The Mikado (1973 D’Oyly Carte cast)

~ Release by Gilbert & Sullivan (see all versions of this release, 15 available)

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12" Vinyl 1: Act I
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1The Mikado: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Overture
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado
7:38
2The Mikado: Act I. “If you want to know who we are”
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, No 1, Men’s Chorus, “If you want to Know who we are”
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
2:27
3The Mikado: Act I. “Gentlemen, I pray you tell me”0:41
4The Mikado: Act I. “A wand’ring minstrel I”
vocals:
Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A wand’ring minstrel I…” (Nanki-Poo, Men)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
4:31
5The Mikado: Act I. “Our great Mikado, virtuous man”
vocals:
Michael Rayner (opera singer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 3, “Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man” (Pish-Tush and Men)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
3:08
6The Mikado: Act I. “Young man, despair”2:47
7The Mikado: Act I. “And have I journey’d for a month”0:52
8The Mikado: Act I. “Behold the Lord High Executioner!”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 5, “Behold the Lord High Executioner…” (Ko-Ko and Men)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
2:34
9The Mikado: Act I. “As someday it may happen that a victim must be found”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 5a “As someday it may happen” (Ko-Ko and Men) (I’ve got a little list)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
2:19
10The Mikado: Act I. “Comes a train of little ladies”
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 6, “Comes a Train of Little Ladies” (Girls)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
2:15
11The Mikado: Act I. “Three little maids from school are we”1:25
12The Mikado: Act I. “So please you, Sir, we much regret”2:00
13The Mikado: Act I. “Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted”2:31
14The Mikado: Act I. “I am so proud, If I allowed”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 10, “I Am So Proud” (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Pish-Tush)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
3:15
15The Mikado: Act I. “With aspect stern and gloomy stride”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I Finale, no. 11, “With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride” (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Chorus) (first song only of Act I Finale)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I Finale, no. 11, “With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride…” (Ensemble)
2:24
16The Mikado: Act I. “The threatn’d cloud has pass’d away”3:05
17The Mikado: Act I. “Your revels cease! Assist me, all of you!”
vocals:
Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
0:53
18The Mikado: Act I. “Oh fool, that flee-est My hallow’d joys!”
vocals:
Peggy Ann Jones
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-01-10 until 1973-01-15)
2:34
19The Mikado: Act I. “For he’s going to marry Yum Yum”1:02
20The Mikado: Act I. “The hour of gladness is dead and gone”2:22
21The Mikado: Act I. “Ye torrents roar! Ye tempests howl!”2:39
12" Vinyl 2: Act II
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1The Mikado: Act II. “Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tresses”
vocals:
Peggy Ann Jones
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, 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 (librettist)
composer:
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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:05
3The Mikado: Act II. “Brightly dawns our wedding day”3:42
4The Mikado: Act II. “Here's a how-de-do!”
vocals:
Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Reed (Actor, Member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.) and Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, 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 (librettist)
composer:
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”1:15
6The Mikado: Act II. “From ev’ry kind of man Obedience I expect”1:47
7The Mikado: Act II. “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist”
vocals:
John Ayldon
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
performer:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, 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 (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
4:32
8The Mikado: Act II. “The criminal cried as he dropp’d him down”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
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, Member of 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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
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, John Reed (Actor, Member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.), Kenneth Sandford and Colin Wright
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, 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 (librettist)
composer:
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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
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”1:52
13The Mikado: Act II. “On a tree by a river a little tom tit”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Royston Nash
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, 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 (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:22
14The Mikado: Act II. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast”
vocals:
John Reed (Actor, Member of 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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
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 (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, Member of 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 (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 (librettist)
composer:
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 (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, No 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum…” (Ensemble)
2:09