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Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company) [Box set] [Extra tracks]

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  • Orchestra: BBC Theatre Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras, George Weldon, Isidore Godfrey, Stanford Robinson
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Audio CD (9 Feb 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 10
  • Format: Box set, Extra tracks
  • Label: Avid
  • ASIN: B0001E5U8C
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,367 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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155 of 155 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More than just a historical curiosity., 31 Aug 2004
By J. J. Rhodes "Jonthan Rhodes" (East Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
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For G&S buffs, this is a first class treat. The D'Oyly Carte 1949-51 'Isadore Godfrey Mono Recordings' skillfuly remastered onto CD - and what a box of delights this turns out to be.

The first thing that strikes you about this is just how good the recordings themselves sound. Undrstandably, where there is heavy bass in the orchestra, they can be a little 'boomy' at times but, considering how relatively primitive recording techniques were in 1950, the overall result of this remaster is nothing short of miraculous.

Preserved here, in doubtless better reproductive condition than when they were originally issued, are performances by some of the great 'legends' of D'Oyly Carte. Martyn Green, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn and Ella Halman all featuring heavily along with others like Peter Pratt and Joyce Wright, who were yet to become great stars with the company.

Of the performances themselves, the main thing that you notice is how 'terribly terribly' correct the English diction is. Most of the time this is of little consequence but just occasionally it intrudes. Muriel Harding's Elsie Maynard in 'Yeoman', for instance, sounds as if she has just stepped out of the hallowed halls of RADA rather than having been on the road as a touring sidekick to a two-bit comic for the past 'whoknowshowmany' years! Incongruous, too, is the use of Ann Drummond-Grant in several roles, including Phoebe Meryll in 'Yeoman', which she never played on stage. Perhaps the fact that she was Mrs Isadore Godfrey at the time had something to do with it!

These, however are but small blemishes in what is otherwise a fascinating twelve hour feast of G&S - a series which shows us just how good many of the stars of yesteryear were. Darrell Fancourt's 'Mikado' is a real collectors item and it is wonderful to hear Alan Styler, a much under-rated and unsung performer at his very best. What a shame he was taken from us at the young age of 45 before the later stereo recordings could make the most of his prodigious talents!

In truth, though, this collection is tribute to the unique talent of Martyn Green. Here is his signature role, Jack Point, in all its pathetic glory, here are those masterful performances of the patter songs, and here is the definitive recording of Bunthorne in 'Patience'- in my opinion, the finest G&S performance of any on record.

This is a collection that will give hours of pleasure to lovers of the Savoy Operas.

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Nostalgia!, 4 May 2008
By Ian H. Thain "IHT" (Oxfordshire, UK.) - See all my reviews
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I agree wholeheartedly with the review by J.J.Rhodes, but feel I should make the point that the whole set is recorded in full glorious MONO! Once you have got over the shock of the sound stage collapsing into a point source however, the music really is delightful, and takes me back to the days when I used to pay 9d to sit up in the gods at the Golders Green Hippodrome to hear the D'Oyly Carte company sing their way through all those charming numbers. This set has a distinctly dated feel about it, and makes one realise just how much performing styles, as well as recording techniques, have changed in half a century (and some of the artists were clearly chosen for their ability to act rather than their ability to sing!). But for all that, I'm glad I bought it. This is authentic G&S in its heyday as it really was, and any musical director of a modern production of one of the Savoy Operas should have this set in his collection.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The 'Forgotten' G and S Recordings., 8 Jan 2009
By Thomas Dewhurst (UK) - See all my reviews
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Overshadowed by the prewar D'Oyly Carte electric recordings and the later stereo records of the late '50s and the '60s, and ignored now by Decca themselves, this nevertheless is a set every G and S fan should own. The transfers are excellent with only the very slightest distortion in a few of the loudest passages with chorus (remember, Avid did not have access to the original tapes) and the included literature is well done. Nine operas, musicaly complete, and some additional material, all cleverly squeezed onto ten CDs at a bargain price. One reservation over the performance of 'Pirates' - it drags! Certainly Isidore Godfrey luxuriates in the first-time freedom of the LP medium throughout this series but this opera is really slow and unexciting. This, coupled with poor Leonard Osborn's obvious voice problem (he actually sounds as if he has a throat infection on this recording) and Muriel Harding's difficulties with the top notes of 'Poor Wandering One', spoil it for me. However there are eight others to enjoy, especially 'Yeomen' with Martyn Green's definitive Jack Point. All told, a must-have!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great nostalgia
What you might expect from a 1950s recording. I wanted the complete works and that is what you get. Great value for money.
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I'm afraid I have to disagree. These disks may be of interest to collectors and afficionados, but for me the quality of the singing is poor overall, particularly in the female... Read more
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