Gilbert & Sullivan Edition: D'oyly Carte Opera Co

Sullivan, A: The Gondoliers 1960 recording with dialogue The Grand Duke 1976 recording without dialogue Overture di Ballo March and Graceful Dance from Henry VIII HMS Pinafore 1959 recording with dialogue Iolanthe 1960 recording with dialogue The Mikado 1973 recording without dialogue Patience 1961 without dialogue The Pirates of Penzance 1967 recording with dialogue Princess Ida 1965 recording without dialogue Pineapple Poll 1982 recording Ruddigore 1962 recording without dialogue Cox and Box 1961 recording The Sorcerer 1966 recording without dialogue The Zoo 1977 recording Utopia Limited 1975 recording without dialogue Macbeth Overture recorded 1974 Victoria and Merrie England recorded 1978 Marmion Overture recorded 1976 The Yeomen of the Guard 1964 recording without dialogue Trial by Jury 1963 recording

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Philharmonia Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & Sir Charles Mackerras 29 May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert – the librettist of one of the most famous musical partnerships in music history. Decca’s earliest recordings of G&S with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company were made between 1949 and 1955 in MONO. In 1957, the first in a new series of stereo recordings was initiated with The Pirates of Penzance, culminating in 1966 with The Sorcerer; between 1967 and 1979 a second series of recordings was made.

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