Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard

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Artist
Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert, Sylvia McNair, Jean Rigby, Kurt Streit, Thomas Allen, Bryn Terfel, Academy, Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Label
Philips Classics
Released
1998

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard

1998 · Music · Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert, Sylvia McNair, Jean Rigby, Kurt Streit, Thomas Allen, Bryn Terfel, Academy, Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

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Sir Thomas Allen

Tracklist

  1. Overture
  2. Act I: No. 1 Introduction: “When maiden loves”
  3. Act I: No. 1 Introduction: “Mistress Meryl!”
  4. Act I: No. 2 Double Chorus: “Tower warders under orders”
  5. Act I: No. 2 Double Chorus: “A good day to you”
  6. Act I: No. 3 Song With Chorus: “When our gallant Norman foes”
  7. Act I: No. 3 Song With Chorus: “Father! Has no reprieve arrived”
  8. Act I: No. 4 Trio: “Atlas! I waver to and fro”
  9. Act I: No. 4 Trio: “Nay, lass, be of good cheer”
  10. Act I: No. 4 Trio: “Nay, pretty pne” / Act I: No. 5 Ballad: “Is life a boon?”
  11. Act I: No. 5 Ballad: “And now, Sir Richard”
  12. Act I: No. 6 Chorus: “Here’s a man of jollity”
  13. Act I: No. 7 Duet: “I have a song to sing, oh!”
  14. Act I: No. 7 Duet: “Well sung and well danced!”
  15. Act I: No. 8 Trio: “How say you, maiden”
  16. Act I: No. 8 Trio: “And so, good fellow” / Act I: No. 9 Recitative and Song: “I’ve jive and joke”
  17. Act I: No. 9 Recitative and Song: “But I trust you are very careful”
  18. Act I: No. 10 Recitative and Song: “’Tis done! I am a bride!”
  19. Act I: No. 10 Recitative and Song: “’Tis an odd freak”
  20. Act I: No. 10 Recitative and Song: “Oh, how I would love thee!” / Act I: No. 11 Song: “Were I thy bride”
  21. Act I: No. 11 Song: “The deed is, so far, safely accomplished”
  22. Act I: No. 12 Finale: “Oh, Sergeant Meryll” / Recitative: “Ye Tower Warders” / Recitative: “Leonard Meryll!” / Recitative: “Forebear, my friends” / Couplets: “Didst thou not” / Recitative: “Leonard!” / Trio: “To thy fraternal care” / Chorus: “The prisoner comes” / “My lord! My lord!” / Trio: “As escort for the prisoner” / Trio: “Astounding news!”
  23. Act II: No. 1 Chorus and Solo: “Night has spread her pall once more”
  24. Act II: No. 1 Chorus and Solo: “The merry jests of Hugh Ambrose”
  25. Act II: No. 2 Song: “Oh! A private buffoon”
  26. Act II: No. 2 Song: “And so thou wouldst be a jester, eh?”
  27. Act II: No. 3 Duet: “Hereupon we’re both agreed”
  28. Act II: No. 3 Duet: “Two days gone”
  29. Act II: No. 4 Ballad: “Free from his fetters grim”
  30. Act II: No. 4 Ballad: “Well, Sergeant Meryll”