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Topsy Turvy [Soundtrack]

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Product details

  • Audio CD (31 Jan 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Sony Classics
  • ASIN: B0000365G7
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 218,438 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

1. Behold The Lord High Executioner
2. Overture
3. Three Little Maids From School Are We
4. Overture
5. If You Give Me Your Attention
6. Paris Galop
7. Mi Ya Sa Ma And A More Humane Mikado
8. But Soft.../Why Where Be Oi
9. Alone
10. Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down
11. Overture
12. Wand'ring Minstrel
13. Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
14. End Titles
15. Incantation
16. Fitting
17. Lost Chord
18. Finale

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Mike Leigh bravely decided to use actors who could sing (rather than vice-versa) in his film Topsy-Turvy, which is about the genesis of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado. On celluloid, his bravery is well repaid, for there is always something pleasing about hearing real, rather than dubbed, voices, and in watching "real" performances. (And Allun Corduner, who plays Sullivan, is also a pretty impressive pianist and a joy to watch.) On disc, the case is altered slightly, because this recording is up against some fantastic G&S albums made by singers who possess (to put it bluntly) much better voices. However, the selection of material is interesting and doesn't always present the obvious G&S showstoppers, and Carl Davis has woven the whole project together with nifty splicings and cross-borrowings from all the operas. The album retains much of the charm of the film and though there may be better G&S recordings, this is still an excellent memento. --Warwick Thompson

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4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable CD and fine companion to a great movie., 9 Jan 2009
By N. Thompson "Beaker" (Hull, England) - See all my reviews
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I loved the film and this CD has been an enjoyable purchase. However, if your a big fan of Gilbert and Sullivans "Mikado" then the singing might not be up to the standard of your usual opera. Dont get me wrong, I think the singing is excellent but you have to remember that the songs are sung by modern actors playing artists from the mid-1800's, but not real Opera singers themselves. With this in mind the actors performing turn in excellent performances.

If you are like me in that you are fairly unfamiliar with Opera but liked the 'Topsy Turvy' the film, then this CD is a very good buy.
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