Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / WNO ? Mackerras
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1992-02-11
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 1. Chorus of Nobles. If you want to know who we are
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 2. Song and Chorus. A wandering minstrel I
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 3. Song. Our great Mikado, virtuous man
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 4. Song. Young man, despair, likewise go to
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 4a. Recitative. And have I journeyed for a month
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 5. Chorus with Solo. Behold the Lord High Executioner
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 5a. Song. As some day it may happen (List Song)
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 6. Chorus of Schoolgirls. Comes a train of little ladies
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 7. Trio. Three little maids from school are we
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 8. Quartet. So please you, sir, we much regret
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 9. Duet. Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 10. Trio. I am so proud
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 1. 11. Finale, Act 1. With aspect stern and gloomy stride
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 1. Solo. Braid the raven hair
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 2. Song. The sun, whose rays are all ablaze
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 3. Madrigal. Brightly dawns our wedding day
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 4. Trio. Here's a how-de-do! If I marry you
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 5. Entrance of Mikado and Katisha. Miya sama, miya sama
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 6. Song. A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 7. Trio and Chorus. The criminal cried as he dropped him down
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 8. Quintet. See how the Fates their gifts allot
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 9. Duet. The flowers that bloom in the spring
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 10. Recitative and Song. Alone, and yet alive
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 11. Song. On a tree by a river, a little tom-tit sang, "Willow, tit-willow"
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 12. Duet. There is a beauty in the bellow of the blast
- The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta: Act 2. 13. Finale, Act 2. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
Music reviews of Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / WNO ? Mackerras
Music Review: Chop Chop (G&S purists should avoid)
Rating: 3 Stars
Technically, this is a lovely recording, especially since it fits on one CD. But in doing so, some edits (not mentioned in the liner notes) have been made. Firstly, there is NO overture. Secondly, Ko-Ko's little list song has been shortened. Lastly, in the joyous "The threatened cloud has passed away" from the Act 1 finale, one of the verses has been removed. For Gilbert & Sullivan purists, this is not a recommended recording.
Description of Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / WNO ? Mackerras
Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the "list" song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the "N" word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect and make it sound great. Of course, it is. --David HurwitzGeneral CDs
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