VINTAGE GILBERT & SULLIVAN: Iolanthe & Pineapple Poll

VINTAGE GILBERT & SULLIVAN: Iolanthe & Pineapple Poll

VINTAGE GILBERT & SULLIVAN

IOLANTHE (Complete without dialogue)

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Isidore Godfrey, conductor

Cast

Lord Chancellor, Martyn Green
Earl of Mountarat, Eric Thornton
Earl Tololler, Leonard Osborn
Private Willis (Grenadier Guard), Fisher Morgan
The Fairy Queen, Ella Halman
Strephon (Arcadian Shepherd), Allan Styler
Iolanthe (Strephon's Mother), Ann Drummond-Grant
Fairies, Joan Hill, Yvonne Dean
Phyllis, Margaret Mitchell

Pineapple Poll (Ballet from Sullivan's themes)
in three scenes

Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Track ListingTimeMP3
Iolanthe (1951)
CD One (57'51")
1Overture7:25
Act One - An Arcadian Landscape
2Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither4:13
3Iolanthe! From Thy Dark Exile3:19
4Good Morrow, Good Mother0:41
5Fare Thee Well, Attractive Stranger1:04
6Good Morrow, Good Lover0:42
7None Shall Part Us From Each Other2:55
8March and Entry of the Peers: Loudy Let The Trumpet Bray5:50
9The Law Is The True Embodiment2:52
10My Well-Loved Lord4:08
11Nay, Tempt Me Not0:25
12Spurn Not The Nobly Born2:01
13My Lords, It May Not Be2:48
14When I Went To The Bar2:06
15Finale: When Darkly Looms The day2:22
16Oh Shameless One, Tremble1:39
17In Babyhood Upon Her Lap I Lay2:03
18For Riches And Rank I Do Not Long2:13
19Can I Inactive See My Fortunes Fade?0:52
20The Lady Of My Love Has Caught Me Talking To Another1:47
21Go Away, Madam1:28
22Oh, Chancellor Unwary1:58
23Henceforth Strephon Cast Away1:07
24Every Bill And Every Measure1:01
25Young Strephon Is The Kind Of Lout2:27
CD Two (73'55")
Act Two - The Palace Yard At Westminster
1When All Night Long A Chap Remains3:59
2Strephon's A Member Of Parliament1:28
3When Britain Really Ruled The Waves2:59
4In Vain To Us You Plead2:00
5O Foolish Fay3:01
6Though P'r'haps I may Incur Your Blame1:54
7Nightmare Song: Love, Unrequited...When You're Lying Awake3:42
8If You Go In2:22
9If We're Weak Enough To Tarry1:29
10My Lord A Supplient At Your Feet0:40
11He Loves1:35
12It May Not Be Or So The Fates Decide2:51
13Finale: Soon As We May2:01
Sullivan (arr. Mackerass) Pineapple Poll - Ballet Suite (1951)
Scene One
14Opening Dance3:34
15Poll's Solo...pas de deux - Poll and Jasper3:25
16Belaye's Solo3:08
17Pas de trois - Belaye, Blanche and Mrs. Dimple3:12
18Finale3:49
Scene Two
19Poll's Solo3:22
20Jasper's Solo3:09
Scene Three
21Belaye's Solo...Sailor's Drill3:25
22Poll's Solo4:08
23Entry of Belaye-Blanch as bride; sailor's unmasking; entrance of the men3:35
24Reconciliation2:53
25Grand Finale5:40