How to listen to... Gilbert and Sullivan
Tom Service immerses himself in the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan, and finds things are seldom what they seem...
With Derek Clark of Scottish Opera and pianist and composer Richard Sisson.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance, or The slave of duty - comic opera
Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- TER.
- TER CDVIR-8316.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance, or The slave of duty - comic opera
Performer: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- TELARC.
- CD-80353.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado, or The town of Titipu - comic opera
Performer: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.- That's Entertainment.
- TER CDTER1121.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado, or The town of Titipu - comic opera
Performer: Jean Rigby. Performer: Lesley Garrett. Performer: Susan Bullock. Performer: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.- That's Entertainment.
- TER CDTER1121.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado, or The town of Titipu - comic opera
Performer: KPM Brass Band. Performer: Dick Walter.- KPM Music.
- KPM 288 CD.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance, or The slave of duty - comic opera
Performer: Richard Suart. Performer: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Performer: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- TELARC.
- CD-80353.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts K.492
Performer: Ian Wallace. Performer: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Vittorio Gui.- GEMINI.
- 4769422.
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Gioachino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia - opera in 2 acts
Performer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer.- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 82876 884822.
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Tom Lehrer
THE ELEMENTS
Performer: Tom Lehrer.- RHINO.
- R2 79831.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance, or The slave of duty - comic opera
Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. Performer: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
- CDTER 21177.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria - comic opera in 2 acts
Performer: Elsie Morison. Performer: John Cameron. Performer: Marjorie Thomas. Performer: Richard Lewis. Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 0950972.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria - comic opera in 2 acts
Performer: John Cameron. Performer: Richard Lewis. Performer: Glyndebourne Chorus. Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 0950972.
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Arthur Sullivan
Ruddigore, or The witch's curse - comic opera vers. standard
Performer: Glyndebourne Chorus. Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
- 2134592.
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Arthur Sullivan
Ruddigore, or The witch's curse - comic opera vers. standard
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Swedish R S O. Performer: Radiokören. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 477-8091.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen of the guard, or The merryman and his maid - opera
Performer: Elsie Morison. Performer: Glyndebourne Chorus. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 0951072.
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Arthur Sullivan
HMS Pinafore, or The lass that loved a sailor - comic opera in 2 acts
Performer: Scottish Opera Chorus. Performer: Scottish Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Egarr.- LINN.
- CKD 522.
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Arthur Sullivan
Utopia Limited, or The flowers of progress - comic opera
Performer: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Royston Nash.- DECCA.
- 473 6622.
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