act I: I know a youth who loves a little maid (Robin, Rose)

00:03:39

 

17. Act I: When the buds are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Ensemble, Chorus)

00:03:34

 

18. Act II: When the night wind howls (Sir Roderic, Ghosts)

00:02:35

 

19. Act II: My eyes are fully open (Sir Ruthven, Despard, Margaret)

00:01:40

Princess Ida (1884)

 

20. Princess Ida, Act I: If you give me your attention (King Gama, Chorus)

00:02:23

The Gondoliers (1889)

 

21. Act I: We're called gondolieri (Marco, Giuseppe)

00:02:12

 

22. Act I: When a merry maiden marries (Tessa, Chorus)

00:02:52

 

23. Act I: Now Marco dear my wishes hear (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)

00:03:11

 

24. Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco)

00:03:11

 

25. Act II: Dance a Cachucha (Chorus)

00:01:48

 

26. Act II: In a contemplative fashion (Tessa, Gianetta, Marco, Giuseppe)

00:02:02

 

27. Act II: Here is a case unprecedented! (Casilda, Gianetta, Tesca, Marco, Giuseppe)

00:01:14

CD - 2

Arthur Seymor Sullivan

Iolanthe (1882)

 

1. Overture

00:07:18

 

2. Act I: Loudly let the trumpet bray! (Chorus)

00:05:45

 

3. Act II: When all night long (Private Willis)

00:03:56

 

4. Act II: When Britain really ruled the waves (Mountararat, Chorus)

00:02:58

 

5. Act II: Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest - When you're lying awake (Lord Chancellor)

00:03:39

 

6. Act II: If you go in (Mountararat, Tolloller, Lord Chancellor)

00:02:21

Trial by Jury (1875)

 

7. Trial by Jury: When I, good friends (Judge)

00:02:56

The Pirates of Penzance (1879)

 

8. Act I: Oh, is there not one maiden breast (Frederic, Mabel, Ladies)

00:04:08

 

9. Act I: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Major-General, Chorus)

00:02:46

 

10. Act II: When foreman bares his steel (Sergeant, Police, Mabel, Edith)

00:04:08

 

11. Act II: Ah! Leave me not to pine (Mabel, Frederic)

00:03:08

 

12. Act II: When a felon's not engaged (Sergeant, Police)

00:02:11

 

13. Act II: With cat-like tread (Pirates, Police, Samuel)

00:02:41

The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)

 

14. Act I: I have a song to sing, O (Point, Elsie, Chorus)

00:03:33

 

15. Act II: Oh! A private buffoon is a lighthearted loon (Point)

00:02:48

 

16. Act II: When a wooer goes a-wooing (Point, Fairfax, Elsie, Phoebe)

00:03:38

The Mikado (1885)

 

17. Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)

00:04:32

 

18. Act I: Behold the Lord High Executioner - Taken from a county jail (Ko-Ko, Chorus)

00:02:14

 

19. Act I: As some day it may happen (Ko-Ko, Chorus)

00:02:03

 

20. Act I: Three little maids from school (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing)

00:01:30

 

21. Act II: A more humane Mikado - My object all sublime (Mikado, Chorus)

00:04:09

 

22. Act II: The flowers that bloom in the spring (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko)

00:01:24

 

23. Act II: On a tree by a river (Ko-Ko)

00:02:29

 

24. Act II: Finale: For he's gone and married Yum-Yum (All)

00:01:55