Dive into the whimsical world of Victorian-era satire with Arthur Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore," a timeless comic opera that has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1878. This 2001 release from Naxos brings together the enchanting music of Sullivan and the witty libretto of W. S. Gilbert, capturing the essence of their legendary collaboration.
"H.M.S. Pinafore" is a delightful tale of love, class, and naval life, set aboard the eponymous ship. The opera is filled with memorable arias and ensemble pieces that showcase Sullivan's mastery of melody and Gilbert's sharp wit. From the rousing "A British Tar" to the poignant "Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing," each track is a testament to the enduring appeal of this classic work.
This album features a full cast of talented vocalists who bring the characters to life with charm and precision. The orchestration is rich and vibrant, providing a lush backdrop to the vocal performances. The album spans a duration of 1 hour and 10 minutes, offering a comprehensive experience of this beloved opera.
Whether you're a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, "H.M.S. Pinafore" is a delightful addition to any music collection. The album's high-quality production and faithful interpretation of the original score make it a standout release in the world of classical music.
Tracks
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: OvertureArthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: We sail the ocean blue (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Hail, Men-O'-Wars men - I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: But tell me - The nightingale sighed for the moon's bright ray (Buttercup, Ralph, Crew)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: A maiden fair to see (Ralph)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: My gallant crew, good morning - I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain, Crew)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Sir, you are sad (Buttercup, Captain)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Sorry her lot who loves too well (Josephine)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Over the bright sea - Sir Joseph's barge is seen (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Gaily Tripping (Sir Joseph's female relatives)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Now give three cheers - I am the monarch of the sea (Sir Joseph, Relatives)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: When I was a lad (Sir Joseph, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: For I hold that on the seas (Sir Joseph, Hebe, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: A British Tar (Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter's mate, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Refrain, audacious tar (Josepine, Ralph)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act I: Finale (Company)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Interlude (Captain)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Fair moon, to thee I sing (Captain)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Things are seldom what they seem (Buttercup, Captain)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: The hours creep on apace (Josephine)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: A simple sailor lowly born (Josephine)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Never mind the why and wherefore (Sir Joseph, Captain, Josephine)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Kind captain, I've important information (Dick Deadeye, Captain)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Carefully on tiptoe stealing (Ensemble)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Pretty daughter of mine - He is an Englishman (Captain, Crew, Ralph)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Farewell my own (Ralph, Josephine, Sir Joseph, Boatswain, Dick Deadeye, Hebe, Buttercup, Boatswain's mate)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: My pain and my distress - A many years ago (Sir Joseph, Buttercup)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
HMS Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor): Act II: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen - Finale (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Dick Deadeye, Company)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Richard Walker, Radley Flynn, Muriel Harding, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
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