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This 1959 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company stereo recording is the first with John Reed, who plays the Right Honourable Joseph Porter, K.C.G. with the straightforwardness appropriate to the importance of the ruler of the Queen's Navy. It is also the first the company recorded with complete dialog included, as performed on-stage, which actually gives you a fuller picture of the characterizations. (If you only want to hear the music, you're out of luck: the dialog is always on the track with the music that precedes it.) Gillian Knight is Buttercup, Jean Hindmarsh is Josephine, Thomas Round is Ralph, and Jeffrey Skitch is Captain Corcoran. Dick Deadeye, sung by Donald Adams, is decidedly (and delightfully) more pirate than royal navy. This skilled, veteran cast and the New Symphony Orchestra of London are all conducted by Isidore Godfrey, the company's longtime music director. The excellent performance certainly reflects the English essence of the work. As for the sound quality, it is also very good. Despite Pinafore's being recorded as it was performed on-stage (without audience), there seem to have been enough microphones to pick up all the voices, all the time. Overall, this is one of the best recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore, and certainly one of the best stereo recordings made by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
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H.M.S. Pinafore (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - George Cook, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Wilson-Hyde, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Wilson-Hyde, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 2
H.M.S. Pinafore (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Cook, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Wilson-Hyde, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Reed, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Hindmarsh, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Ensemble, MainArtist - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - William Schwenck Gilbert, Author - Gillian Knight, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Round, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Godfrey, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skitch, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joyce Wright, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Adams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
This 1959 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company stereo recording is the first with John Reed, who plays the Right Honourable Joseph Porter, K.C.G. with the straightforwardness appropriate to the importance of the ruler of the Queen's Navy. It is also the first the company recorded with complete dialog included, as performed on-stage, which actually gives you a fuller picture of the characterizations. (If you only want to hear the music, you're out of luck: the dialog is always on the track with the music that precedes it.) Gillian Knight is Buttercup, Jean Hindmarsh is Josephine, Thomas Round is Ralph, and Jeffrey Skitch is Captain Corcoran. Dick Deadeye, sung by Donald Adams, is decidedly (and delightfully) more pirate than royal navy. This skilled, veteran cast and the New Symphony Orchestra of London are all conducted by Isidore Godfrey, the company's longtime music director. The excellent performance certainly reflects the English essence of the work. As for the sound quality, it is also very good. Despite Pinafore's being recorded as it was performed on-stage (without audience), there seem to have been enough microphones to pick up all the voices, all the time. Overall, this is one of the best recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore, and certainly one of the best stereo recordings made by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:37:52
- Main artists: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2007 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
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