You Are the Ocean

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1. Mediterranean Joy
2. Lone Seagull
3. Golden Beach
4. Peaceful Review
5. Low Tide
6. Shimmering Horizons

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You Are the Ocean

You Are the Ocean
The Ultimate Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Well worth the price
  • Not Exactly "The Ultimate" Collection...
  • Where's the chicks?!?!
  • Not quite the ultimate....
  • Great Music - Questionable Selection
 The Ultimate Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
Arthur Sullivan , Isidore Godfrey , Royston Nash , New Symphony Orchestra of London , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Colin Wright , Donald Adams , George Cook , Gillian Knight , Jean Hindmarsh , Jeffrey Skitch , John Ayldon , John Reed , Joyce Wright , Kenneth Sandford , Lyndsie Holland , Owen Brannigan , Pauline Wales , Peggy Ann Jones , Thomas Round , Valerie Masterson , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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ASIN: B000007OU0
Release Date: 1998-06-09

Tracks:

  1. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Shall Sail The Ocean Blue
  2. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup
  3. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Galant Crew, Good Morning
  4. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm The Monarch Of The Sea
  5. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad
  6. H.M.S. Pinafore: Nevermind The Why And Wherefore
  7. H.M.S. Pinafore: Kind Captain, I've Important Information
  8. H.M.S. Pinafore: Carefully On Tip - Toe Stealing
  9. H.M.S. Pinafore: For He Is An Englishman
  10. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major - General
  11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
  12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat Like Tread
  13. The Sorcerer: My Name Is John Wellinton Wells
  14. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
  15. Patience: If You're Anxious To Shine
  16. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are
  17. The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
  18. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner
  19. The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen
  20. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
  21. The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
  22. The Mikado: Here's A How - De - Do!
  23. The Mikado: From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
  24. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did In Japan Exist
  25. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
  26. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
  27. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
  28. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
  29. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Well worth the price.......2006-04-13

I love this CD. No, despite its name it is not the "ultimate" collection, as scarcely could be expected from a single CD. It is heavy on Mikado, as others have stated. It leaves out things I would have included and includes things I would have left out. But the performances are wonderful, traditional and all you expect from G&S. Considering the low price, it is well worth including in your G&S collection ... as PART of your collection. After the disappointment of the godawful Opera World video series (Don't buy it!) this CD is a joy and a relief.

3 out of 5 stars Not Exactly "The Ultimate" Collection..........2004-12-23

It seems that a collection of Gilbert & Sullivan music that has the name "The Ultimate Collection" in its title would boast a wide range of music, but I found the selection disappointing. Half of the tracks are songs from The Mikado, and the other half is divided between five... yes, FIVE other operettas. This means that the representation from each operetta is awfully scant. I would have liked to see less Mikado and more of everything else, and perhaps some highlights from the more obscure operettas (Princess Ida and The Sorcerer, namely).

In addition, while most of the music is very well performed, some of the vocalists either go a bit overboard or, at the very opposite end, seem to lack expression. For example, this Nanki-Poo (in The Mikado) seems to be overly occupied with vibrato. Katisha's voice is annoying, and The Mikado's low voice often seems to lack feeling and humor. The other idiosyncracies, like the very frightening evil laughing during "A More Humane Mikado" and hissing during "Three Little Maids" really bug me.

Then again, I'm new to Gilbert and Sullivan, and was introduced to the music through the Topsy Turvy soundtrack, which has a noticeably less operatic style, and hardly includes "stage noise"... so perhaps all this is the norm. Do listen to the tracks for yourself, though, before you purchase the CD. Personally, I find that the Topsy Turvy soundtrack, while considerably less ecompassing, is much lighthearted and easier listening.

2 out of 5 stars Where's the chicks?!?!.......2003-05-15

It wouldn't be G&S if not for the ladies - so where are they? How could they leave out Mabel's aria - or Josephine's!? The only female aria included on this disc comes from Mikado, which is the least exciting (if G&S could be un-exciting) of the three! Everything else on the recording is great, but I am still quite disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Not quite the ultimate...........2002-03-25

This is a great collection, but unfortunately it doesn't have songs from all the works of G&S. Most notably, there is nothing from the "Yeoman of the Guard". I still reccommed it however as John Reed is wonderful!!

4 out of 5 stars Great Music - Questionable Selection.......2002-02-05

It's an ongoing challenge to find a recording of Gilbert and Sullivan that combines premium musicality and great theatrical performance. This recording is a true gem on both fronts. My only complaint is that for a "Best of" collection, this compilation is Mikado-heavy and scarcely touches on highlights from other masterpieces, particularly The Pirates of Penzance. This would be my favorite G&S CD of all time, of only it included tracks like "When the Foeman Bares his Steel," "Poor Wand'ring One," and "Dry the Glist'ning Tear," but then again, I guess there's no real consensus as to which are Gilbert and Sullivan's best works, and there are too many to fit on one CD.
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B00004W5AD
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

  1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Owen Edwards
  2. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
  3. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
  4. The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs - Janine Roebuck
  5. The Yeomen Of The Guard: Here's A Man Of Jollity - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  6. Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither - Yvonne Patrick/Madeliene Mitchell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  7. Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment - Richard Suart/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  8. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar - Richard Suart
  9. Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament! - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  10. Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rul'd The Waves - Lawrence Richard/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  11. Iolanthe: Finale Act Two: Soon As We May - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  12. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Pryce-Jones
  13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One - Marilyn Hill Smith/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  14. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model - Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  15. 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...
  16. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread - Gareth Jones/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  17. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  18. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Roberts/Deborah Rees/Thora Ker/Malcom Rivers
  19. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River - Eric Roberts
  20. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  21. Patience: If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  22. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved - Simon Butteriss
  23. Patience: If You're Anxious For To Shine - Simon Butteriss
  24. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke
  25. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore - Richard Suart/Jill Pert/Elizabeth Woollett/Philip Casey
  26. The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  27. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - David Fieldsend
  28. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars 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.

1 out of 5 stars 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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ASIN: B000068ZTB
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding [From Trial by Jury]
  2. Judge's Song [From Trial by Jury]
  3. We Sail the Ocean Blue..... Buttercup's Song [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  4. My Gallant Crew... I Am the Captin of the Pinafore [From H. M. S. ...]
  5. When I Was a Lad [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  6. Never Mind the Why and Wherefore [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  7. He Is an Englishman [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  8. Pirate King's Song [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  9. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast? ...Poor Wandering One [From the ...]
  10. How Beautifully Blue the Sky [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  11. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General [From the Pirates of ...]
  12. When the Foeman Bears His Steel [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  13. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  14. Ah! Leave Me Not to Pine Alone [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  15. Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  16. With Catlike Tread [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  17. March and Entry of the Peers [From Iolanthe]
  18. Law Is the True Embodiment [From Iolanthe]
  19. When I Went to the Bar [From Iolanthe]
  20. When All Night Long [From Iolanthe]
  21. When Britain Really Ruled the Waves [From Iolanthe]
  22. Oh Foolish Fay [From "Iolanthe"]
  23. Nightmare Song [From Iolanthe]
  24. If You Go In [From Iolanthe]
  25. Finale: Soon as We May [From Iolanthe]

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars 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.
The Civil War
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Historical Time Capsule
 The Civil War
Douglas Jimerson
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ASIN: B00004SU99
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

  1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
  2. Wait for the Wagon
  3. Clari: Home, Sweet Home
  4. Oh! Susanna
  5. The Bonnie Blue Flag
  6. Do They Miss Me at Home?
  7. Yellow Rose of Texas
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  9. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  10. Aura Lee
  11. Marching Through Georgia
  12. Just Before the Battle, Mother
  13. That's What's the Matter
  14. We are Coming Father Abraham
  15. Gentle Annie
  16. I'll be a Sergeant
  17. Dixie
  18. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
  19. For the Dear Old Flag I Die
  20. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  21. The Battle Cry of Freedom
  22. America
  23. The Bonnie Blue Flag
  24. My Maryland
  25. Yellow Rose of Texas
  26. Woodman, Spare that Tree
  27. Juanita
  28. Green Grow the Lilacs
  29. Lorena
  30. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  31. Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
  32. How Firm a Foundation
  33. Blue Bell of Scotland
  34. Storming of Monterey
  35. Joys that We've Tasted
  36. Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
  37. Drummer Boy of Shiloh
  38. Roll, Alabama, Roll
  39. Weeping, Sad and Lonely
  40. Vaccant Chair
  41. Goober Peas
  42. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
  43. Dixie
  44. Oh! Susanna
  45. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
  46. Old Folks at Home
  47. Camptown Races
  48. Beautiful Dreamer
  49. Nelly Bly
  50. Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
  51. Gentle Annie
  52. Hard Times Come Again No More
  53. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  54. Deep River
  55. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  56. If You've Only Got a Moustache
  57. Old Dog Tray
  58. The Glendy Burk
  59. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
  60. Some Folks
  61. When This Dreadful War Is Ended
  62. Was My Brother In The Battle?
  63. Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
  64. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  65. America
  66. Barbara Allen
  67. Skip to my Lou
  68. Kathleen Mavoureen
  69. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
  70. Old Sister Phoebe
  71. Oh! Susanna
  72. Twenty Years Ago
  73. The Ship on Fire
  74. Silver Bell Waltz
  75. Your Mission
  76. Dixie
  77. Go Down Moses
  78. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
  79. Free at Last
  80. Martha: Ach, so fromm
  81. Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
  82. Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
  83. Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
  84. Hail, Columbia
  85. We are Coming Father Abraham
  86. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
  87. Taps

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.
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  1. Prima Voce: Chaliapin

ASIN: B00006RHPA
Release Date: 2003-01-21

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Chaliapin, the great Russian singer actor. .......2004-08-23

Born in the same year as Caruso and attracting the wild acclaim that used to be accorded to opera singers, Feodor Chaliapin is now featured in the Naxos "Great Singers" series. A selection of his acoustic recordings (1902-1924) occupy the first CD and a selection of his electric recordings (1926-1936), and in charge of restoration is Ward Marston.

Like Caruso, Chaliapin had a huge voice that nevertheless proved eminently compatible with acoustic recording processes. Indeed, collectors need not be deterred by the age of many of these recordings. Some of the very best items, whether opera or song, fall into the acoustic group. The 1911 recordings of Rubinstein's "Demon" excerpts, which I heard a few times many years ago and have never forgotten, are amongst the best of all in this entire selection.

Also like Caruso, Chaliapin's recording career owed much to producer Fred Gaisberg who, in his autobiography, allotted a whole chapter to this great singer. In recent times, eminent critic John Steane has named Chaliapin as one of the two or three great singer actors of the C20th. Gaisberg was responsible for recording the Prayer and Death of Boris during an actual performance of "Boris Godunov" at Covent Garden in 1928. Perhaps this best indicates Chaliapin's work as singer and actor. Another successful item here is the `Le veau d'or' from "Faust", which one critic has judged ideal for showing Chaliapin's special magnetism.

The notes provide an informative survey of Chaliapin's recording output. One error is the attributing some of the orchestral support in the recordings from the 1920s to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and orchestra which was founded by Beecham in 1932.

5 out of 5 stars A Chaliapin feast.......2003-02-14

It's nice of Naxos to collect in one place some of the most representative recordings of the great Russian basso, Fyodor Chaliapin. This is a 2CD set; the first CD is from the acoustic era of recording, the second from the electrical era. Not only are the expected arias and songs from the Russian literature represented, but also there are more than a few Italian/French/German selections.

There are two scenes from 'Boris Godunov': Varlaam's Song and the Farewell and Death of Boris. Three versions of Mussorgsky's 'Song of the Flea', from 1907, 1929 and 1936 (the latter his last recording) are included, all of them marvelous. Other highlights, made all the more effective by Chaliapin's amazing ability to act with the voice, are 'La calunnia' from 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Le veau d'or' from Gounod's 'Faust.' I also liked 'Chanson Bachique' by Glazunov, which I'd never heard before.

The sound is fantastic, the wizardry of Ward Marston who, along with Mark Obert-Thorn, is involved with Naxos's extensive re-issue of treasures from the history of the recorded voice.

If you don't have these selections from previous issues on other labels, you can't go wrong here. And then there's the budget price . . .
Vintage Gilbert & Sullivan
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent ... but ...
 Vintage Gilbert & Sullivan

Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Gilbert & Sullivan Favourites
  2. Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury

ASIN: B000AA5XFW
Release Date: 2005-10-03

Tracks:

  1. A Wand'ring Minstrel 1
  2. Behold The Lord High Executioner
  3. Three Litttle Maids From School
  4. Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
  5. A More Humane Mikado
  6. Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
  7. On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit
  8. There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
  9. When U Good Friends Was Called To The Bar
  10. We Sail The Ocean Blue
  11. I'm Called Little Buttercup
  12. I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
  13. When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
  14. Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
  15. Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing
  16. He Is An Englishman
  17. Oh Better Far To Live And Die
  18. Poor Wand'ring One
  19. I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
  20. Then Fred'ric Let Your Escort, Lion Hearted When The Foeman Bares His Steel
  21. When A Felon's Not Engaged
  22. With Cat-Like Tread
  23. I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
  24. If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
  25. So Go To Him And Say To Him
  26. Loudly Let The Trumper Bray... Bow Ye Lower Middle Classes
  27. Love Unrequited Robs Me Of My Rest.... When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal
  28. If You Go In You're Sure To Win
  29. My Boy You May Take It From Me
  30. When The Night Wind Howls
  31. When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs
  32. When Our Gallant Norman Foes
  33. I Have A Song To Sing, Oh!
  34. Were I Thy Bride
  35. List And Learn
  36. In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
  37. There Was A Time
  38. Do Not Give Way... Then One Of Us
  39. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
  40. Dance A Cachucha

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Excellent ... but ..........2007-02-07

As a vintage G&S listener, I appreciated this collection but I think it would mostly appeal to the specialist-completeist. A newcomer to the genre would do well to get a full operetta DVD. (I prefer the OK BBC performances to the tarted up & modernised Australian ones.)

Old-comers probably already have all these tracks as part of their collection of vintage full operetta recordings.

But don't let my idiosynchratic views deter you if you really like G&S... but not to the extent of buying all the vintage full operetta versions.
Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
    Andr Kostelanetz
    Manufacturer: Collectables
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
    Easy ListeningEasy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00007L8X4
    Release Date: 2003-02-18

    Tracks:

    1. Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
    2. Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
    3. This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
    4. Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
    5. The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
    6. White Christmas
    7. The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
    8. Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
    9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
    10. Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
    11. The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
    12. Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
    13. I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
    14. Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
    15. Make Believe Bill
    16. Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
    17. Fascinatin Rhythm
    18. Mine
    19. The Man I Love
    20. Embraceable You Soon
    21. I Got Rhythm
    22. Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
    23. S Wonderful
    24. Maybe
    25. Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
    26. Embraceable You
    27. Strike Up The Band
    28. Begin The Beguine
    29. All Through The Night
    30. I Concentrate On You
    31. I Love You
    32. Night And Day
    33. In The Still Of The Night
    34. Ive Got You Under My Skin
    35. Blow Gabriel Blow
    36. Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
    37. Hallelujah Time On My Hands
    38. Tea For Two
    39. Carioca
    40. Without A Song
    41. More Than You Know
    42. Orchids In The Moonlight
    43. Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
    44. Through The Years Drums In My Heart
    45. Malaguena
    46. La Cumparsita
    47. Mexicana Medley
    48. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
    49. Siboney
    50. Caminito
    51. Adios
    52. No Taboleiro De Bahiana
    53. The Moon Of Manakoora
    54. Lotus Land
    55. Kashmiri Song
    56. Jamaican Rhumba
    57. Flamingo
    58. Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
    59. Andalucia
    60. Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
    61. Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
    62. Show Boat
    63. South Pacific
    64. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
    65. An American In Paris
    66. Porgy And Bess

    Album Description

    The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.
    The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
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      		The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

      Manufacturer: Angel Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by SullivanAll Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Brannigan, OwenBrannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B00004SSJR
      Release Date: 2002-11-05

      Tracks:

      1. The Mikado: Overture
      2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
      3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
      4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
      5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
      6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
      7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
      8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
      9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
      10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
      11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
      12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
      13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
      14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
      15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
      16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
      17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
      18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
      19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
      20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
      21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
      22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
      23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
      24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
      25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

      Tracks:

      1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
      2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
      3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
      4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
      5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
      6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
      7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
      8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
      9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
      10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
      11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
      12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
      13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
      14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
      15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
      16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
      17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
      18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
      19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
      20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
      21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
      22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

      Tracks:

      1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
      2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
      3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
      4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
      5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
      6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
      7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
      8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
      9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
      10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
      11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
      12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
      13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
      14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
      15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
      16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
      17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
      18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
      19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
      20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
      21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
      22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
      23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
      24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
      Operettas: Greatest Hits
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Good way to get to know Gilbert and Sullivan...
      		 Operettas: Greatest Hits

      Manufacturer: Intersound Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by HerbertAll Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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      Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      London Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000003QX0
      Release Date: 1995-01-17

      Tracks:

      1. Highlights From 'H.M.S. Pinafore': We Sail The Ocean Blue
      2. Highlights From 'H.M.S. Pinafore': I'm Called Little Buttercup
      3. Highlights From 'H.M.S. Pinafore': The Nightingale
      4. A Maiden Fair To See
      5. Highlights From 'H.M.S. Pinafore': When I Was A Lad
      6. Highlights From 'H.M.S. Pinafore': Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
      7. 'Die Fledermaus' ('The Bat'): Overture
      8. 'The Tales Of Hoffmann': Barcarolle
      9. 'The Beautiful Galathea': Overture
      10. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': Pour, Oh Pour The Pirate Sherry
      11. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': When Frederic Was A Little Lad
      12. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': Oh Better Far To Live And Die
      13. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
      14. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': Poor Wandering One
      15. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
      16. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': When The Foeman Bares His Steel
      17. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': Stay, Frederic, Stay
      18. 'The Pirates Of Penzance': With Cat-Like Tread
      19. El Capitan: March

      Tracks:

      1. 'Light Cavalry': Overture
      2. 'The Mikado': A Wand'ring Minstrel, I
      3. 'The Mikado': As Some Day It May Happen
      4. 'The Mikado': Three Little Maids
      5. 'The Mikado': Braid The Raven Hair
      6. 'The Mikado': The Sun, Whose Rays Are Ablaze
      7. 'The Mikado': Here's A How-De-Do
      8. 'The Mikado': A More Humane Mikado
      9. 'The Mikado': Beauty In The Bellow
      10. 'The Mikado': He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
      11. 'Babes In Toyland': March
      12. 'The Gypsy Baron': Overture
      13. 'The Merry Widow': Introduction
      14. 'The Merry Widow': Oh Come, Oh Come, All You Sirens Of The Ball
      15. 'The Merry Widow': Vilya, Oh Vilya
      16. 'The Merry Widow': Kolo Yugoslavian Step-Dance
      17. 'The Merry Widow': I'll Go To Maxime's
      18. 'The Merry Widow': Silence Falls As The Violin Calls
      19. 'Orpheus In The Underworld': Overture

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Good way to get to know Gilbert and Sullivan..........2000-06-21

      Really now, there is way too much Gilbert and Sullivan in this. Many other people wrote operettas too! Well, there is a little Lehar. But there needs to be more! I thought a little Candide by Bernstein should have been in there too. But the Gilbert and Sullivan excerpts are nothing to be ashamed of. They are done well. A little too operatic. And I just know some of these overtures will delight you. Average recording. Average playing. There's my two cents.
      Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • There are better collections available
      • A Must for Savoyards
      • Almost first generation performances to revel in
      		 Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

      Manufacturer: Memoir Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by SullivanAll Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B0000044RQ
      Release Date: 1994-12-08

      Tracks:

      1. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are...A Wandering Minstrel I - Derek Oldham/Radley Flynn
      2. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School - Brenda Bennett/Marjorie Eyre/Elizabeth Nickell-Lean
      3. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do - Brenda Bennett/Derek Oldham/Martyn Green
      4. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Brenda Bennett/Marjorie Eyre/Derek Oldham/Martin Green/Sydney Granville
      5. The Mikado: Tit Willow - Martyn Green
      6. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Is Life A Boon? - Derek Oldham
      7. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Were I Thy Bride - Nellie Briercliffe
      8. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue...I'm Called Little Buttercup - Bertha Lewis
      9. H.M.S. Pinafore: I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore - George Baker
      10. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad - Sir Henry Lytton
      11. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Elsie Griffin/George Baker/Sir Henry Lytton
      12. H.M.S. Pinafore: He Is An Englishman - Sydney Granville
      13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast...Poor Wandering One - Derek Oldham/Muriel Dickson
      14. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General - George Baker
      15. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment - Sydney Granville
      16. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Catlike Tread - Chor And Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      17. Iolanthe: When Britain Really Ruled The Waves - Darrell Fancourt
      18. Iolanthe: If You Go In - Derek Oldham/George Baker/Darrell Fancourt
      19. Trial By Jury: The Judge's Song - Leo Sheffield
      20. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries - Aileen Davies
      21. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - Derek Oldham
      22. The Gondoliers: In A Contemplative Fashion - Winifred Lawson/Aileen Davies/Derek Oldham/George Baker
      23. The Gondoliers: Once More Gondolieri - Chor And Orch/Harry Norris

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars There are better collections available.......2000-08-03

      This is a nice collection of Gilbert and Sullivan work. I would advise however that the sound quality is very poor. I understand that this is an original recording but for the average listener interested in owning a general collection of Gilbert and Sullivan tunes (such as myself) there are better collections available.

      5 out of 5 stars A Must for Savoyards.......2000-03-24

      This nostalgic CD contains recordings of singers who actually rehearsed with Gilbert and Sullivan. The beautiful quality of these voices makes me wish I could have seen these wonderful performers on stage. Since this wish is impossible, this CD is the next best thing.

      5 out of 5 stars Almost first generation performances to revel in.......1999-07-07

      The performances on this selection of G&S are so numerous and varied that it is difficult to 'pin-point' a preference. But, I would have to choose the rendition by Nellie Briercliffe as Phoebe, in 'Were I thy bride'. The sheer character of the part leaps at you combined with a delicious sense of the humour, to make this performance easily the winner. No other rendition of this music has been equalled. The bonus of the Gondoliers and Pirates of Penzance make for a bargain release. My only quibble is the choice of the electric recording of the 1936 Mikado. A better choice would have been the 1926 recording with Sir Henry Lytton as Ko-Ko. The transfers would require some cosmetic choices to 'clean up' the hisses and other background noises, but it would have been far more interesting and in keeping with the 'Best' of Gilbert and Sullivan performances. As for purchasing this release, I whole-heartedly support you in doing so. Have nostalgic fun!

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