Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Arthur Sullivan's timeless operetta, "The Mikado," released on Naxos in 2001. This captivating album captures the essence of Sullivan's brilliant composition, offering a delightful blend of wit, humor, and exquisite music that has charmed audiences for generations. Spanning a duration of 1 hour and 22 minutes, the album is a comprehensive journey through the whimsical tale set in the fictional town of Titipu, Japan.
The tracklist is a treasure trove of beloved arias and choruses, featuring standout pieces like "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring," "A Wand'ring Minstrel I," and the iconic "Three Little Maids from School." Each track showcases Sullivan's mastery of melody and his ability to create unforgettable musical moments. The album is a testament to the enduring appeal of "The Mikado," with its blend of satire, romance, and memorable characters.
Arthur Sullivan's genius shines through in every note, making this album a must-listen for both opera enthusiasts and those new to the genre. The Naxos recording ensures high-quality sound, allowing you to fully appreciate the intricate details of Sullivan's score. Whether you're a seasoned opera lover or simply looking for a delightful musical experience, this album is sure to enchant and entertain.
Tracks
The Mikado, Act I: OvertureArthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: If you want to know who we Are (Chorus of Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Recitative. Gentlemen, I pray you (Nanki-Poo)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Our great Mikado, virtuous man (Pish-Tush, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Young Man, Despair (Pooh-Bah. Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Recitative. And have I journeyed for a month (Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Behold the Lord High Executioner - Taken from a country jail (Chorus of Nobles, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: As some day It may happen (Ko-Ko, Chorus of Men)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Comes a train of little ladies (Chorus of Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Three little maids from school (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: So please you sir, we much regret (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: I am so proud (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act I: Finale (Chorus, Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tush, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Katisha, Ensemble)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Braid the raven hair (Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: The sun whose rays Are all ablaze (Yum-Yum)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Brightly dawns our wedding day (Yum-Yum, Pitti Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Here's a how-de-do! (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Miya Sama, "March of the Mikado's Troops" (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: From every kind of man (Mikado, Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: A more humane Mikado - My object all sublime (Mikado, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: The criminal cried, as he dropped him down (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: See how the fates their gifts allot (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: The flowers That bloom in the spring (Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Alone and yet alive - Hearts do not break (Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: On a tree by a river, "Willow titwillow" (Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: There Is beauty in the bellow of the blast (Katisha, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado, Act II: Finale (Entire Company)Arthur Sullivan, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Alan Styler, Margaret Mitchell, Joan Gillingham, Joyce Wright, Ella Hallman, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
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