Sullivan: The Mikado (Highlights) & Overtures
Kenneth Alwyn
Oct 2005•22 Songs
Tracks
- 1Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu: Overture (Allegro moderato - Andante comodo - Allegro con brio)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn
- 2Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 1, Chorus, "If you want to know who we are" (Nobles)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 3Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 2a, Recitative and Scena, "Gentlemen, I pray you tell me" (Nanki-Poo, A Noble)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 4Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 3, Song and Chorus, "Our Great Mikado, virtuous man" (Pish-Tush, Nobles)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 5Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5, Chorus with Song, "Behold the Lord High Executioner!" (Nobles, Ko-Ko)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 6Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5a, Song, "As some day it may happen" (Ko-Ko, Nobles)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 7Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 7, Trio with Chorus, "Three little maids from school" (Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, Pitti-Sing, Girls)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 8Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 10, Trio, "I am so proud" (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 9Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 11, Finale, "Your revels cease!" (Katisha, Nanki-Poo, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Others)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 10Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 13, Song, "The sun, whose rays are all ablaze" (Yum-Yum)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 11Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 14, Madrigal, "Brightly dawns our wedding day" (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 12Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 15, Trio, "Here's a how-de-do!" (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 13Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 16, Entrance of Mikado, "Miya sama … From every kind of man obedience I expect" (Girls, Nobles, Mikado, Katisha)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 14Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 17, Song with Chorus, "A more humane Mikado" (Mikado, Nobles)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 15Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 18, Trio and Chorus, "The criminal cried" (Ko-Ko, Nobles, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 16Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 20, Duets, "The flowers that bloom in the spring" (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 17Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 22, Song, "On a tree by a river a little tom-tit" (Ko-Ko)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 18Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 23, Duet, "There is beauty in the bellow of the blast" (Katisha, Ko-Ko)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 19Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 24, Finale, "For he's gone and married Yum-Yum … The threatened cloud" (Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Others)Linden Singers/Ian Humphris/Westminster Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Faris
- 20Sullivan: Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride: Overture (Moderato - Allegro vivace)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn
- 21Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri: Overture (Andante - Andante espressivo - Allegro giocoso)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn
- 22Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture (Allegro brillante e maestoso)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn
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