The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan, Vintage

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Between 1949 and 1955, Decca Records (UK) recorded eleven operettas by librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. These recordings — still prized by collectors — brought these witty, enormously popular operettas to an international audience, capturing the talents of a remarkable circle of singing actors under the musical direction of Isidore Godfrey. Alto is pleased to present this outstanding compilation of thirty essential tracks from this recorded legacy, newly remastered and available together for the first time — at an unbeatable price!

Legendary recordings of essential selections from seven Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, newly remastered and released at a value price

H.M.S. Pinafore

(Rec.1949)

• 1. I’m Called Little Buttercup – Ella Halman – 1.23
• 2. I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore – Leslie Rands – 2.17
• 3. When I Was A Lad – Martyn Green – 2.59
• 4. Never Mind The Why And Wherefore – Muriel Harding, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands 2:38
• 5. He Is An Englishman – Richard Walker 1:41

Iolanthe (Rec. 1951)

• 6. When All Night Long – Fisher Morgan 3:59
• 7. Nightmare Song – Martyn Green 3:45
• 8. If You Go In – Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Eric Thornton 2:27

The Mikado (Rec.1950)

• 9. A Wandering Minstrel, I – Leonard Osborn and Chorus 4.34
• 10. I’ve Got A Little List-Martyn Green- 2.05
• 11. Three Little Maids From School – M. Mitchell, Joan Gillingham Joyce Wright – 1.30
• 12. The Sun Whose Rays – Margaret Mitchell – 2.37
• 13. Here’s A How-De-Do – Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn and Martyn Green – 1.10
• 14. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring – M. Mitchell, J. Gillingham, L. Osborn, M. Green and Richard Watson – 1.24
• 15. Tit Willow – Martyn Green – 2.30

Ruddigore (Rec. 1950)

• 16. When The Night Wind Howls – Darrell Fancourt 2:39
• 17. My Eyes Are Fully Open – Ann Drummond-Grant, Martyn Green, Richard Watson 1:43

The Gondoliers (Rec.1950)

• 18. We’re Called Gondolieri – Leonard Osborn and Alan Styler – 2.15
• 19. In Enterprise Of Martial Kind – Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman and Henry Goodier – 1.36
• 20. When A Merry Maiden Marries – Yvonne Dean – 2.52
• 21. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes – Leonard Osborn – 3.12
• 22. In A Contemplative Fashion – M. Harding, Y. Dean, L. Osborn and A. Styler – 2.01

The Pirates Of Penzance (Rec.1949)

• 23. Poor Wand’ring One – Muriel Harding – 2.36
• 24. I Am The Very Model Of A Modem Major General Martyn Green – 2.45
• 25. When The Foeman Bears His Steel -R. Watson, M.Harding, J.Gillingham and M.Green – 4.59
• 26. A Policeman’s Lot – Richard Watson – 2.09
• 27. With Catlike Tread – Donald Harris – 2.39

The Yeomen Of The Guard (Rec.1950)

• 28. When Our Gallant Norman Foes – Ella Halman – 4.22
• 29. I Have A Song To Sing, O – Muriel Harding, Martyn Green 3:38
• 30. Hereupon We’re Both Agreed Martyn Green and Richard Watson – 1.35

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Isidore Godfrey, conductor