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THE GONDOLIERS / RUDDIGORE [BOX SET]
Label: Pearl
Performed by: Various
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey
No of Discs: 3
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THE GONDOLIERS
[IMPORT]
Label: Sony
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Conducted by: John Pryce-Jones
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THE GONDOLIERS
& TRIAL BY JURY
[Original 1927/8 Recordings]
Label: Pearl
Performed by: Sir Henry Lytton, Leo Sheffield, Derek Oldham, Bertha Lewis,
George Baker, Winifred Lawson, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera
Orchestra
Conducted by: Harry Norris
No of Discs: 2
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THE
GONDOLIERS
Label: Albany
Performed by: Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, The Ohio Light Opera Orchestra
Conducted by: J. Lynn Thompson
No of Discs: 2
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THE GONDOLIERS
Label: Decca
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus with Alan Styler, Ceinwen Jones, Dawn Bradshaw, Dorothy Gill, George Cook, Gillian Knight, John Reed, Joseph Riordan, Jeanette Roach, Jeffrey Skitch, Jennifer Toye, Joyce Wright, Kenneth Sandford, Mary Sansom, Michael Wakeham, Thomas Round
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey
No of Discs: 2
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THE GONDOLIERS
[Recorded 1950]
Label: Naxos Historical
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Alan Styler, Martyn Green, Richard Watson, Leonard Osborn, Muriel Harding, Ella Halman, Margaret Mitchell, Yvonne Dean, Henry Goodier, Caryl Fane
Orchestra: New Promenade Orchestra
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey
No of Discs: 1
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THE GONDOLIERS + Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D
Label: Classics for Pleasure
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Charles Mackerras et al
Performer: Sir Geraint Evans, Alexander Young, Owen Brannigan, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair, et al.
Cello Concerto performed by: Julian Lloyd Webber
No of Discs: 2
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IOLANTHE
/ THE GONDOLIERS [BOX SET]
Label: Castle Pulse
No of Discs: 4
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The first electronic recordings of
"Iolanthe" and "The Gondoliers" made in the late
1920's/early 1930's. The comic operas would originally have been issued in
albums of about twenty-four sides, each.
Sound is amazingly good mono, considering the great age of the performances, and
not so very different from some first-generation LPs. The voices of the soloists
are very well captured. The choruses sound fine, although a little distant and
slightly compressed. If the orchestra seems confined by digital era standards,
the sound is good and full of detail.
These recordings were made under the personal supervision of Rupert D'Oyly
Carte, whose father, Richard, had founded the opera company and been a partner
with Gilbert (stormily) and Sullivan (happily). His step-mother, Helen, had
succeeded to control of the company, and his daughter, Bridget, would continue
to run it with a whim of iron well past the middle of the 20th Century. Whatever
the eccentricities of the D'Oyly Cartes, this early series of recordings must be
regarded as definitive in setting out the G&S performance tradition.
This set presents two G&S comic opera masterpieces at a rock-bottom price.
It offers surprisingly good sound and first-class performances, my mere
nitpicking to the contrary. It is a must-have for a serious lover of G&S.
For those of you, delicate souls that you are, who must have DDD sound or suffer
the vapours, walk away, this is not for you. For those who give more weight to
artistic quality than to mere mechanical reproduction of sound, this set is
worth five stars, no question about it.
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THE GONDOLIERS
[SOUNDTRACK]
including the Overture di Ballo
Label: TER
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus with David Fieldsend, Alan Oke, Lesley Echo Ross, Regina Hanley, Richard Suart, Jill Pert, Elizabeth Woollett, Philip Creasey, John Rath, Claire Kelly, Tim Morgan, David Cavendish, Toby Barrett, Gareth Vaughan, Yvonne Patrick, Pamela Baxter, Elizabeth Elliott
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Conducted by: John Pryce-Jones
No of Discs: 2
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THE GONDOLIERS [HIGHLIGHTS]
Label: Belart
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey
No of Discs: 1
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THE GONDOLIERS
Label: Koch
No of Discs: 1
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THE GONDOLIERS
Label: Decca
Performed by: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus with Alan Styler, Ceinwen Jones, Dawn Bradshaw, Dorothy Gill, George Cook, Gillian Knight, John Reed, Joseph Riordan, Jeanette Roach, Jeffrey
Skitch, Jennifer Toye, Joyce Wright, Kenneth Sandford, Mary Sansom, Michael
Wakeham, Thomas Round
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey
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THE GONDOLIERS
Label: EMI
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
Performer: Richard Lewis, John Cameron, et al.
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra
No of Discs: 2
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SULLIVAN - THE GONDOLIERS / PATIENCE
Label: Arabesque
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
Performer: with Winifred Lawson, George Baker, Leslie Rands, Nellie Briercliffe, Rita Mackay, Marjorie Eyre, Bertha Lewis, Darrell Fancourt, Martyn Green, Derek Oldham, William Booth, Sydney Granville, Leonard Hubbard, Stuart Robertson
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Symphony Orchestra
No of Discs: 2
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THE GONDOLIERS & Miscellaneous Arias and Duets
Label: Arabesque
Conductor: Harry Norris
Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus with Derek Oldham, George Baker, Winifred Lawson, Aileen Davies, Sir Henry
Lytton, Bertha Lewis, Mavis Bennett, Arthur Hosking, Leo Sheffield, Gladys Gowrie, Richard Walker, Herbert
Aitken, Ronald Stear, Sybil Gordon, Beatrice Elburn, Doris Hemingway et al.
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
No of Discs: 2
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