VARIOUS ARTISTS

Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance

VARIOUS ARTISTS

43 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 52 MINUTES • JUN 13 2011

1
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: Overture (Allegro maestoso - Andante - Allegro vivace)
Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
07:41
2
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 1, Opening Chorus, "Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry" (Pirates, Samuel)
John Cameron/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:41
3
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 2, Song, "When Fred'ric was a little lad" (Ruth)
Monica Sinclair/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:47
4
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 3, Song, "Oh, better far to live and die" (Pirate King, Pirates)
James Milligan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:49
5
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 4, Recitative and Duet, "Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me! … I have deceived you?" (Frederic, Ruth)
Richard Lewis/Monica Sinclair/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:01
6
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: Recitative, "What shall I do?" (Frederic) - No. 5, Chorus of Girls, "Climbing over rocky mountain" (Edith, Kate, Girls)
Richard Lewis/Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
04:04
7
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 6, Recitative, "Stop, ladies, pray!" (Edith, Kate, Frederic, Girls)
Richard Lewis/Heather Harper/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:29
8
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 7, Air and Chorus, "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic, Mabel, Girls)
Richard Lewis/Elsie Morison/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
04:03
9
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: "Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name" (Mabel, Girls)
Elsie Morison/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:36
10
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 8, Air, "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel, Girls)
Elsie Morison/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:53
11
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 9, Recitative, "What ought we to do?" (Edith, Kate, Girls) - No. 10, Duet with Chorus, "How beautifully blue the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, Girls)
Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/George Baker/Elsie Morison/Richard Lewis/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:40
12
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 11, Recitative and Chorus, "Stay, we must not lose our senses" (Frederic, Girls, Pirates)
Richard Lewis/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:39
13
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity" (Pirates)
Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:57
14
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 12, Recitative, "Hold, monsters!" (Mabel, Major-General Stanley, Samuel, Girls, Pirates)
Heather Harper/John Cameron/George Baker/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:53
15
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 13, Song with Chorus, "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General, Girls, Pirates)
George Baker/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:06
16
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 14, Finale, "Oh, men of dark and dismal fate" (Major-General, Pirate King, Samuel, Pirates)
George Baker/John Cameron/James Milligan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:26
17
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: "I'm telling a terrible story" (Major-General, Samuel, Pirate King, Mabel, Kate, Edith, Frederic, Girls, Pirates)
George Baker/James Milligan/Richard Lewis/Elsie Morison/John Cameron/Owen Brannigan/Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:44
18
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: "O master, hear one word" (Ruth, Frederic, Pirates)
Monica Sinclair/Richard Lewis/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:42
19
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: "Pray observe the magnanimity" (Frederic, Major-General, Samuel, Pirate King, Mabel, Kate, Edith, Girls, Pirates)
George Baker/James Milligan/Richard Lewis/Elsie Morison/John Cameron/Owen Brannigan/Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:31
20
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 15, Introduction, "Oh, dry the glistening tear" (Girls, Mabel)
Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:16
21
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 16, Recitative, "Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Major-General, Frederic)
George Baker/Richard Lewis/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:21
22
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 17, Chorus with Soli, "When the foeman bears his steel" (Sergeant of Police, Mabel, Edith, Policemen, Girls)
Owen Brannigan/Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/George Baker/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
04:51
23
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 18, Recitative and Trio, "Now for the pirates' lair" (Frederic)
Richard Lewis, Pro Arte Orchestra & Malcolm Sargent
00:42
24
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Young Frederic! … Who calls?" (Pirate King, Frederic, Ruth)
James Milligan/Richard Lewis/Monica Sinclair/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:52
25
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 19, Trio, "When you had left our pirate fold" (Ruth, Frederic, Pirate King)
Monica Sinclair/Richard Lewis/James Milligan/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:33
26
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 20, Trio, "Away, away! my heart's on fire" (Ruth, Pirate King, Frederic)
Monica Sinclair/James Milligan/Richard Lewis/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:25
27
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 21, Recitative and Duet, "All is prepared" (Mabel, Frederic)
Elsie Morison/Richard Lewis/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:17
28
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 22, Duet, "Stay, Frederic, stay!" (Mabel, Frederic)
Elsie Morison/Richard Lewis/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:49
29
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Ah, leave me not to pine" (Mabel, Frederic)
Elsie Morison/Richard Lewis/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:12
30
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "In 1940 I of age shall be" (Frederic, Mabel)
Richard Lewis/Elsie Morison/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:21
31
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 23, Recitative and Chorus, "No, I'll be brave! … Oh family descent" (Mabel)
Elsie Morison/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:27
32
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Though in body and in mind" (Sergeant, Policemen)
Owen Brannigan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:55
33
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 24, Song and Chorus, "When a felon's not engaged" (Sergeant, Policemen)
Owen Brannigan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:18
34
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 25, Solo, "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Pirates, Sergeant, Policemen)
Owen Brannigan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:56
35
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 26, Chorus, "With cat-like tread" (Pirates, Policemen, Samuel)
James Milligan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:40
36
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 27, Recitative, "Hush, hush! not a word, I see a light" (Frederic, Major-General, Pirates, Policemen)
Richard Lewis/George Baker/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
01:26
37
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 28, Finale, "Softly sighing to the river" (Major-General, Sergeant, Pirates, Policemen)
George Baker/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
03:01
38
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Now what is this, and what is that" (Girls, Pirates)
Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
00:48
39
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Frederic here! Oh joy!" (Major-General, Mabel, Frederic, Sergeant, Pirate King, Ruth, Edith, Kate, Samuel, Pirates, Girls, Policemen)
George Baker/Elsie Morison/Richard Lewis/James Milligan/Monica Sinclair/John Cameron/Owen Brannigan/Heather Harper/Marjorie Thomas/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
06:25
40
The Sorcerer: Overture. Allegro con spirito - Moderato - Andante dolce - Tempo di Valse - Allegro molto (Revised version)
Malcolm Sargent
05:45
41
Cox and Box or The Long-Lost Brothers: No. 1, Overture (Allegro molto - Pesante)
Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
02:43
42
Princess Ida or Castle Adamant: Introduction (Vivace - Andante espressivo)
Malcolm Sargent
04:13
43
In Memoriam - Overture in C Major: (Andante religioso - Allegro molto)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
11:17
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