Five Recordings of The Pirates of Penzance
A Comparison of Timings
By Riley Pritchett
| Movement | |||||
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Overture |
8:10 |
7:36 |
7:58 |
7:05 |
Omitted |
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ACT I | |||||
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No. 1 "Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry" |
1:43 |
1:39 |
1:34 |
1:34 |
1:30 |
|
Dialogue |
0:58 |
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No. 2 "When Frederic was a little lad" |
2:32 |
2:45 |
2:27 |
2:28 |
2:34 |
|
Dialogue |
4:33 |
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|
No. 3 "Oh, better far to live and die" |
2:38 |
2:46 |
2:27 |
2:28 |
2:16 |
|
Dialogue |
2:00 |
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No. 4 "Oh, false one" |
3:02 |
3:19 |
3:16 |
3:08 |
2:52 |
|
No. 5 "Climbing over rocky mountain" |
3:53 |
3:45 |
3:46 |
3:35 |
3:27 |
|
Dialogue |
0:55 |
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No. 6 "Stop, ladies, pray!" |
1:27 |
1:28 |
1:27 |
1:26 |
1:28 |
|
No. 7 "Oh, is there not one maiden" |
4:27 |
4:39 |
4:18 |
4:03 |
4:19 |
|
No. 8 "Poor wand'ring one" |
2:55 |
2:52 |
2:55 |
2:43 |
2:37 |
|
No. 9 "What ought we to do" |
0:44 |
0:40 |
0:44 |
0:39 |
0:44 |
|
No. 10 "How beautifully blue the sky" |
2:03 |
1:58 |
2:01 |
1:58 |
1:54 |
|
No. 11 "Stay, we must not lose our senses " |
1:28 |
1:45 |
1:30 |
1:23 |
1:23 |
|
No.12 "Hold, monsters!" |
0:48 |
0:52 |
0:52 |
0:50 |
0:54 |
|
No. 13 "I am the very model" |
2:45 |
3:05 |
2:55 |
2:53 |
2:49 |
|
Dialogue |
2:12 |
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No. 14 "Oh, men of dark and dismal fate" |
8:13 |
8:09 |
8:09 |
8:09 |
8:30 |
|
ACT II | |||||
|
No. 15 "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" |
3:01 |
3:15 |
3:10 |
2:59 |
3:00 |
|
Dialogue |
1:59 |
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|
No. 16 "Then, Frederic" |
0:21 |
0:20 |
0:19 |
0:18 |
0:17 |
|
No. 17 "When the foeman bears his steel" |
5:01 |
4:51 |
4:47 |
4:24 |
4:37 |
|
No. 18 "Now for the pirates lair!" |
1:37 |
1:34 |
1:21 |
1:25 |
1:25 |
|
No. 19 "When you had left our pirate fold" |
3:49 |
3:32 |
3:42 |
3:38 |
3:36 |
|
Dialogue |
2:14 |
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|
No. 20 "Away, away! My herat's on fire!" |
1:32 |
1:24 |
1:29 |
1:22 |
1:20 |
|
No. 21 "All is prepared " |
1:21 |
1:16 |
1:25 |
1:11 |
1:23 |
|
No. 22 "Stay, Frederic, stay " |
0:58 |
0:48 |
0:57 |
0:45 |
0:49 |
|
"Ah, leave me not alone to pine" |
4:47 |
4:31 |
4:58 |
4:12 |
5:19 |
|
No. 23 "No, I'll be brave" |
[1] 3:02 |
1:22 |
1:22 |
1:15 |
1:21 |
|
Dialogue |
|
1:52 |
1:25 |
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No. 24 "When a felon's not engaged" |
2:11 |
2:17 |
2:30 |
2:15 |
2:29 |
|
No. 25 "A rollicking band of Pirates we " |
0:58 |
0:55 |
0:56 |
0:52 |
0:50 |
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No. 26 "With cat-like tread" |
2:41 |
2:40 |
2:43 |
2:27 |
2:37 |
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No. 27 "Hush, hush! Not a word" |
1:18 |
1:21 |
1:21 |
1:24 |
1:34 |
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No. 28 "Sighing softly to the river" |
9:26 |
10:02 |
[2] 8:21 |
[3] 10:02 |
9:33 |
Notes:
