SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (D'Oyly Carte) (1948)


Arthur Sullivan

H.M.S. Pinafore

Green, Martyn, baritone
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Fancourt, Darrell, bass-baritone
Walker, Richard, bass
Flynn, Radley, bass
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Gillingham, Joan, mezzo-soprano
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
New Promenade Orchestra
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor


Act I: Overture 04:18
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: We sail the ocean blue (Chorus) 02:24



Act I: Hail, Men - O' - Wars men - I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup) 01:48
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: But tell me - The nightingale sighed for the moon's bright ray (Buttercup, Ralph, Crew) 02:34
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: A maiden fair to see (Ralph) 01:52
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: My gallant crew, good morning - I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain, Crew) 02:14
Rands, Leslie, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Sir, you are sad (Buttercup, Captain) 01:26
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Sorry her lot who loves too well (Josephine) 03:06
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Over the bright sea - Sir Joseph's barge is seen (Chorus) 01:19
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Gaily Tripping (Sir Joseph's female relatives) 01:29
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Now give three cheers - I am the monarch of the sea (Sir Joseph, Relatives) 01:33
Green, Martyn, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: When I was a lad (Sir Joseph, Chorus) 02:56
Green, Martyn, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: For I hold that on the seas (Sir Joseph, Hebe, Chorus) 00:36
Green, Martyn, baritone
Gillingham, Joan, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: A British Tar (Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter's mate, Chorus) 01:52
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Refrain, audacious tar (Josepine, Ralph) 03:01
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act I: Finale (Company) 08:49
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Interlude (Captain) 01:17
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Fair moon, to thee I sing (Captain) 02:10
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Things are seldom what they seem (Buttercup, Captain) 02:26
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: The hours creep on apace (Josephine) 01:37
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: A simple sailor lowly born (Josephine) 02:56
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Never mind the why and wherefore (Sir Joseph, Captain, Josephine) 02:35
Green, Martyn, baritone
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Harding, Muriel, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Kind captain, I've important information (Dick Deadeye, Captain) 02:18
Fancourt, Darrell, bass-baritone
Rands, Leslie, baritone
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Carefully on tiptoe stealing (Ensemble) 01:40
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Pretty daughter of mine - He is an Englishman (Captain, Crew, Ralph) 05:18
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Rands, Leslie, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Farewell my own (Ralph, Josephine, Sir Joseph, Boatswain, Dick Deadeye, Hebe, Buttercup, Boatswain's mate) 01:51
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Gillingham, Joan, mezzo-soprano
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: My pain and my distress - A many years ago (Sir Joseph, Buttercup) 02:26
Green, Martyn, baritone
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra



Act II: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen - Finale (Josephine, Hebe, Ralph, Dick Deadeye, Company) 02:49
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Gillingham, Joan, mezzo-soprano
Harding, Muriel, soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
New Promenade Orchestra


Total Playing Time: 01:10:40