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Disc 1
Overture
If you want to know who we are
Recitative: Gentlemen, I pray you
A wandering minstrel I
Our great Mikado, virtuous man
Young man, despair
Recitative: And I have journeyed for a month
Behold the Lord High Executioner! / Taken from the county jail
As some day it may happen
Comes a train of little ladies
Three little maids from school
So please you, Sir, we much regret
Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
I am so proud
Finale - Act 1
Disc 2
Braid the raven hair
The sun whose rays are all ablaze
Brightly dawns our wedding day
Here's a how-de-do!
Miya Sama (March of the Mikado's Troops)
From every kind of man
A more humane Mikado / My object all sublime
The criminal cried as he dropped him down
See how the fates their gifts allot
The flowers that bloom in the Spring,
Alone and yet alive / Hearts do nor break
On a tree by a river (Williw titwillow)
There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
Finale - Act 2 - Ko-Ko's Garden
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
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After listening to many recordings of The Mikado, this particular one did `Leave you with feelings of pleasure` to quote WS Gilbert.Balance twixt orchestra, chorus and soloists is finely honed; tempo good, diction superb.Minus the dialogue was no problem,and this recording with several of the wellknownD`Oyly Carte soloists romped merrily on it`s way. Incredible to think this was recorded in 1950. A wonderful trip down Memory Lane, and a recording to be listened to when your spirits need lifting.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This recording from 1973 was made to celebrate 21 years of John Reed in the company. Musically it is conducted with flair and some enlightening passages. Roysten Nash produces subtle elements of Sullivan's score. The principals without exception are all past their prime and cannot match the later Telemarc version. To find the best Mikado, try and find the 1957 recording with Donald adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh and Peter Pratt, it can be found!! brilliantly refurbished onto CD. That is and was D'Oyly Carte at their best. There is also the 1957 Pirates available! Happy hunting.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By E. Evans
Format:Audio CD
A late D'Oyly Carte recording. Lacklustre. Even John Reed sounds past it (he's still alive - what mst he sound like now?). Avoid this and buy the single-disc Mackerras version, even though it is no longer cheaper than this two-disc version. Only buy this one if you can't stand to miss the ovwerture, the third verse of the "Little List" song and a repeat in the Act I finale.
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A dismal how-de-do
The impression I get from this recording is the audio is drier than other reviewers find it and the performance routine. Read more
Published 4 months ago by mike the wizard
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Not as bad as some reviews suggest - in fact quite good!
I think some of the reviews for this album have been a bit unkind. Sure, there are better recordings available than this 1950 production. Read more
Published 4 months ago by GC
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The most "apt" existing recording for the piece
I am absolutely convinced that this recording is really undeservedly overlooked by many experts of the piece. Read more
Published 8 months ago by frankfisher
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The Mikado
I purchased this item as I will be doing this show in the October and wanted to get an Idea of the music, I have never done this show before and as with most people new the usual... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Shazsongbird
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Caution
The other reviewers have suggested this is a magnificent performance spoiled by poor remastering. I would like to add a cautionary note as far as the performance is concerned. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2010 by Bob Smith
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Awesome performance - lousy sound from Naxos
OK, I gotta tell you I went ahead and clicked 'complete order' despite all the warnings from people who (in truth) I assumed were probably audiophiles ... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2004 by S. D. Nunn
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Careful
Unlike most of the other Decca recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan, this one does NOT include the dialogue. Read more
Published on 5 July 2004
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It's got Valerie Masterston in great audio sound
Having sought hard over the years, there's no one recording that fully satisfies. The 1962 film on DVD has the fabulous Philip Potter and Valerie, and the best Katisha, but MONO. Read more
Published on 1 May 2004 by T. Coulton
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK if you only want the songs
This recording, which was released on cassette in 1973, suffers like some others in the series from having the dialogue omitted - a fact discernable to the prospective purchaser... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2004 by A. R. Pearmain
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Stellar performance, horrible remastering
The performance is magnificent but the remastering is awful. I didn't think the Decca records could be made to sound so flat and lifeless. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2002 by Squid Flarkingdale
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