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Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
The Mikado

Album CA 2001 on Naxos Historical label
Classical and Soundtrack (Operetta)

CD [album] Playing Time -- 82:43 / CD 1 = 49:13 / CD 2 = 33:30 Recorded in 1950 cover: 'The Mikado' (from a private collection) Alternate title: The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu (CD front ; jewel case rear insert) Also (last but not least) credited: "Chorus of Schoolgirls, Nobles, Guards and Coolies" (members of The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company) more detail at Naxos < https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.110176-77 > = = =

     
Musicians
PortraitGilbert & Sullivan ,
album by
PortraitD'Oyly Carte Opera Company , *1875 GB
orchestra, album by
PortraitIsidore Godfrey , 1900-1977 GB
conductor, album by
PortraitWilliam Gilbert dr, GB
libretto by
PortraitDavid Lennick ,
producer, archivist & restoration
Ella Hallman
voice actor, katisha
PortraitMartyn Green voc, GB
voice actor, ko-ko, lord high executioner
PortraitLeonard Osborn voc, 1937-1994
voice actor, nanki-poo, his son
PortraitJoyce Wright voc, *1922 GB
voice actor, peep-bo
PortraitAlan Styler voc, GB
voice actor, pish-tush, a noble lord
PortraitJoan Gillingham voc,
voice actor, pitti-sing
PortraitRichard Watson ,
voice actor, pooh-bah, lord high everything else
PortraitDarrell Fancourt voc, 1886-1953 GB
voice actor, the mikado of japan
PortraitMargaret Mitchell ,
voice actor, yum-yum
Various
, chorus of girls, nobles, guards and coolies
Producers
Graham Newton engineer, digital noise reduction
Peter Dempsey liner notes
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1 CD 1: Act I -- Courtyard Of Ko-Ko's Official ResidenceGilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
2 OvertureGilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey7:38
3 If You Want To Know Who You Are (Chorus Of Nobles)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:19
4 Recitative: Gentlemen, I Pray You (Nanki-Poo)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey0:42
5 A Wand'ring Minstrel (Nanki-Poo And Chorus)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey4:29
6 Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man (Pish-Tush And Chorus)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:48
7 Young Man, Despair (Pooh-Bah With Nanki-Poo And Pish-Tush)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:39
8 Recitative: And Have I Journeyed For A Month (Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey0:55
9 Behold The Lord High Executioner / Taken From A County Jail (Chorus Of Nobles / Ko-Ko)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:13
10 As Some Day It May Happen (Ko-Ko With Chorus Of Men)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:02
11 Comes A Train Of Little Ladies (Chorus Of Girls)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:11
12 Three Little Maids From School (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, And Pitti-Sing With Chorus Of Girls)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:28
13 So Please You Sir, We Must Regret (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing And Pooh-Bah)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:52
14 Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted (Yum-Yum And Nanki-Poo)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:23
15 I Am So Proud (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:43
16 Finale, Act I (Chorus, Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tush, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Katisha, Ensemble)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey12:51
17 CD 2: Act II -- Ko-Ko's GardenGilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
18 Braid The Raven Hair (Pitti-Sing And Chorus Of Girls)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey3:20
19 The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (Yum-Yum)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:33
20 Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nank-Poo, Pish-Tish)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey3:55
21 Here's A How-De-Do! (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:10
22 Miya Sama (March Of The Mikado's Troops) (Chorus)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:06
23 From Every Kind Of Man (Mikado And Katisha)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:49
24 A More Humane Mikado / My Object All Sublime (Mikado And Chorus)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey4:08
25 The Criminal Cried, As He Dropped Down (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey3:16
26 See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Ko-Ko, And Pooh-Bah)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:09
27 The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring (Nanki-Poo And Ko-Ko, With Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing And Pooh-Bah)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:23
28 Alone And Yet Alive / Hearts Do Not Break (Katisha)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:17
29 On A Tree By A River (Ko-Ko)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:28
30 There Is A Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast (Katisha And Ko-Ko)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey2:02
31 Finale, Act II (Entire Company)Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:55

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