Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1994-10-25
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Introduction And Opening Chorus - (Chorus Of Sailors) We Sail The Ocean Blue - Sir Charles Mackerras
- Recitative And Aria - (Buttercup) I'm Called Little Buttercup
- Recitative - (Buttercup And Boatswain) But Tell Me Who's The Youth
- Madrigal - (Ralph And Chorus Of Sailors) The Nightingale
- Ballad - (Ralph And Chorus Of Sailors) A Maiden Fair To See
- Recitative And Song - (Captain Corcoran And Chorus Of Sailors) My Gallant Crew
- Recitative - (Buttercup And Captain Corcoran) Sir, You Are Sad!
- Ballad - (Josephine) Sorry Her Lot
- Barcarolle - (Chorus Of Sir Joseph's Female Relatives, Of-Stage) Over The Bright Blue Sea
- (Chorus Of Sailors And Sir Joseph's Female Relatives) Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen
- (Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe, And Chorus) Now Give Three Cheers
- Song - (Sir Joseph And Chorus) When I Was A Lad
- (Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe, Chorus Of Female Relatives, And Sailors) For I Hold That On The Seas
- Glee - (Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter, And Chorus Of Sailors) A British Tar
- Duet - (Josephine And Ralph) Refrain, Audacious Tar
- Can I Survive This Overbearing?
- Entr'acte
- Night - Moonight: Song - (Captain Corcoran) Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
- Night - Moonight: Duet - (Buttercup And Captain Corcoran) Things Are Seldom What They Seem
- Night - Moonight: Scena - (Josephine) The Hours Creep On Apace
- Night - Moonight: Trio - (Josephine, Captain Corcoran, And Sir Joseph) Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- Night - Moonight: Duet - (Captain Corcoran And Dick Deadeye) Kind Captain, I've Important Information
- Night - Moonight: (Soli And Chorus) Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing
- Night - Moonight: (Octet And Chorus) Farwell, My Own!
- Night - Moonight: Song - (Buttercup And Chorus) A Many Years Ago
- Night - Moonight: Finale - O Joy, Oh Rapture Unforseen!
Free Music Notes for Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera
Free Music Review: When I was a lad, I heard this sung...
Hit: 5 Stars
The Gilbert & Sullivan 'H.M.S. Pinafore' has long been one of my favourite musical productions. Fun, witty, with just the right amount of complication and resolution, this turns on the Captain (and a right good captain, too) and his crew as they await the inspection by the Ruler of the Queen's Navy, the (deliberately overblown) Rt. Hon. Sir Josephn Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty, who among his various quirks is that he's never been to sea, and really despises those who use four-letter words (even the now-innocuous 'damn!'). The Captain (and right good captain, too) never uses such terms - what, never? - no, never, well, hardly ever... Of course, he does end up uttering the Big Big D and the most inauspicious of occasions.
And this is the Queen's Navy?
Yes, in G&S fasion. The songs are about love, finding one's place and hope in life, and about duty (according to Leo McGarry on the 'West Wing', all of Gilbert & Sullivan works are about duty). Duty, station, and the preservation of order (a right good order, too, in Victorian sensibilities) win out over all, which brings about the added benefit of love.
Pinafore has remained a mainstay of American musical theatre since it opened - indeed, since even before it opened, as when Gilbert & Sullivan arrived in New York to bring their production, there were already half a dozen other productions taking place in various states of rewrite and disrepair. This performance, under the direction of Sir Charles Mackerras, is true to the original.
Mackerras and the Welsh National Opera orchestra and chorus are a smashing setting for the performance. The vocal talents of Richard Stuart as the pompous Porter, Thomas Allen as the right good Captain Corcoran, Rebecca Evans as Josephine, and Felicity Palmer as Buttercup are truly wonderful. Michael Schade, donald Adams, Richard Van Allen, and Valerie Seymour round out a wonderful cast. The cast has both musical talent and comedic timing and delivery that makes this performance a true success.
There is vibrance and life to the music continuously; it has energy that soars when needed and recedes graceful for the quieter parts. The recording quality is very good, only occasionally dropping out for the quiet parts a bit further than my stereo prefers. I have three different performances of Pinafore on disc; this is the one I tend to reach for most often.
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Poster
Pinafore is a hit that never fails in production, and that gets performed everywhere, from elementary schools with piano accompaniment to full-scale extravaganzas in major opera houses and theaters. In fact I would go so far as to say that rarely in the history of music has there been a happier marriage of words and music than Gilbert and Sullivan, and this piece is one of their best. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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