Sullivan: Mikado: MusicNear.com

Music CD 1

The Mikado: Overture
The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are
The Mikado: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
The Mikado: And I Have Journey'd For A Month
The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!
The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen That A Victim Must Be Found
The Mikado: Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
The Mikado: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko - Ko Plighted
The Mikado: I am So Proud, If I Allowed
The Mikado: With Aspect Stern And Gloomy Stride
The Mikado: The Threaten'd Cloud Has Pass'd Away
The Mikado: Your Revels Cease! Assist Me, All Of You!
The Mikado: Oh Fool, That Flee-est My Hallow'd Joys!
The Mikado: For He's Going To Marry Yum - Yum
The Mikado: The Hour Of Gladness Is Dead And Gone
The Mikado: Ye Torrents Roar! Ye Tempests Howl!

Music CD 2

The Mikado: Braid The Raven Hair, Weave The Supple Tresses
The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
The Mikado: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
The Mikado: Miya Sama, Miya Sama, O N'mma No Maye Ni
The Mikado: From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did In Japan Exist
The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
The Mikado: Alone And Yet Alive
The Mikado: Hearts Do Not Break! They Sting And Ache
The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
The Mikado: Fanfare
The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum - Yum

Free Music Notes for Sullivan: Mikado

Free Music Review: Great Orchestra - Lousy Cast
Hit: 3 Stars

As a former Pooh-Bah, I can say the one on this recording is awful. Sure Sandford is a powerful singer and has a tremendous vibrato...bur come on, get over yourself. In fact, this seems to be a common ailment throughout this era of D'Oyly Carte. The performances of the Mikado, Nanki-Poo, and Katisha are all overblown and just not fun to listen to. The notable exception is Yum-Yum, whose voice is fantastic for light opera and actually sounds like she's enjoying the role instead of the chance to display her talent.

Whatever ailments affected the singers of this time of D'Oyly Carte blessedly did not touch the orchestra. This recording is one of the best I've heard for orchestral perfection. Good balance, perfect timing, and just the right 'extras' that afficionados will recognize.

Acceptable for a listen if you check in out from the library, but don't spend the money to add this to your collection.