G&S Compilations from the Sargent/EMI Sets
(CD Era)

The Pro Arte Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Various soloists
Malcolm Sargent, conductor

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The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (3)

EMI CDZ 7 62531 2

EMI/Angel 4LZ 62535 1, 1 cassette, 1988.
EMI CDZ 7 62531 2, 1 CD, 1988.

This compilation contains highlights from Mikado, Gondoliers, Pirates, Pinafore, and Iolanthe. Confusingly, the name "Best of Gilbert and Sullivan" has been used several times, even though the selections aren't always the same. I am not even positive the cassette and CD have the same contents, but given the similarity of the catalog numbers, it is probable that they do.

Mel Moratti provided the contents of the CD:

The Mikado If you want to know who we are... A wandring Minstrel The Sun whose rays Heres a how de do The Flowers that bloom in the spring Tit Willow There is beauty in the bellow For he's gone and married Yum Yum The Gondoliers Buon giorno Signorine... Were called Gondolieri take a pair of Sparkling Eyes Dance a Cachucha I am a Courtier

Iolanthe Loudly let the trumpet bray Love unrequited... When youre lying awake Soon as we may Pirates Oh, better far Oh, is there not one maiden... Poor wandring one When the foeman bares his steel H.M.S. Pinafore We sail the Ocean Blue... I'm called little buttercup My gallant crew good morning Never mind the why and wherefore

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Favourite Gilbert & Sullivan

EMI Classics for Pleasure 7 67594 2, 1 CD, 1992.

This disc presents 26 items from the Sargent Glyndebourne series.

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EMI CDT 5 68815 2

The Most Unforgettable Gilbert and Sullivan Classics Ever

EMI CDT 5 68815 2, 1 CD, 1996.

This CD presents highlights from Pinafore, Pirates, Iolanthe, Mikado, Patience and, Gondoliers compiled from the Sargent Glyndebourne recordings.

The track listing, as provided by Mel Moratti, is provided below:

H.M.S. Pinafore We sail the ocean blue My gallant crew good morning Never Mind the why and Wherefore Pirates Oh better far to live and die Oh sisters deaf...Poor wand'ring one When a felons not engaged With cat like tread Iolanthe Loudly let the trumpet bray If you go in If we're weak enough to tarry

Mikado A wandring Minstrel Behold the Lord high executioner As some day it may happen Three little maids The Sun whose rays Here's a how de do A more humane Mikado Tit Willow Patience The soldiers of our queen A magnet hung Gondoliers When a merry maiden marries take a pair of sparkling eyes

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EMI CZS 5 73869 2

The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

EMI EMI CZS 5 73869 2, 3 CD, 2000.

Yet another Sargent compilation with an innovative and distinctive title.

This 3-CD set presents excerpts from Mikado, Pinafore, Pirates, Iolanthe, Trial by Jury, Ruddigore, Yeomen and, Gondoliers.

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EMI 5744682

Gilbert & Sullivan — Operettas

EMI 5744682, 16 CDs, 2001.

This 16-CD set contains the complete nine-opera series that Sir Malcolm Sargent recorded for EMI from 1957–63; the overtures to Cox and Box, The Sorcerer, Princess Ida (Sargent/Pro Arte Orchestra); Overture di Ballo (Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra); In Memoriam, Tempest Suite and Merchant of Venice Suite (CBSO/Dunn); Symphony in E (RLPO/Groves); and the Cello Concerto (LSO/Mackerras/Lloyd-Webber).