The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Vintage
soloists / Isidore Godfrey / The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
H.M.S. Pinafore
(Rec.1949)
1. I’m Called Little Buttercup – Ella Halman – 1.23
2. I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore – Leslie Rands – 2.17
3. When I Was A Lad – Martyn Green – 2.59
4. Never Mind The Why And Wherefore – Muriel Harding, Martyn Green, Leslie Rands 2:38
5. He Is An Englishman – Richard Walker 1:41
Iolanthe (Rec. 1951)
6. When All Night Long – Fisher Morgan 3:59
7. Nightmare Song – Martyn Green 3:45
8. If You Go In – Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Eric Thornton 2:27
The Mikado (Rec.1950)
9. A Wandering Minstrel, I – Leonard Osborn and Chorus 4.34
10. I’ve Got A Little List-Martyn Green- 2.05
11. Three Little Maids From School – M. Mitchell, Joan Gillingham Joyce Wright – 1.30
12. The Sun Whose Rays – Margaret Mitchell – 2.37
13. Here’s A How-De-Do – Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn and Martyn Green – 1.10
14. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring – M. Mitchell, J. Gillingham, L. Osborn, M. Green and Richard Watson – 1.24
15. Tit Willow – Martyn Green – 2.30
Ruddigore (Rec. 1950)
16. When The Night Wind Howls – Darrell Fancourt 2:39
17. My Eyes Are Fully Open – Ann Drummond-Grant, Martyn Green, Richard Watson 1:43
The Gondoliers (Rec.1950)
18. We’re Called Gondolieri – Leonard Osborn and Alan Styler – 2.15
19. In Enterprise Of Martial Kind – Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman and Henry Goodier – 1.36
20. When A Merry Maiden Marries – Yvonne Dean – 2.52
21. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes – Leonard Osborn – 3.12
22. In A Contemplative Fashion – M. Harding, Y. Dean, L. Osborn and A. Styler – 2.01
The Pirates Of Penzance (Rec.1949)
23. Poor Wand’ring One – Muriel Harding – 2.36
24. I Am The Very Model Of A Modem Major General Martyn Green – 2.45
25. When The Foeman Bears His Steel -R. Watson, M.Harding, J.Gillingham and M.Green – 4.59
26. A Policeman’s Lot – Richard Watson – 2.09
27. With Catlike Tread – Donald Harris – 2.39
The Yeomen Of The Guard (Rec.1950)
28. When Our Gallant Norman Foes – Ella Halman – 4.22
29. I Have A Song To Sing, O – Muriel Harding, Martyn Green 3:38
30. Hereupon We’re Both Agreed Martyn Green and Richard Watson – 1.35
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Isidore Godfrey, conductor