Arthur Sullivan Sesquicentenial, Vol.2

Arthur Sullivan (Composer), Harry Dearth (Performer), Robert Howe (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Harry Dearth, Robert Howe
• Composer: Arthur Sullivan
• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Symposium
• ASIN: B000001XX2
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,280 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Sorcerer, operetta: My name is John Wellington Wells

2. H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta: When I was a lad

3. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: When a felon's not engaged

4. Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta: Am I alone?/If you're anxious for to shine

5. Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta: When I go out of door

6. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: When you're lying awake (Nightmare song)

7. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: The flowers that bloom in the spring

8. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: I have a song to sing-o

9. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: Who fired that shot?/Like a ghost

10. The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta: I stole the prince

11. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: As some day it may happen

12. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: I am so proud

13. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Here's a how-de-do

14. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: There is beauty in the bellow

15. The Sorcerer, operetta: My name is John Wellington Wells

16. H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta: When I was a lad

17. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: I am the very model of a modern major-general

18. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta: Softly sighing to the river

19. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: The law is the true embodiment

20. Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta: When I went to the bar

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Of great historical interest to G&S fans, June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Arthur Sullivan Sesquicentenial, Vol.2 (Audio CD)

I've got it into my head somehow that the older a recording is, the closer it brings me to the original intentions of the composer. Walter Passmore's singing voice is 1 on a 1-to-10 scale...but oh what style he has! Gilbert always insisted that his words be heard and understood (hear that, ye modern singers who mumble into mikes?) and Passmore's enunciation is perfect. Workman had a far better singing voice, but he takes a good deal of liberties here and there. Still most people who will purchase this disc already own, no doubt, more modern recordings; and this one will take us on a time-trip back towards (though not quite to) the Victorian days that drew Gilbert's barbs and inspired Sullivan's melodies. And don't forget to look at Volume 1.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Spit Happens!, August 11, 2010

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LesRealName (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur Sullivan Sesquicentenial, Vol.2 (Audio CD)

Used my copy as a recycled napkin baby's bib in 1870's. Frozen Glass Pop's only for grownups.