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The Gondoliers, Or The King Of Barataria
Overture
Act 1: List And Learn
Good Morrow, Pretty Maids
For The Merriest Fellows Are We
See, See At Last They Come To Make Their Choice
Buon' Giorno, Signorine!
We're Called Gondolieri, But That's A Vagary
And Now To Choose Our Brides!
Are You Peeping?
Thank You Gallant Gondolieri
From The Sunny Spanish Shore
In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
O Rapture, When Alone Together
There Was A Time, A Time For Ever Gone
I Stole The Prince
But, Bless My Heart, Consider My Position!
Try We Life-Long We Can Never
Bride-Groom And Bride!
When A Merry Maiden Marries
Kind Sir, You Cannot Have The Heart, Our Lives To Part
Do Not Give Way To This Uncalled-For Grief
Then One Of Us Will Be Queen
Now Pray, What Is The Cause Of This Remarkable Hilarity
Replying, We Sing As One Individual
For Ev'ryone Who Feels Inclined
Come Let's Away - Our Island Crown Awaits Me
Now, Marco Dear, My Wishes Hear
Then Away They Go To An Island Fair
Act 2: Of Happiness The Very Pith
Rising Early In The Morning
Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
Here We Are, At The Risk Of Our Lives
After Sailing To This Land
Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
There Lived A King As I've Been Told
In A Contemplative Fashion And A Tranquil Frame Of Mind
With Ducal Pomp And Ducal Pride
This Polite Attention
On The Day When I Was Wedded
To Help Unhappy Commoners
Small Titles And Orders For Mayors And Recorders
I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
Here Is A Case Unprecedented!
Now Let The Loyal Lieges Gather Round
Speak Woman Speak, We're All Attention!
The Royal Prince Was By The King Entrusted
Luiz! Casilda!
One More, Gondolieri
The Grand Duke, Or The Statutory Duel
Overture
Act 1: Won't It Be A Pretty Wedding?
Pretty Lisa, Fair And Tasty
By The Mystic Regulation
Were I A King In Very Truth
How Would I Play This Part
My Goodness Me! What Shall I Do?
Ten Minutes Since I Met A Chap
About A Century Since
Strange The Views Some People Hold
Now Take A Card And Gaily Sing
The Good Grand Duke Of Pfennig Halbpfennig
A Pattern To Proffessors Of Monarchical Autonomy
As O'er Our Penny Roll We Sing
When You Find You're A Broken-Down Critter
Finale: Come Hither, All You People
Act 2: As Before You We Defile
Your Loyalty Our Ducal Heart-Strings Touches... At The Outset I May Mention
Yes, Ludwig And His Julia Is Mated!
Take Care Of Him - He's Much Too Good To Live
Now Julia, Come, Consider It
Your Higness, Thjere's A Party At The Door
Now Away To The Wedding We Go
So Ends My Dream... Broken Ev'ry Promise Plighted
If The Light Of Love's Lingering Ember
Come, Bumpers - Aye, Ever so Many
Why, Who Is This Approaching?
The Prince Of Monte Carlo
His Highness We Know Not
We're Rigged Out In Magnificent Array
Dance
Take My Advice - When Deep In Debt
Hurrah! Now Away To The Wedding
Well, You're A Pretty Kind Of Fellow
Finale: Happy Couples, Lightly Treading
Overture Di Ballo
March & Graceful Dance From "Henry VIII"
Allegro Moderato Alla Marcia
Allegretto Grazioso
H.M.S. Pinafore, Or The Lass That Loved A Sailor
Overture
Act 1: We Shall Sail The Ocean Blue
Hail! Men O' Wars' Men
The Nightingale Sighed
A Maiden Fair To See
My Gallant Crew, Good Morning
Sir, You Are Sad
Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
Over The Bright Blue Sea
Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen
Now Give Three Cheers
When I Was A Lad
A British Tar
Refrain, Audacious Tar
Can I Survive Yhe Overbearing
Entracte
Act Two: Fair Moon To Thee I Sing
Things Are SeldomWhat They Seem
The Hours Creep On Apace
Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
Kind Captain, I've Important Information
Carefully On Tip-Toe Stealing
Farewell, My Own
A Many Years Ago
A Joy! Oh Rapture Unforeseen
Iolanthe, Or The Peer And The Peri
Overture
Act 1: Tripping Hither, Tripping Tither
Iolanthe
Good Morrow, Good Mother
Fare The Well, Attractive Stranger
Good Morrow, Good Lover
None Shall Part Us
Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray
Entrance Of The Lord Chancellor
The Law Is The Embodiment
My Well Belowed Lord
Nay, Tempt Me Not
Spurn Not The Nobly Horn
Lords, It May Not Be
Said I To Myself Said I
When Darkly Looms The Day
Act Two: When All Night Long A Chap Remains
Strephon's A Member Of Parliament
When Britian Really Ruled The Waves
In Vain To Us You Plead
Oh, Foolish Fay
Though P'r'aps I May Incur Your Blame
Love Unrequited
If You Go In You're Sure To Win
If We're Weak Enough To Tarry
My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet
It May Not Be
Soon As We May, Of And Away
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu
Overture
Act One: If You Want To Know Who We Are
Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
Young Man, Despair
And I Have Journey'd For A Month
Behold The Lord High Executioner!
As Someday It May Happen That A Victim Must Be Found
Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
Three Little Maids From School Are We
So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
I Am So Proud, If I Allowed
With Aspect Stern And Gloomy Stride
The Threaten'd Cloud Has Pass'd Away
Your Revels Cease! Assist Me, All Of You!
Oh Fool, That Flee-est My Hallow'd Joys!
For He's Going To Marry Yum-Yum
The Hour Of Gladness Is Dead And Gone
Ye Torrents Roar! Ye Tempests Howl!
Act Two: Braid The Raven Hair, Weave The Supple Stresses
The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Here's A How-De-Do!
Miya Sama, Miya Sama, O N' mma No Maye Ni
From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
A More Human Mikadon Never Did In Japan Exist
The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
The Flower That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
Alone And Yet Alive
Hearts Do Not Break! They Are Sting And Ache
On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
Fanfare
For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
Patience, Or Burnthorne's Bride
Overture
Act One: Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We
Still Brooding On Their Mad Infatuation
I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We
The Soldiers Of Our Queen
If You Want A Receipt for That Popular Mystery
In A Dolefull Train Two And Two We Walk All Day
Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We
When I First Put This Uniform On
Am I Alone And Unobserved?
If You're Anxious For The Shine
Long Years Ago - Fourteen, Maybe
Prithee, Pretty Maiden - Prithee
Though To Marry You
Let The MErry Cymbals Sound
Now Tell Us, We Pray You
Heart Broken At My Patience's Barbarity
Stay, We Implore You, Before Our Hopes Are Blighted
Your Maidens Hearts, Ah, Do Steel
Come, Walk Up, And Purchase With Avidity
We've Been Thrown Over, We're Aware
AndAre You Going A Ticket To Buy?
Hold! Stay Your Hand!
True Love Must Single-Hearted Be
I Hear The Soft Note Of The Echoing Voice
But Who Is This, Whose God-Like Grace
List Reginald, Whilst I Confess A Love
Act Two: On Such Eyes As Maidens Cherish
Sad Is A Womans Lot Who, Year By Year
Silvered Is The Ravens Hair
Turn, Oh Turn In This Direction
A MAgnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
Love IS A Plaintive Song
So Go To Him And Say To Him
It's Clear That The Mediaeval Art
If Saphir I Choose To Marry
When I Go Out Of The Door
I'm A Waterloo House Young Man
After Much Debate Internal, I On Lady Jane Decide
The Pirates Of Penzance, Or The Slave Of Duty
Overture
Act One: Por, Oh Pour The Pirate Sherry
When Fred'ric Was A Little Lad
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Stop! Ladies, Pray! A Man!
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Oh, Sisters, Deaf To Pity's Name, For Shame!
Poor Wand'ring One!
What Ought We To Do, Gentle Sisters, Say?
How Beautifylly Blue Sky
Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
Hold, Monsters!
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
Oh, Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate
Hail Poetry, Thou Heav'n Born Maid!
You May Go, For You're At Liberty
Pray Observe The Magnanimity
Act Two: Oh, Dry The Glist'ning Tear
Then Frederic
When The Foeman Bares His Steal
Now For The Pirates Liar!
When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
Away, Away, My Heart's On Fire
All Is Prepared
Stay, Fred'ric Stay!
Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine Alone And Desolate
Oh, Here Is Love And Heres Is Truth
No, I'll Be Brave
Sergeant Approach
When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
A Rollicking Band Of Pirates We
With Cat-like tread
Hush! Hush! Not A Word
Sighing Softly To The River
Now What IS This, And What Is That
We Triumph Now
Away With Them, And Place Them At The Bar
Poor Wand'ring Ones, Tough Ye Have Surely Strayed
Princess Ida, Or Castle Adamant
Overture
Act One: Search Throughout The Panorama
Now Hearken To My Strict Command
Today We Meet...Ida Was A Twelve-Month Old
From The Distant Panorama...We Are Warriors Three
If You Give Me Your Intention
Finale: P'raps If You Adress The Lady Most Politely
Act Two: Towards The Empyrean Hights
Mighty Maiden With A Mission
Minerva...Oh, Goddess Wise
Gently, Gently, Evidently
I Am A Maiden, Cold And Stately
The World Is But A Broken Toy
A LAdy Fair, Of Lineage High
The Woman Of The Wisest Wit
Now Wouldn't You Like To Rule The Roost
Merrily Ring The Luncheon Bell
Would You Know The Kind Of Maid
Finale: Oh Joy! Our Chief Is Sav'd
We May Remark, Tho' Nothing Can Dismay Us
Act Three: Death To The Invader
I Built Upon A Rock
When'er I Spoke Sarcastic Joke
When Anger Spreads His Wing
This Helmet I Suppose
This Is Our Duty Plain
Finale: With Joy Abiding
Pineapple Poll
Opening Dance
Poll's Solo And Pas De Deux
Belaye's Solo
Pas De Trois
Finale
Poll's Solo Jasper's Solo
Belaye's Solo And Sailor's Drill
Poll's Solo
Entry Of Belaye With Blanche As Bride
Reconciliation
Grand Finale
Ruddigore, Or The Witch's Curse
Overture
Act One: Fair Is Rose As Bright As May Day
Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, His Leisure And His Riches
If Somebody There Chanced To Be
I Know A Youth Who Loves A Little Maid
From The Briny Sea...I Shipp'd, D'ye see
Hornpipe
My Boy, You May Take It From Me
The Battle's Roar Is Over
In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
Cheerliy Carols The Lark...To A Garden Full Of Posies
Welcome, Gentry
Oh Why Am I Moody And Sad?
You Understand? I Think I Do
Finale: Hail The Bride Of Seventeen Summers
Hold, Bride And Bridegroom
Overture (Original Version)
Act Two: I Once Was A Meek As A Newborn Lamb
Happily Coupled Are We
In Bygone Days I Had Thy Love
Painted Emblems Of A Race
When The Night Wind Howls
He Yields! He Yields!
I Once Was A Very Bandon'd Person
My Eyes Are Fully Open To My Awful Situation
There Grow A Little Flower
Finale: Oh, Happy The Lily When Kiss'd By The Bee
Cox And Box, Or The Long Lost Brothers
Overture
We Sounded The Trumpet
Stay, Bouncer, Stay!
Hush'd Is The Bacon On The Grid
My Master Is Punctual Always In Business
Who Are You, Sir?
The Buttercup Dwells On The Lowly Mead
Finale: Not Long Ago
The Sorcerer
Overture
Act One: Ring Forth, Ye Bells
Constance, My Daughter
When HE Is HEre, I sigh With Pleasure
The Air Is Charged With Amatory Numbers
Time Was, When Love And I Were Well Acquainted
Sir Marmaduke... Minuet
With Heart And With Voice
My Kindly Friends... Oh, Happy Young Heart
My Child, I Join In These Congratulations
With Heart And With Voice
Welcome Joy! Adieu To Sadness
All Is Prepar'd For Sealing And For Signing
Love Feeds On Many Kinds Of Food
My Name Is John Wellington Wells
Sprites Of Earth And Air
Finale: Now To The Banquet We Press
Act Two: 'Tis Twelve, I Think
Dear Friends, Take Pity On My Lot
Thou Hast The Pow'r Thy Vaunted Love To Sanctify... It Is Not Love
I Rejoice That It's Decided
Oh, I Have Wrought Much Evil With My Spells
Alexis! Doubt Me Not!...The Tearful Deed Is Done
Oh, My Voice Is Sad And Low
Oh, Joyous Boon!
Prepare For Sad Surprises
Finale: Or He Or I Must Die
The Zoo
Introduction Narrator
The British Public Here - You See
I Loved Her Fondly
And Now Let's Go Back To Where We Were...Ah Maiden Fair
Where IS He?
Once More The Face I Loved So Well
Help! Ah Help!
Ho Guards! Minions!
Ladies And Gentlemen!
We Gather From What You Have Said
Where Is My Daughter?
I'm A Simple Little Child
My Father!
Finale: What Do I See In This Disguise?
Utopia Limited, Or The Flowers Of Progress
Imperial March
Act One: Introduction
In Lazy Languor
O Make Way For The Wise Men!
In Every Mental Lore
Let All Your Doubts Take Wing
Quaff The Nektar
A King Of Autocratic Power We
Aktho' Of Native Maids The Cream
Bold-Fac'd Ranger
First You're Born
Subjected To Your Heavenly Gaze
O Maiden Rich In Girton Lore
Ah! Gallant Soldier, Brave And True
It's Understood, I Think
O Admirable Art!
Finale: Altho' Your Royal Summons To Appear
A Company Promoter This, With Special Education
Act Two: Oh, Zara...A Tenor, All Singers Above
Words Of Love Too Loudly Spoken
Society Has Quite Forsaken All
Entrance Of Court
Drawing-Room Music
This Ceremonial Our Wish Displays...Eagle High On Cloudland Soaring
With Fury Deep We Burn
If You Think That When Banded In Unity
With Wily Brain Upon The Spot
A Wonderful Joy Our Eyes To Bless
Then I May Sing And Play?
Oh, Would Some Demon Power... When But A Maid Of Fifteen Year
Ah, Lady Sophy
O Rapture Unrestrained
Tarantella... Upon Our Sea-Girt Land
Finale: There's A Little Group Of Osles Beyond The Wave
Overture "Macbeth"
Victoria And Merrie England
Overture "Marmion"
The Yeomen Of The Guard, Or The Merryman And His Maid
Overture
Act One: When Maiden Loves, She Sits And Sighs
Tower Warders, Under Orders
When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Alas! I Waver To And Fro
Is Life A Boon?
Here's A Man Of Jollity
I Have A Song To Sing, O!
How Say You, Maiden
Iv'e Jibe And Joke And Quip And Crank
'Tis Done! I Am A Bride
Were I Thy Bride
Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True
Act Two: Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More
Oh! A Private Buffon Is A Lighthearted Loon
Hereupon We're Both Agreed
Free From His Fetters Grim
Strange Adventure
Hark! What Was That, Sir?
A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid
When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing
Rapture, Rapture
Comes The Pretty Young Bride
Trial By Jury
Hark The Our Of Ten Is Sounding
When First My Old, Old Love I Knew
When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
Where Is The Plaintiff
May It Please You, My Lud!
Oh, Gentlemen, Listen, I Pary
A Nice Dilemma We Have Here
I Love Him, I Love Him

notes

Discs Made In Germany

credits

Supervised By [Recorded Under The Direction Of] – Bridget D'Oyly Carte

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) – Decca Music Group Limited

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