True as Steel

True as Steel

Track Listings

1. Mr. Gold

2. Fight for Rock

3. Love in the Danger Zone

4. Speed of Sound

5. Midnite in China

6. Vorwärts, All Right!

7. True as Steel

8. Lady in a Rock & Roll Hell

9. Love Song

10. Igloo on the Moon (Reckless)

11. T.O.L.

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

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Totally jams!
Hovers between 4 and 3 stars.
Warlock - 'True As Steel' (Polygram Int'l)
Rightfully "true" as steel from front to back
Warlock's Best Album

True as Steel
Warlock
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Triumph & Agony
Burning the Witches
Hellbound
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Doro

ASIN: B0000075Z1
Release Date: 1986-08-20

Tracks:

Mr. Gold
Fight For Rock
Love In The Danger Zone
Speed Of Sound
Midnite In China
Vorwarts, All Right!
True As Steel
Lady In A Rock 'N' Roll Hell
Love Song
Igloo On The Moon (Reckless)
T.O.L.

Customer Reviews:

Totally jams!.......2006-05-23

Wore this out on tape, finally broke down and got the CD version. Like many, I didn't hear much of Warlock until "Triumph and Agony" came out. Decided to give the previous release "True as Steel" a try, and glad I did. It has become one of my favorite heavy metal albums, there's not a bad tune on here, Dora's voice is simply amazing and can be put up there with best. But I'd say its the perfect timed guitar work that hooks me. I prefer this release over T and A, it just doesn't let up from opening with Mr. Gold and ending with the instrumental on T.O.L., you won't be dissappointed. One hint though, listen to it LOUD, it begs for it.

Hovers between 4 and 3 stars........2006-05-17

Yep, this album was a change in direction for Warlock. Not a humungous leap - it's not like they started sounding like Rick Astley or some German ankle slapping folk band. But it was a change. Change in musical style to something more melodic and less squared off, less riff dependant, changes to the voice of Doro who was maturing as not just a singer but a more showy, theatrical ring master of proceedings. And changes in hair style too. Gone are the forbidding leather get ups and in with spiky hair and more skin on display from all around.

The year was 1986 and Warlocks True As Steel came slashing out of speakers all over the place with tunes such as;

Mr Gold - somewhat formulaic lyric wise but this set out the new Warlock strategy of more conventional hard rock wattage rather than metal.

Fight For Rock - another cringe inducing set of lyrics but hey, the thing holds together somehow anyway and sure got repeated listens in my car stereo.

Love In the Danger Zone - Doro really seems to have a way with ballads, she's been quoted in Classic Rock magazine as thinking metal bands have the best ballads anyway and who am I to argue. This certainly isn't a bad one.

Speed of Sound - probably the most metal track here, stripped basics and a touch reminiscent of Accept and that is good thing. This tune really races to the finish line.

Midnite in China - A similar track here to the previous one, a little more space in the arrangements though.

Vorwarts, All Right - OK I admit I've no idea what this title means. All I know is that it's an example of how huge, shouted choruses were becoming a part of the Warlock canon.

True As Steel - what can you say. Title track, anthemic stadium rocker par excellence. A staple of the bands career and it's perhaps their most successful track ever.

Lady In A Rock 'n' Roll Hell - slightly lower standard here, but following the former track that was perhaps always going to happen. Not something that got repeated listens on my stereo.

Love Song - Some may love it, others hate it. Listen to the sample and make up your own mind.

Igloo on the Moon (Reckless) - Not that awesome a track. The music was strong but for some reason this track just doesn't grab the listener as much.

T.O.L - another tune where the reader of this review is perhaps better served listening to the sample.

Overall this was a huge coming of age for this band. Depending on my mood this release, with it's more sparkly production, smoother harmonies and melodies and more mainstream approach is a disc that I pass over. Other times it gets thrown on so I can listen to the highlights all over again. I always equate this as the stepping stone to Triumph and Agony, which is where anybody new to this band should start from.

Warlock - 'True As Steel' (Polygram Int'l).......2005-07-21

Originally released in 1986,this was Warlock's third out of four albums.Even though this metal outfit had good songs,a dymanic gorgeous front woman,Doro and a tight band,Warlock never did get their due,like fellow German heavy hitters the Scorpions and Accept.Tracks on this CD reissue that never grow old are "Fight For Rock","Speed Of Sound","Lady In A Rock&Roll Hell" the title cut "True As Steel"(love the video)and "Igloo On The Moon".Simply a great '80's metal classic.Line-up:Doro Pesch-vocals,Peter Szigel&Rudy Graf-guitars,Frank Rittel-bass and Michael Eurich-drums.Should appeal to some fans of Vixen,Loudness,Kix and possibly Lita Ford.

Rightfully "true" as steel from front to back.......2005-02-28

True As Steel(1986). Warlock's third studio album.

At the dawn of the 80s, many heavy metal bands hailed from all over the place in order to make their sound heard. Germany was a great music spot as well as England and the United States. From there came bands like the Scorpions, Accept, and Warlock, all showing the world how heavy metal should be done. The Scorpions had much experience under their belt and ended up being one of the most successful metal bands to date, managing to survive the grunge rock wave of the early 90s. Accept were underrated amongst all the NWOBHM bands, yet they managed to churn out classic album after classic album up until their official break-up sometime in the 90s.

Warlock were a really special case at that time because they were a fully-fledged heavy metal band with a female-fronting vocalist, something that wasn't very common at all, considering how many female fronted bands favored a pop music sheen at the time. Warlock beautifully demonstrated Doro Pesche's unbridled power on both Burning The Witches(1984) and Hellbound(1985), their first and second albums respectively. Backing her up were guitarists Rudy Graf and Peter Szigeti, bassist Frank Rittel, and drummer Michael Eurich, all competent metal musicians in their own right. 1986 saw the band move into slightly more melodic musical landscapes, yet they still retained their edge that previous albums displayed. Although it didn't get as much warm reception as the band wanted it to, TAS may well be Warlock's masterpiece and one of the best albums to come out of the mid 80s (Yes, it's even a little bit better than the follow-up Triumph & Agony(1987) which is still excellent).

I don't know exactly what it is about this album, but I can't remember the last time I repeatedly played a hard-rock album over and over again and not grow tired of it. Seriously, I must've played TAS 10 times in a row on the day I bought it! It's seen countless replays since then and to this day I still do not ever become bored of its hard rocking sensibilities and unique melodic atmosphere. Of course, taken at face value it does sound like a lot of other hard rock coming out at the time, but there's something about TAS that I can't quite pinpoint which separates this one from others. It's very underrated and perhaps one of the most forgotten gems of 1986, but in my eyes it is clearly a masterpiece that all fans of this genre need to hear. It's a real shame that TAS didn't receive a better reception than it did, because I'm sure that if it had seen some exposure in the States, it would be right up there with their successful follow-up album.

TAS is Warlock's lengthiest studio album clocking in at eleven tracks, yet they fly by in no time at all. From the majestic anthems of the title track and the speed metal of 'Speed Of Sound' to the epic feel of 'Midnight In China' and the excellent balladry of 'Love Song', there is plenty of variety to be found here. Although I guess you could say that 'Reckless(Igloo On The Moon)' is the closest thing to filler on the disc, it's still a good song, and I did not find a single weak track in the mix. My absolute favorites are the aforementioned 'Midnight In China' and the title track, plus also the soaring opener 'Mr. Gold' and mid-paced mayhem of 'Fight For Rock'. 'Love In The Danger Zone' is slower and gloomy, whereas 'Vorwarts Alright!' and 'Lady In A Rock And Roll Hell' are more power-steady numbers that would fit well played in a large arena. I believe that 'T.O.L.' is the only instrumental the band has ever done, and it's a fine way to close the album. This release's only downside comes from the fact that Warlock has never been a gold-mine when it comes to lyrics, but when it comes to power arena-metal melody music like this, lyrics don't really matter.

Warlock didn't last very long, but they managed to put out 4 hard-hitting classics in their short time span, with TAS being the best of the bunch. The line-up faltered after this album's extensive touring, replacing Szigeti and Rittel with two American musicians, and relocating to the US where T&A was produced. Once Warlock ended, Doro managed to gain a successful solo career in Germany that's still going strong to this date. Other members like Szigeti and Rittel moved onto former Accept Frontman Udo Dirkshneider's solo band U.D.O., whereas Eurich moved onto the hard rock German band Cassanova.

Replayability: Very High. I'll break this one out from time to time, no matter what mood I'm in.

Overall, it's safe to say that if you like Warlock's other releases you should feel right at home with TAS. In fact, any one who is into the mid-80s hard rock/metal scene should find something to like off of here. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Other Recommendations:
-Any of Warlock's other studio albums (ALL are great)
-'Force Majure' and 'Doro' (both are the closest sounding to the former band Warlock.
-'Defenders Of The Faith' by Judas Priest and 'Rage For Order' by Queensryche (not the same as TAS, but both have a unique feel to them much like TAS does)
-Anything by Lita Ford or Vixen (both female/female fronted hardrock bands)

Warlock's Best Album.......2004-05-13

This album is rock solid! Many people think Triumph and Agony is their best but I don't agree. This album is full of great songs like Mr. Gold, Fight For Rock, Love In The Danger Zone, Lady In A Rock And Roll Hell, and Love Song. The only song I don't really care for is Speed Of Sound. Most fans probably were exposed to Warlock/Doro through Triumph And Agony so this album often gets overlooked. But True As Steel has that classic German melodic metal sound as well as good songs. The guitar riffs crunch and Doro's vocals are full of emotion. Check it out if you don't have it already!

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The best? I think not.
can't understand the words

The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

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The Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures
Topsy-Turvy - The Music of Gilbert & Sullivan: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Gilbert & Sullivan Favourites

ASIN: B00004W5AD
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

H.M.S. Pinafore: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Owen Edwards
H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs - Janine Roebuck
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Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither - Yvonne Patrick/Madeliene Mitchell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment - Richard Suart/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar - Richard Suart
Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament! - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rul'd The Waves - Lawrence Richard/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Iolanthe: Finale Act Two: Soon As We May - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Pryce-Jones
The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One - Marilyn Hill Smith/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model - Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bares His Steel - Simon Masterton Smith/Marilyn Hill Smith/Patricia Cameron/Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte...
The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread - Gareth Jones/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Roberts/Deborah Rees/Thora Ker/Malcom Rivers
The Mikado: On A Tree By A River - Eric Roberts
Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Patience: If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved - Simon Butteriss
Patience: If You're Anxious For To Shine - Simon Butteriss
The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke
The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore - Richard Suart/Jill Pert/Elizabeth Woollett/Philip Casey
The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - David Fieldsend
The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr

Customer Reviews:

The best? I think not........2004-01-11

This disc includes some songs that, while I like them, are not what people might consider the "best" of G&S. Of course, anything by G&S is good, it's still not the "best of the best."

There has got to be something that better represents the G&S canon.

can't understand the words.......2004-01-08

Don't know about those other reviewers, but I just can't make out very much of the lyrics. Maybe those folk have better CD players or better hearing, but it's pretty much a blur to me. I strongly recommend "The Ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan" instead.

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Good bargain.

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ASIN: B000068ZTB
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding [From Trial by Jury]
Judge's Song [From Trial by Jury]
We Sail the Ocean Blue..... Buttercup's Song [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
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How Beautifully Blue the Sky [From the Pirates of Penzance]
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General [From the Pirates of ...]
When the Foeman Bears His Steel [From the Pirates of Penzance]
When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold [From the Pirates of Penzance]
Ah! Leave Me Not to Pine Alone [From the Pirates of Penzance]
Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One [From the Pirates of Penzance]
With Catlike Tread [From the Pirates of Penzance]
March and Entry of the Peers [From Iolanthe]
Law Is the True Embodiment [From Iolanthe]
When I Went to the Bar [From Iolanthe]
When All Night Long [From Iolanthe]
When Britain Really Ruled the Waves [From Iolanthe]
Oh Foolish Fay [From "Iolanthe"]
Nightmare Song [From Iolanthe]
If You Go In [From Iolanthe]
Finale: Soon as We May [From Iolanthe]

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If You Want to Know Who We Are.... a Wandering Minstrel I [From ...]
Our Great Mikado [From the Mikado]
Behold the Lord High Executioner [From the Mikado]
I've Got a Little List [From the Mikado]
Three Little Maids from School [From the Mikado]
Braid the Raven Hair [From the Mikado]
Sun Whose Rays [From the Mikado]
Here's a How-De-Do [From the Mikado]
More Humane Mikado [From the Mikado]
Flowers That Bloom in the Spring [From the Mikado]
Tit Willow [From the Mikado]
There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast [From the Mikado]
Is Life a Boon? [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
Where I Thy Bride [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
Hereupon We're Both Agreed [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
Strange Adventure [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
When a Wooer Goes a Wooing [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
For the Merriest Fellows Are We [From the Gondoliers]
We're Called Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]
From the Sunny Spanish Shore [From the Gondoliers]
In Enterprise of Martial Kind [From the Gondoliers]
I Stole the Prince [From the Gondoliers]
When a Merry Maiden Marries [From the Gondoliers]
Regular, Royal Queen [From the Gondoliers]
Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes [From the Gondoliers]
There Lived a King [From the Gondoliers]
In a Contemplative Fashion [From the Gondoliers]
Small Titles and Orders [From the Gondoliers]
I Am a Courtier Grave and Serious [From the Gondoliers]
Finale: Once More Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]

Customer Reviews:

Good bargain........2004-08-25

The performances are good--this is the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, after all--and you get 2 full CDs, with 2 selections from "Trial by Jury", 5 from "HMS Pinafore", 9 from "The Pirates of Penzance", 9 from "Iolanthe", 12 from "The Mikado", 6 from "The Yeomen of the Guard", and 13 from "The Gondoliers". The booklet is a bit skimpy, and only lists recording dates for the first CD (1929-1949). But the sound is good, and the music is great, and at this price it's a great "greatest hits" collection.

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The best ever version
The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!
The Definitive Recording

Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience
Philip Potter , Kenneth Sandford , Mary Sansom , Jennifer Toye , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Overture
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: Still brooding on their mad infatuation
Act One: I cannot tell what this love may be
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: The soldiers of our Queen
Act One: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
Act One: In a doleful train two & two we walk all day
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: When I first put this uniform on
Act One: Am I alone & unobserved?
Act One: If you're anxious for to shine
Act One: Long years ago-fourteen, maybe
Act One: Prithee, pretty maiden-prithee
Act One: Though to marry you
Act One: Let the merry cymbals sound
Act One: Now tell us, we pray you
Act One: Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
Act One: Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
Act One: Your maidens hearts, ah, do steel

Tracks:

Act One: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
Act One: We've been thrown over, we're aware
Act One: And are you going a ticket to buy?
Act One: Hold! Stay your hand!
Act One: True love must single-hearted be
Act One: I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
Act One: But who is this, whose god-like grace
Act One: List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
Act Two: On such eyes as maidens cherish
Act Two: Sad is a woman's lot who, year by year
Act Two: Silvered is the raven hair
Act Two: Turn, oh turn in this direction
Act Two: A magnet hung in a hardware shop
Act Two: Love is a plaintive song
Act Two: So go to him & say to him
Act Two: It's clear that the mediaeval art
Act Two: If Saphir I choose to marry
Act Two: When I go out of the door
Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House young man
Act Two: After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Customer Reviews:

The best ever version.......2002-06-07

The wonderful cast transports you to the realms of Gilbert and Sullivan, to make you feel that you are experiencing a first night in 1881! John Reed, as Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet is superb, camp, subversive and a complete fraud. If anyone is not aware, the story of the opera is based upon the idiosyncracies of the Aesthetic movement in England of the 1880's and Gilbert used the public parodies of his friend Oscar Wilde as his major source. The rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra , under the long experienced 'Goddie' are superlative and make for one of the finest line-ups in D'Oyly Carte history. Revel and enjoy, for this is quite the best.

The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!.......1999-04-13

My wish had always been to see John Reed and the D'Oyly Carte Company in a performance of Patience. My mother had done so, remarking that, 'You'd need patience to watch it', she was coloured in her opinion, since she wanted to see 'The Mikado', but had gotten the wrong tickets! The recording, made in 1961, is superb in every detail. You are with the cast, on stage, in the auditorium, it is such a 'live' performance. The dialogue is delivered exquisitely, whilst the singing is uniformerly of the highest standard. I recently portrayed 'Bunthorne' and throughout my performances, I felt that I was continuing the legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan. All the past history of performers were there. I feel that Patience is a magical Savoy Opera. Do not miss the opportunity to own such a definitive performance. Maybe the subject of the 'Art Nouveau' periodof Victorian England is dated, but as one critic has already stated, every generation 'throws up' its poseures, to be knocked. 'Ah, me! lack aday!' BUY IT!

The Definitive Recording.......1998-12-09

For those who prefer the traditional Savoyard renderings of the G&S canon, this is far and away the best recording of this parody of the cult of celebrity. John Reed leads the cast as a delightful Bunthorne, and the recording contains all of the opera's dialogue. "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Pirates of Penzance" may be better known, but "Patience" is deserving of a wider audience.