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    W.S. Gilbert

    W.S. Gilbert

    3582 songs
    Total 137 albums

    The Gondoliers (Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent)

    1987
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    The Gondoliers: Overture6:17
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “List and learn, ye dainty roses” (Chorus)3:30
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Good morrow, pretty maids” (Francesco, Fiametta, Antonio, Giorgio, Vittoria, Giulia)1:15
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “For the merriest fellows” (Antonio, Chorus, Fiametta)2:17
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Buon’giorno, signorine” (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus)2:21
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “We’re called gondolieri” (Marco, Giuseppe)2:10
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “And now to choose our brides” (Marco, Giuseppe, Fiametta, Vittoria, Gianetta, Tessa, Chorus)3:06
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Thank you, gallant gondolieri” (Gianetta, Tessa, Chorus)2:32
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “From the sunny Spanish shore” (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz)1:37
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “In enterprise of martial kind” (Duke, Casilda, Duchess, Luiz)1:44
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “O rapture when alone” (Casilda, Luiz)2:21
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “There was a time” (Luiz, Casilda)3:35
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “I stole the Prince” (Don Alhambra, Casilda, Luiz, Duke, Duchess)2:15
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “But bless my heart” (Casilda, Don Alhambra)1:04
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Try we life-long” (Casilda, Duchess, Luiz, Duke, Don Alhambra)1:58
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Bridegroom and bride” (Chorus)0:46
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “When a merry maiden marries” (Tessa, Chorus)3:23
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Kind sir, you cannot have the heart” (Gianetta)2:50
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Do not give way” (Don Alhambra, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)0:40
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Then one of us will be a queen” (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus)2:51
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Replying we sing” (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus)0:53
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “For everyone who feels inclined” (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus)2:14
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Come, let’s away” (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa)4:21
    The Gondoliers: Act I. “Then away they go to an island fair” (Chorus, Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa)1:46
    Disc 2
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Of happiness the very pith” (Chorus, Marco, Giuseppe)2:14
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Rising early in the morning” (Giuseppe, Chorus)3:09
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Take a pair of sparkling eyes” (Marco)3:16
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Here we are, at the risk of our lives” (Chorus, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)3:13
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero” (Chorus)2:15
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “There lived a king” (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe)3:06
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “In a contemplative fashion” (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)2:06
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “With ducal pomp and ducal pride” (Chorus, Duke, Duchess)2:05
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “On the day when I was wedded” (Duchess)2:24
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “To help unhappy commoners” (Duke)0:27
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Small titles and orders” (Duke, Duchess)2:58
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “I am a courtier grave and serious” (Casilda, Duchess, Marco, Giuseppe, Duke)3:56
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Here is a case unprecedented” (Casilda, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe)1:41
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “Now let the loyal lieges gather round” (Don Alhambra, All)1:10
    The Gondoliers: Act II. “The Royal Prince” (Inez, All)4:42
    Concerto for Cello in D major: I. Allegro moderato3:26
    Concerto for Cello in D major: II. Andante espressivo6:56
    Concerto for Cello in D major: III. Molto vivace7:05
    Princess Ida / Pineapple Poll Album Cover

    Princess Ida / Pineapple Poll

    1993
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    Princess Ida: Overture3:41
    Princess Ida: Act I. “Search throughout the panorama” (Chorus, Florian)2:56
    Princess Ida: Act I. “Now hearken to my strict command” (Hildebrand, Chorus)1:50
    Princess Ida: Act I. “Today we meet… Ida was a twelve-month old” (Hilarion)3:03
    Princess Ida: Act I. “From the distant panorama… we are warriors three” (Chorus, Arac, Guron, Scynthius)3:46
    Princess Ida: Act I. "If you give me your attention” (Gama, Chorus)2:14
    Princess Ida: Act I. Finale “P’raps if you address the lady most politely”7:19
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Towards the empyrean heights” (Chorus, Lady Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa)3:42
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Mighty maiden with a mission” (Chorus)1:23
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Minerva… Oh goddess wise” (Princess, Chorus)3:21
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Gently, gently, evidently” (Cyril, Hilarion, Florian)4:36
    Princess Ida: Act II. “I am a maiden, cold and stately” (Cyril, Hilarion, Florian)2:51
    Princess Ida: Act II. “The world is but a broken toy” (Princess, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian)3:02
    Princess Ida: Act II. “A lady fair, of lineage high” (Lady Psyche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian)2:45
    Princess Ida: Act II. “The woman of the wisest wit” (Lady Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian)2:32
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Now wouldn’t you like to rule the roost” (Melissa, Lady Blanche)2:35
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Merrily ring the luncheon bell” (Chorus, Lady Blanche, Cyril)1:46
    Princess Ida: Act II. “Would you know the kind of maid” (Cyril)2:24
    Princess Ida: Act II. Finale “Oh, joy! Our chief is sav’d”7:17
    Princess Ida: Act II. Finale “We may remark, tho’ nothing can dismay us”5:05
    Disc 2
    Princess Ida: Act III. “Death to the invader” (Chorus, Melissa)3:12
    Princess Ida: Act III. “I built upon a rock” (Princess)3:30
    Princess Ida: Act III. “Whene’er I spoke sarcastic joke” (Gama, Chorus)2:01
    Princess Ida: Act III. “When anger spreads his wing” (Chorus)1:20
    Princess Ida: Act III. “This helmet I support” (Arac, Guron, Synthius, Chorus)2:15
    Princess Ida: Act III. “This is our duty plain” (Chorus)0:49
    Princess Ida: Act III. Finale “With joy abiding”2:32
    Pineapple Poll: Scene I. Opening Dance3:33
    Pineapple Poll: Scene I. Poll’s Solo and Pas de deux3:38
    Pineapple Poll: Scene III. Belaye’s Solo and Sailors’ Drill3:25
    Pineapple Poll: Scene I. Pas de Trois3:02
    Pineapple Poll: Scene I. Finale4:00
    Pineapple Poll: Scene II. Poll’s Solo, Jasper’s Solo7:15
    Pineapple Poll: Scene III. Poll’s Solo3:59
    Pineapple Poll: Scene III. Entry of Belaye with Blanche as Bride3:45
    Pineapple Poll: Scene III. Reconciliation3:06
    Pineapple Poll: Scene III. Grande Finale5:58

    The Pirates of Penzance (Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus feat. conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent)

    1992
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    The Pirates of Penzance: Overture7:41
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry” (Pirates, Samuel)1:41
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “When Frederic was a little lad” (Ruth)2:47
    Oh, Better Far to Live and Die2:49
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, false one, you have deceived me!” (Frederic, Ruth)3:01
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “What shall I do?… Climbing over rocky mountain” (Frederic, Girls, Edith, Kate)4:04
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Stop, ladies, pray!” (Frederic, Girls, Edith)1:29
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, is there not one maiden breast?” (Frederic, GIrls, Mabel)4:03
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, sisters, deaf to pity’s name” (Mabel, Girls)0:36
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Poor wandering one” (Mabel, Girls)2:53
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “What ought we to do?” (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic)2:40
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Stay, we must not lose our senses” (Frederic, Girls, Pirates)0:39
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Here’s a first rate opportunity” (Pirates)0:57
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Hold, monsters!” (Edith, Samuel, Girls, Major-General Stanley, Pirates)0:53
    I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General3:06
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, men of dark and dismal fate” (Major-General, Samuel, Pirate King, Pirates)2:26
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “I’m telling a terrible story” (Major-General, Others except Ruth)3:44
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “O master, hear one word” (Ruth, Pirates, Frederic)0:42
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Pray observe the magnanimity” (All except Ruth)1:31
    Disc 2
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Oh, dry the glistening tear” (Girls, Mabel)3:16
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted” (Major-General, Frederic)0:21
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “When the foeman bears his steel” (Sergeant of Police, Policemen, Mabel, Edith, Girls, Major-General)4:51
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Now for the pirates’ lair!” (Frederic)0:42
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Young Frederic!” (Pirate King, Frederic, Ruth)0:52
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “When you had left our pirate fold” (Ruth, Frederic, Pirate King)3:33
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Away, away! my heart’s on fire” (Ruth, Pirate King, Frederic)1:25
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “All is prepared” (Mabel, Frederic)1:17
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Stay, Frederic, stay!” (Mabel, Frederic)0:49
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Ah, leave me not to pine” (Mabel, Frederic)3:12
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “In 1940 I of age shall be” (Frederic, Mabel)1:21
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “No, I’ll be brave!” (Mabel)0:27
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Though in body and in mind” (Sergeant, Policemen)0:55
    When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment2:18
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “A rollicking band of pirates we” (Pirates, Sergeant, Policemen)0:56
    With Cat-Like Tread2:40
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Hush, hush! not a word” (Frederic, Pirates, Policemen, Major-General)1:26
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Softly sighing to the river” (Major-General, Pirates, Policemen)3:01
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Now what is this, and what is that” (Girls, Pirates)0:48
    The Pirates of Penzance: Act II. “Frederic here! Oh joy!” (Major-General, Mabel, Frederic, Pirates, Pirate King, Girls, Policemen, Sergeant, Ruth)6:25
    Overture from The Sorcerer5:45
    Overture from Cox and Box2:43
    Overture from Princess Ida4:13
    Overture in C major “In Memoriam”11:17

    Princess Ida / Pineapple Poll (1965 recording)

    1965
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    Act 1. Search Throughout the Panorama24:25
    Act 2. Pt.1 Towards the Empyrean Heights21:10
    Disc 2
    Act 2. Concl. The Woman of the Wisest Wit21:20
    Act 3. Death to the Invader15:05
    The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan Album Cover

    The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan

    2000
    TitleListen
    H.M.S Pinafore: Overture4:14
    H.M.S Pinafore: We Sail the Ocean Blue2:08
    H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind the Why and Wherefore2:42
    The Yeomen of the Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits and Sighs4:11
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Here's a Man of Jollity0:55
    Iolanthe: Triping Hither, Tripping Thither4:01
    Iolanthe: The Law Is the True Embodiment2:16
    Iolanthe: When I Went to the Bar1:43
    Iolanthe: Strephon's a Member of Parliament!1:28
    Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rulled the Waves2:50
    Iolanthe: Soon as We May1:54
    The Pirates of Penzance: Overture7:12
    The Pirates of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One2:49
    The Pirates of Penzance: I Am the Very Model3:00
    The Pirates of Penzance: When the Foeman Bares His Steel4:31
    The Pirates of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread2:33
    The Mikado: If You Want to Know Who We Are2:20
    The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring1:35
    The Mikado: On a Tree by a River3:04
    Patience: The Soldiers of Our Queen0:46
    Patience: If You Want a Receipt for That Popular Mystery2:19
    Patience: Am I Alone and Unobserved?1:51
    Patience: If You're Anxious for to Shine2:45
    The Gondoliers: We're Are Called Gondolieri2:09
    The Gondoliers: From the Sunny Spanish Shore1:50
    The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined2:56
    The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes3:21
    The Gondoliers: Dance a Cachucha1:49

    The Mikado: Highlights (The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company feat. orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Royston Nash)

    1992
    TitleListen
    The Mikado: Overture7:38
    The Mikado: Act I. “If you want to know who we are”2:27
    The Mikado: Act I. “Gentlemen, I pray you tell me”0:41
    A Wand'ring Minstrel I4:31
    The Mikado: Act I. “Our great Mikado, virtuous man”3:08
    The Mikado: Act I. “Behold the Lord High Executioner!”2:34
    The Mikado: Act I. “As someday it may happen that a victim must be found”2:19
    The Mikado: Act I. “Three little maids from school are we”1:25
    The Mikado: Act I. “So please you, Sir, we much regret”2:00
    The Mikado: Act I. “For he’s going to marry Yum-Yum”1:02
    The Mikado: Act I. “The hour of gladness is dead and gone”2:22
    The Mikado: Act I. “Ye torrents roar! Ye tempests howl!”2:39
    The Mikado: Act II. “Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tresses”3:38
    The Mikado: Act II. “The sun whose rays are all ablaze”3:05
    The Mikado: Act II. “Miya sama, miya sama, o n'mma no maye ni”1:15
    The Mikado: Act II. “From ev’ry kind of man Obedience I expect”1:47
    The Mikado: Act II. “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist”4:32
    The Criminal Cried as He Dropp'd Him Down3:31
    The Mikado: Act II. “The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la”1:36
    The Mikado: Act II. “On a tree by a river a little tom tit”2:22
    There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast2:13
    The Mikado: Act II. Fanfare0:12
    The Mikado: Act II. “For he’s gone and married Yum-Yum”2:09
    The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury Album Cover

    The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury

    1995
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    Overture4:45
    When Maiden Loves3:30
    Tower Warder, Under Orders / This Is the Autumn of or Life3:49
    When Our Gallant Norman Foes4:23
    Alas! I Waver to and From2:17
    Is Life a Boon?2:06
    Here's a Man of Jollity1:18
    I Have a Song to Sing, O!3:45
    How Say You, Maiden2:44
    I've Jibe and Joke, and Quip and Crank1:54
    Tis Done, I Am a Bride... Though Tear and Long-drawn Sigh3:28
    Were I Thy Bride1:55
    Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True18:26
    Disc 2
    Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More4:19
    Oh, a Private Buffoon Is a Light-hearted Loon2:49
    Hereupon We're Both Agreed1:40
    Free From His Fetters Grim2:34
    Strange Adventure2:26
    Hark, What Was That Sir?3:40
    A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maiden3:20
    When a Wooer Goes A-wooing2:46
    Rapture, Rapture1:37
    Come the Pretty Young Bride10:09
    Hark, the Hour of Ten Is Sounding3:03
    Is This the Court of the Exchequer?0:52
    When First My Old, Old Love I Knew2:55
    All Hail, Great Judge!2:11
    When I, Good Friend, Was Called to the Bar2:44
    Swear Thou the Jury1:21
    Where Is the Plaintiff? Comes the Broken Flower3:13
    Oh Never, Never, Never1:14
    May It Please You, M'lud3:00
    That She Is Reeling Is Plain to See0:48
    Oh, Gentlemen, Listen I Pray1:30
    That Seems a Reasonable Proposition0:56
    A Nice Dilemma We Have Here3:19
    I Love Him, I Love Him2:28
    Oh, Joy Unbounded1:49
    The Yeomen of the Guard (Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent) Album Cover

    The Yeomen of the Guard (Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent)

    1987
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture5:30
    When Maiden Loves She Sits and Sighs3:27
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Tower warders, under orders” (People, Yeomen of the Guard, Second Yeoman)4:04
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “When our gallant Norman foes” (Dame Carruthers, Yeoman)4:27
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Alas, I waver to and fro” (Phœbe, Leonard, Meryll)2:38
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Is life a boon?” (Fairfax)2:19
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Here’s a man of jollity” (Crowd)1:26
    I Have a Song to Sing, O!3:41
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “How say you maiden” (Lieutenant, Point, Elsie)2:45
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “I’ve jibe and joke” (Point)1:59
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “’Tis done! I am a bride” (Elsie)4:23
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Were I thy bride” (Phœbe)1:53
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true?” (Yeomen, Meryll, Fairfax, Phœbe, Wilfred, People, Elsie, Lieutenant, Dame Carruthers, Point)17:16
    Disc 2
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Night has spread her pall once more” (People, Dame Carruthers, Yeomen)4:29
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “A private buffoon is a light-hearted loon” (Point)3:03
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Here-upon we’re both agreed” (Point, Wilfred)1:49
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Free from his fetters grim” (Fairfax)2:42
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Strange adventure!” (Kate, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, Meryll)2:52
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Hark! What was that, sir?” (Meryll, Fairfax, Yeomen, People, Lieutenant, Wilfred, Point, Elsie, Phœbe)3:53
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “A man who would woo a fair maid” (Fairfax, Elsie, Phœbe)3:44
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “When a wooer goes a-wooing” (Elsie, Fairfax, Point, Phœbe)2:56
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Rapture, rapture!” (Dame Carruthers, Meryll)1:56
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Comes the pretty young bride” (All)10:15
    The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury (reissue of Decca's 1986 digital remastering) Album Cover

    The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury (reissue of Decca's 1986 digital remastering)

    1990
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture5:11
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “When maiden loves, she sits and sighs”3:31
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Tower warders, under orders”3:51
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “When our gallant Norman foes”4:52
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Alas! I waver to and fro!”2:43
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Is life a boon?”2:17
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Here’s a man of jollity”1:18
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “I have a song to sing, O!”3:19
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “How say you, maiden, will you wed”2:53
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “I’ve jibe and joke and quip and crank”1:49
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “’Tis done, I am a bride!”3:58
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Were I thy bride”2:03
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true”17:43
    Disc 2
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Night has spread her pall once more”4:14
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon”2:38
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Hereupon we’re both agreed”1:49
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Free from his fetters grim”2:39
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Strange adventure!”2:48
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Hark! What was that, sir?”3:43
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “A man who would woo a fair maid”3:43
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “When a wooer goes a-wooing”2:55
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Rapture, rapture”1:57
    The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Comes the pretty young bride”10:04
    Trial by Jury: “Hark, the hour of ten is sounding”3:57
    Trial by Jury: “When first my old, old love I knew”5:31
    Trial by Jury: “When I, good friends, was call’d to the Bar”4:12
    Trial by Jury: “Where is the plaintiff?”4:59
    Trial by Jury: “May it please you, m’Lud”4:03
    Trial by Jury: “Oh, gentlemen, listen I pray”2:47
    Trial by Jury: “A nice dilemma we have here”2:54
    Trial by Jury: “I love him, I love him”4:39