Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta)

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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Valerie Masterson; Owen Brannigan; John Reed / Royal Philharmonic Orch. / Isadore Godfrey

[ Decca Records / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 April 2003

"The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence."
(Penguin Guide)

Major General Stanley's daughters eventually marry an unusual band of Pirates in one of the most popular and tuneful of all Gilbert & Sullivan works which includes I am The Very Model of a Modern Major General, Poor Wandering One and A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One.
This recording includes the complete dialogue.

"The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence.
[Isisdore] Godfrey's conducting is as affectionate as ever, more lyrical here, without loosing the rhythmic buoyancy; one can hear him revelling in the many touches of colour in the orchestration which the Royal Philharmonic orchestra present with great sophisticationYValerie Masterson is an excellent Mabel but perhaps the greatest joy of this set is Owen Brannigan's Sergeant of Police, a part this artist was surely born to play."
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD