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| ARTIST: | Richard Suart, Arthur Sullivan, John Pryce-Jones, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Elizabeth Woollett, Jill Pert, John Rath, Lawrence Richard, Louise Owen |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony |
| TYPE: | British Operetta, Classical, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Iolanthe: Overture, Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither, Iolanthe: Iolanthe! From Thy Dark Exile, Iolanthe: Good Morrow, Good Mother, Iolanthe: Fare Thee Well, Attractive Stranger, Iolanthe: Good Morrow, Good Lover, Iolanthe: None Shall Part Us From Each Other, Iolanthe: Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray, Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment, Iolanthe: My Well-Loved Lord And Guardian Dear, Iolanthe: Nay, Tempt Me Not, Iolanthe: Spurn Not The Nobly Born, Iolanthe: My Lords, It May Not Be!, Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar, Iolanthe: When Darkly Looms The Day, Iolanthe: This Gentlemen Is Seen, Iolanthe: For Riches And Rank I Do Not Long, Iolanthe: The Lady Of My Love Has Caught Me, Iolanthe: Go Away, Madam, Iolanthe: Oh! Chancellor Unwary, Iolanthe: Henceforth, Strephon, Cast Away, Iolanthe: With Strephon For Your Foe, Iolanthe: When All Night Long, Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member of Parliament!, Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rules The Waves, Iolanthe: In Vain To Us Plead, Iolanthe: Oh, Foolish Fay, Iolanthe: Though P'rhaps I May Incur Your Blame, Iolanthe: Love, Unrequited, Robs Me Of My Rest, Iolanthe: If You Go In, Iolanthe: Fold Your Flapping Wings, Iolanthe: If We're Weak Enough To Tarry, Iolanthe: My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet I Kneel, Iolanthe: It May Not Be For So The Fates Decide!, Iolanthe: Soon As We May |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 074645889825 |
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Customer Reviews of Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe
New DOC Iolanthe is best available This is the best recording of my favorite G&S opera ever released. The chorus, particularly, is outstanding and understandable. John Pryce-Jones's tempos are, generally speaking, a good deal faster than Isidore Godfrey's 1960 DOC decisions, and the result is an exciting performance that is refreshing upbeat. Richard Suart's Lord Chancellor cements him, in my mind, as (at least vocally) the best patter man the D'Oyly Carte has ever used.
The inclusion of Strephon's second-act ballad is a nice treat, along with a couple of other smaller musical surprises, like a Phyllis cadenza in the Act I Finale.
There is no dialogue in this recording, which I feel is an advantage, but that is purely a matter of taste.
A Strange Opera; Good Performances Though
The production is fine, the performances are all good, but I find that this opera leaves me a little cold. It is too outlandish (if that is possible). I guess it is what it is; marrying Gilbert's interest in fairy stories with his satire of Parliament. What an odd mind Gilbert must have had to write this libretto.
Like anything else, though, if one loves G&S, this is a good CD to have in the collection; and the patter song in this opera is perhaps the hardest in the entire G&S inventory, finely done by Richard Suart as the Lord Chancellor.
Excellent performances; the score is excellent.
Superb
Who cares that the dialogue is not included? With such a wealth of riches - from the fresh and vibrant conducting of John Pryce-Jones to the admirably disciplined chorus - this is first rate G&S. And for my money its the best that has yet been put on record, the worthy efforts of Mackerras and Telarc not excluded. Jill Pert is a wonderful Queen of the Fairies, Richard Suart continues a fine tradition; all in all its outstanding. Maybe the dialogue might have been a benefit, but with performance standards this high I'm happy with whatever D'Oyly Carte care to dole out!