Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
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Composer: Gilbert & Sullivan
Conductor: Royston Nash
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic
Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Performer: John Ayldon
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 1989
CD Release Date: 1989-07-21
Music Label: London Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. The Mikado: Overture
  2. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are
  3. The Mikado: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
  4. The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
  5. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
  6. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
  7. The Mikado: And I Have Journey'd For A Month
  8. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!
  9. The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen That A Victim Must Be Found
  10. The Mikado: Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
  11. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
  12. The Mikado: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
  13. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko - Ko Plighted
  14. The Mikado: I am So Proud, If I Allowed
  15. The Mikado: With Aspect Stern And Gloomy Stride
  16. The Mikado: The Threaten'd Cloud Has Pass'd Away
  17. The Mikado: Your Revels Cease! Assist Me, All Of You!
  18. The Mikado: Oh Fool, That Flee-est My Hallow'd Joys!
  19. The Mikado: For He's Going To Marry Yum - Yum
  20. The Mikado: The Hour Of Gladness Is Dead And Gone
  21. The Mikado: Ye Torrents Roar! Ye Tempests Howl!
Music CD 2
  1. The Mikado: Braid The Raven Hair, Weave The Supple Tresses
  2. The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
  3. The Mikado: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
  4. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
  5. The Mikado: Miya Sama, Miya Sama, O N'mma No Maye Ni
  6. The Mikado: From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
  7. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did In Japan Exist
  8. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
  9. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
  10. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
  11. The Mikado: Alone And Yet Alive
  12. The Mikado: Hearts Do Not Break! They Sting And Ache
  13. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
  14. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
  15. The Mikado: Fanfare
  16. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum - Yum

Free Music Notes for Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Free Music Review: In my opinion, the best recording of this masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars

Reading reviews of those who have listened to all of the various MIKADO recordings, it is evident that they boil down to each listener's personal tastes. I personally have found this recording to be the best, with a few slight drawbacks. The choral numbers and orchestration are clear and loud. The pacing is consistently excellent--at times, appropriately breakneck--unlike the Sargent recording which many have said is too slow (I agree). And this CD features arguably the best Yum-Yum, Valerie Masterson, who's rendition of "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" is simply gorgeous. As Ko-Ko, John Reed is also first rate, and Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tush, and Peep-Bo are all well-sung. Pitti-Sing and the Mikado are only good compared to the brilliance of her fellow performers. Nanki-Poo also leaves something to be desired, however, and Katisha is the weakest in the cast, unfortunately making her very beautiful song, "Hearts Do Not Break," less powerful than it might have been. Either way, this is overall the best recording of this masterpiece I have heard and I was pleased to discover it. The music of THE MIKADO itself is pure perfection. However, listen around and decide for yourself...apparently, no one seems to have agreed on a definitive recording.
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