Gilbert & Sullivan: Gondoliers (2 CDs)

Sir Malcolm Sargent - Gilbert & Sullivan: Gondoliers (2 CDs)

Gilbert & Sullivan: Gondoliers (2 CDs)
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Artist: Sir Malcolm Sargent
Performer: Malcolm Sargent
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Overture:- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria)
  2. List and learn, ye dainty roses (Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  3. Good morrow, pretty maids (Francesco, Antonio, Giorgio, Vittoria, Giulia):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  4. For the merriest fellows (Antonio, Chorus, Fiametta):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  5. Buon' giorno, signorine (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  6. We're called gondolieri (Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  7. And now to choose our brides (Marco, Giuseppe, Fiametta, Vittoria, Gianetta, Tessa, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  8. Thank you, gallant gondolieri (Gianetta, Tessa, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  9. From the sunny Spanish shore (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  10. In enterprise of martial kind (Duke, Casilda, Duchess, Luiz):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  11. O rapture when alone (Casilda, Luiz):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  12. There was a time (Luiz, Casilda):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  13. I stole the Prince (Don Alhambra, Casilda, Luiz, Duke, Duchess):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  14. But bless my heart (Casilda, Don Alhambra):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  15. Try we life-long (Casilda, Duchess, Luiz, Duke, Don Alhambra):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  16. Bridegroom and bride (Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  17. When a merry maiden marries (Tessa, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  18. Kind sir, you cannot have the heart (Gianetta):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  19. Do not give way (Don Alhambra, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  20. Then one of us will be a queen (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  21. Replying we sing (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  22. For everyone who feels inclined (Marco, Giuseppe, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  23. Come, let's away (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
  24. Then away they go to an island fair (Chorus, Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act I
Music CD 2
  1. Of happiness the very pith (Chorus, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  2. Rising early in the morning (Giuseppe, Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  3. Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  4. Here we are, at the risk of our lives (Chorus, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  5. Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (Chorus):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  6. There lived a king (Don Alhambra, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  7. In a contemplative fashion (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  8. With ducal pomp and ducal pride (Chorus, Duke, Duchess):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  9. On the day when I was wedded (Duchess):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  10. To help unhappy commoners (Duke):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  11. Small titles and orders (Duke, Duchess):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  12. I am a courtier grave and serious (Casilda, Duchess, Marco, Giuseppe, Duke):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  13. Here is a case unprecedented (Casilda, Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  14. Now let the loyal lieges gather round (Don Alhambra, All):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  15. The Royal Prince (Inez, All):- The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria), Act II
  16. I. Allegro moderato (cadenza by Sir Charles Mackerras) -:- Cello Concerto in D (reconstr. Sir Charles Mackerras & David Mackie)
  17. II. Andante espressivo -:- Cello Concerto in D (reconstr. Sir Charles Mackerras & David Mackie)
  18. III. Molto vivace:- Cello Concerto in D (reconstr. Sir Charles Mackerras & David Mackie)

Music reviews of Gilbert & Sullivan: Gondoliers (2 CDs)

Music Review: One of the Better Entries in the Sargent Series
Rating: 5 Stars

One of my favorite Sargent/EMI recordings, this Gondoliers is a worthy addition to any G&S collection, if perhaps not my first choice. I'd probably give that title to either the 1961 D'Oyly Cart (DOC) recording with dialogue (Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers) or the 1927 DOC recording with its wonderful cast (get the Sounds on CD issue on the web if you're willing to go for a vintage recording). I did not find the New DOC recording to be anything particularly special (Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers).

Alright, on to the performance. Yes, there are a couple places where Sargent sets a funeral dirge tempo (The Cachucha and "With ducal pomp" come to mind), but on the whole this is a solid reading of this sunny opera.

Geraint Evans and Monica Sinclair are a great ducal couple; Sargent gives Sinclair a quick tempo for her song that works very well. Owen Brannigan gives an excellent performance of Don Alhambra (both of his songs are taken at a good clip too). Edna Graham is (IMO) better than Jennifer Toye as Casilda (on the 1961 recording), though she still sounds a bit nervous in her duets with Alexander Young as a splendid Luiz.

Marjorie Thomas gives a lovely "When a merry maiden marries," though she doesn't go for the high F at the end. Elsie Morison is her typical self, and if "Kind sir, you cannot have the heart" doesn't find her at her most comfortable, she makes up for it in the rest of the opera. Good singing from the two gondoliers, Richard Lewis and John Cameron as Marco and Giuseppe. Double casting fills in some of the gaps in the smaller parts.

The sound is vintage 1957 -- on the whole very good, despite some thinness in the strings in slightly bland rendition of the Overture.

As a bonus, we are given a performance of Sir Arthur's reconstructed Cello Concerto. I haven't heard this particular performance of it (the recording of the Gondoliers I got from my library was the old ~1987 release without the concerto: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria)), but I do own the only other recorded performance of it (SULLIVAN: Macbeth Overture, Cello Concerto, Te Deum). It isn't a *great* work (the structure is rather wacky), but I find it very pleasant. It is available on this Classics for Pleasure release and the second EMI release (Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers). (The Gondoliers by itself is available in a so-so $3 mono transfer. Just search for "Sargent Gondoliers.)

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