Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
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Composer: Gilbert & Sullivan
Conductor: Royston Nash
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic
Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Performer: John Ayldon
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 1989
CD Release Date: 1989-07-21
Music Label: London Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. The Mikado: Overture
  2. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are
  3. The Mikado: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me
  4. The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
  5. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
  6. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
  7. The Mikado: And I Have Journey'd For A Month
  8. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!
  9. The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen That A Victim Must Be Found
  10. The Mikado: Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
  11. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
  12. The Mikado: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
  13. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko - Ko Plighted
  14. The Mikado: I am So Proud, If I Allowed
  15. The Mikado: With Aspect Stern And Gloomy Stride
  16. The Mikado: The Threaten'd Cloud Has Pass'd Away
  17. The Mikado: Your Revels Cease! Assist Me, All Of You!
  18. The Mikado: Oh Fool, That Flee-est My Hallow'd Joys!
  19. The Mikado: For He's Going To Marry Yum - Yum
  20. The Mikado: The Hour Of Gladness Is Dead And Gone
  21. The Mikado: Ye Torrents Roar! Ye Tempests Howl!
Music CD 2
  1. The Mikado: Braid The Raven Hair, Weave The Supple Tresses
  2. The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
  3. The Mikado: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
  4. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
  5. The Mikado: Miya Sama, Miya Sama, O N'mma No Maye Ni
  6. The Mikado: From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
  7. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did In Japan Exist
  8. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
  9. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
  10. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
  11. The Mikado: Alone And Yet Alive
  12. The Mikado: Hearts Do Not Break! They Sting And Ache
  13. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
  14. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
  15. The Mikado: Fanfare
  16. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum - Yum

Music reviews of Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

Music Review: Modified Rapture doesn't even Begin to Describe It
Rating: 3 Stars

I'm listening to the recording, making notes as I go. They are below for your delectation. Well...they might be helpful. Skip to the end for my overall impressions.

Colin Wright about loses the first G in the sailor section of "A wand'ring minstrel I." His excessive vibrato and unusual sibilance quickly tire the ear.

The tempo in "Our great Mikado, virtuous man" is too slow! It bothers me every time I hear it. Michael Rayner could have handled a faster tempo - come on.

Kenneth Sandford was so much better in the 1957 recording (not to mention he's paired up with Thomas Round and Alan Styler for his song in that recording!)

John Reed is his excellent self - though he probably would have sounded even better had this recording been made in 1966, as was the plan until the guest conductor (yup, Sir Malcolm Sargent) fell ill, making way for a recording of The Sorcerer instead (Gilbert & Sullivan: The Sorcerer & The Zoo).

The lady's voices make the recording crack when they hit their G's in "Comes a train of little ladies." This is totally unacceptable for a 1973 Decca recording! Get with the program, guys - your 1960s recordings sounded better (and certainly much more atmospheric). Valerie Masterson has arrived on stage. Things are getting better. Best "Three little maids from school" ever. Hands down. Masterson's G's in "So please you, sir, we much regret" are ravishing.

The slowest "I am so proud" I've heard. It excites only modified rapture. Ditto for "The threaten'd cloud has passed away." A slightly faster tempo would have been more exciting. Oh, no, Katisha just entered. Katisha's entrance should be terrible to the characters, not the audience. Lyndsie Holland screeches through her part in a way that is most exasperating. She sounds alright as the Baroness in The Grand Duke. Why not here? (Listen to "Thy heart unbi-ind" - you can almost hear the sound falling into her throat.) "The hour of gladness" here strikes me as being a bit plodding. Hm.

Why does Colin Write go up an octave on "How foil my foe"? None of the tenors on the seven other recordings I've heard do that. Ugh. Katisha just screamed her painful "I'll spoil" business. When I first heard this recording, I though it was a nice dramatic touch. But it doesn't bear repeated listening. The finale is on the slow side.

Okay, on to Act II. Ah, "The sun whose rays" is wonderful. The relaxed tempo gives VM to show off her splendid voice admirably.

The "Miya sama" scene is nice. John Alydon is a bit gruff as The Mikado, but certainly good enough. Everything from there is mediocre to very good. Holland does better in "Alone and yet alive" than in the Act 1 Finale. "On a tree by a river" comes off well. The short fanfare is included before the finale. Said Finale is reasonably satisfying, even though the orchestral sound is a bit on the shallow side.

Overall, this recording is a listen-able if flawed representation of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's abilities. John Reed and Valerie Masterson make it only somewhat worth your while, but certainly saves it from 1 or 2 star infamy. For one recording of the DOC in all its glory, turn to the 1959/60 recording of HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore/Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore) or the 1961 Patience (Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience). For a single recording of The Mikado, turn to the 1957 DOC recording with Isidore Godfrey conducting, now available in mono as two $1 MP3 downloads (if only they had been released in stereo!). The single CD Mackerras recording will also satisfy many, despite its minor imperfections (Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / WNO · Mackerras).
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