Gilbert And Sullivan | Sorcerer, The | CD

Gilbert and Sullivan's partnership joined W S Gilbert's comic writing with Arthur Sullivan's melodic invention. Their operettas use witty language, memorable tunes and sharply drawn characters to turn social conventions into theatrical comedy, while choruses and ensembles give the stories their musical momentum.

The Sorcerer presents Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta in a recording with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company under Isidore Godfrey. A village celebration and a misguided love potion provide the story's basis, with solos, ensembles and choruses connecting the characters' changing relationships to Sullivan's melodic writing.

Track List

The Sorcerer (First Part)

Disc 1

1. Overture

Act One

1. Ring Forth Ye Bells
2. Constance My Daughter, Why This Strange Depression?
3. Oh, Mother, Do Not Ask!
4. When He Is Here
5. The Air Is Charged With Amatory Numbers
6. Time Was When Love And I Were Well Acquainted
7. Sir Marmaduke - My Dear Young Friend Alexis
8. (Minuet)
9. With Heart And With Voice
10. My Kindly Friends, I Thank You For This Greeting
11. Oh, Happy Young Heart!
12. My Child, I Join In These Congratulations
13. With Heart And With Voice
14. Welcome Joy! Adieu To Sadness
15. All Is Prepared For Sealing And For Signing
16. With Heart And With Voice (Chorus)
17. Love Feeds On Many Kinds Of Food I Know
18. My Name Is John Wellington Wells
19. Sprites Of Earth And Air
20. Now Shrivelled Hags, With Poison Bags
21. Now To The Banquet We Press
22. Be Happy All - The Feast Is Spread Before Ye
23. Eat, Drink And Be Gay
24. Oh Love, True Love, Look Down On Our Sadness
25. Oh Marvellous Illusion!

Act Two (First Part)

1. Introduction
2. 'Tis Twleve, I Think
3. Oi, Why Where Be Oi And What Be Oi A Doing?
4. Dear Friends Take Pity On My Lot
5. Oh Joy! Oh Joy!
6. Thou Hast The Power Thy Vaunted Love To Sanctify
7. I Rejoice That It's Decided
8. Oh I Have Wrought Much Evil With My Spells!
9. Hate Me! I Drop My H's - Have Through Life!
10. At What I Am Going To Say Be Not Enraged
11. Oh Agony, Rage, Despair!
12. Alexis! Doubt me not, my loved one!
13. The Fearful Deed Is Done

Disc 2

1. Oh My Voice Is Sad And Low
2. Oh, Joyous Boon! Oh, Mad Delight
3. Alas! That Lovers Thus Should Meet
4. Prepare For Sad Surprises
5. Or He Or I Must Die
6. So Be It! I Submit! My Fate Is Sealed
7. Oh, My Adored One!
8. Now To The Banquet We Press

Martyn Green's Gilbert & Sullivan

1. I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General
2. When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
3. I've Jibe And Joke
4. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
5. There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
6. As Some Day It May Happen (I've Got A Little List)
7. On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-tit (Willow, Tit-willow)
8. If You Give Me Your Attention
9. Whene'er I Spoke
10. I Have A Song To Sing, O!
11. Am I Alone And Unobserved? ... If You're Anxious For To Shine
12. When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
13. The Law Is The True Embodiment
14. When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar (The Judge's Song)
15. Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light-hearted Loon
16. Love, Unrequited Robs Me Of My Rest...When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache (The Nightmare Song)

Danny Kaye's Gilbert & Sullivan

1. In Enterprise Of Martial Kind (The Duke Of Plaza-Toro)
2. When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment (The Policeman's Son)
3. When First My Old, Old Love I Knew
4. The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (The Moon And I)
5. My Name Is John Wellington Wells
6. When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
7. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache (The Nightmare Song)
8. If You're Anxious For To Shine
9. When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar (The Judge's Song)