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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I agree that this is the definitive recording. Doyly Carte at their very best. I like the quaint dialogue and I think its integral to the performance and fixes the piece in its very Victorian place. For me the high point is Valerie Masterson's brilliant "Poor wand'ring one" - absolute perfection!
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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This set includes the dialogue, which is helpful for keeping track but palls with repeated hearing. The section which relates to a misunderstanding about the words 'orphan' and 'often' is much too laboured for today's audiences and could have been omitted without loss of continuity. However, the cast do the very best that they can with it. The musical side is a total treat and of course Owen Brannigan steals the show as the Sergeant of Police but as he is also in the Sargent version, which is one of this conductor's best sets and--I think--omits the dialogue, it might pay to search this out.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I've owned this recording on vinyl for 30 years & recently acquired it on cd.
G+S can be performed in many ways & the D'Oyly Carte recordings often fall short of the perfection which they ought to achieve - but not in this case. In my opinion, this is the finest D'Oyly Carte performance ever recorded - your chance to hear them at their very best.
Every role is brilliantly performed & (as usual) the chorus is first class. It's almost unfair to elevate any one of them - but I particularly like Philip Potter as Frederic. He is the romantic lead (which could so easily be a bore) but he perfectly captures Frederic as naive & gullible - which is so much part of Gilbert's humour - pricking the bubble of honour & duty. Also, the way the chorus imitate Owen Brannigan's vocal inflection in "When a Felon's not engaged.." (ie "A Policeman's lot").
The dialogue is terrific & we are privileged to have a complete a performance on disc of this calibre. I can see that many people will be irritated by its presence. I myself have taken a copy, leaving out the dialogue, for when I don't want to listen too intently.
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G+S fans will love this!
Ordered this as a present for someone who has been in her local G+S society for many years. They are currently in the middle of rehearsals for their latest production. Read more
Published 7 months ago by TCassie777
Excellent Gibert & Sullivan
If you like Gilbert & Sullivan light opera then look no further than this. Excellent performance from the D'oyly Carte opera Company of the mid 1960's and one of many of Decca's... Read more
Published 8 months ago by David Guyler
Pirates
Bought this cd to rehearse with. i like it - the singing is clear and the spoken dialogue is not unbearably posh!
Published 17 months ago by Lucy
two cds
unfortunately this album is on two cds however i cannot stop listening to it this is not my type of music but i think its brilliant
Published on 5 Jun 2009 by I. Costa
Great Fun
You expect the d'oyly carte to get it right and they certainly do with this production. The inclusion of the dialogue was a bonus as I far as I was concerned and added to the... Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by B. D. Mckay
Lovely
What a lovely change to have a recording with the dialogue. This is the recording I grew up with, on vinyl, and it's nice to have my own copy on cd. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2008 by scruffyerbert
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