BaL 27.05.17 - Sullivan: The Mikado

[Bryn]

Huh?

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Recommended recording:
Donald Adams (The Mikado), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Nanki-Poo), Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Marie McLaughlin (Yum-Yum), Janice Watson (Peep-Bo), Anne Howells (Pitti-Sing), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Nicholas Folwell (Pish-Tush), Welsh National Opera Chorus, Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

TELARC CD80284 (CD)

[pastoralguy]

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Ah. Got you.

[BBMmk2]

Rather glad that Mackerras's recording was chosen. Will see if it's on Spotify.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Mackerras was an enthusiast of Sullivan's music from an earlier age. I first heard of the conductor via my father's set of 78 rpm discs of Pineapple Poll (with the arranger conducting).

[pastoralguy]

Mackerras was an enthusiast of Sullivan's music from an earlier age. I first heard of the conductor via my father's set of 78 rpm discs of Pineapple Poll (with the arranger conducting).

Sir Charles would often stop by the Queen's Hall bar after a concert with the SCO and was very happy to chat with members of the audience. My then girlfriend was having lessons with the Orchestra's first flute and I was introduced properly to Sir Charles. We had a very happy half hour talking about Janacek!

Great chap.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Sir Charles would often stop by the Queen's Hall bar after a concert with the SCO and was very happy to chat with members of the audience. My then girlfriend was having lessons with the Orchestra's first flute and I was introduced properly to Sir Charles. We had a very happy half hour talking about Janacek!

Great chap.

[Hornspieler]

Mackerras was an enthusiast of Sullivan's music from an earlier age. I first heard of the conductor via my father's set of 78 rpm discs of Pineapple Poll (with the arranger conducting).

I was playing in the first recording of Sullivan's "Lady and the Fool" conducted by Charles Mackerras

[Richard Tarleton]

Apart from being The Defendant in a student performance of Trial by Jury (put on by medical students, not musos!) I have had no further involvement in G&S, but I resolve never to be sniffy about it. I fully accept it is not to everyone's taste, of course.

I was on the jury - in a school production. I can still remember the words to the defendant's and judge's big numbers. I was singing along to "Tit Willow" this morning until Mrs T begged me to stop.

[BBMmk2]

I was on the jury - in a school production. I can still remember the words to the defendant's and judge's big numbers. I was singing along to "Tit Willow" this morning until Mrs T begged me to stop.

As was my wife, as well. It was her tune of the morning!

[Barbirollians]

Mackerras's recording sounded in a league of its own - what a much missed and wonderfully versatile singer Anthony Rolfe Johnson was - his Evangelist in St Matthew Passion is outstanding .

[BBMmk2]

Mackerras's recording sounded in a league of its own - what a much missed and wonderfully versatile singer Anthony Rolfe Johnson was - his Evangelist in St Matthew Passion is outstanding .

Unrivalled, I would sat.

[Nick Armstrong]

Not really my bag, this - never seen Mikado or heard it all the way through (though I'm not of the École de Vinteuil - I do enjoy G&S sometimes, esp Ruddigore and Princess Ida due to sitting through rehearsals as a little boy while my dad directed local amateur productions).

I found it an interesting BAL, though am not tempted by the winners. I'm inclined to download the Sadler's Wells performance though, as thanks to Laurie Watt, I had the privilege of knowing Sandy Faris a little towards the end of his life (he died in 2015 aged 94) - I shall never forget my visits (for professional reasons) to his flat in Primrose Hill, full of musical memorabilia, and his anecdotes. An absolutely charming gent.

EDIT - the download of the Sadler's Wells / Faris recording is very expensive (prestoclassical) - I think I'll content myself with the streamed Qobuz facility.

[BBMmk2]

Not really my bag, this - never seen Mikado or heard it all the way through (though I'm not of the École de Vinteuil - I do enjoy G&S sometimes, esp Ruddigore and Princess Ida due to sitting through rehearsals as a little boy while my dad directed local amateur productions).

I found it an interesting BAL, though am not tempted by the winners. I'm inclined to download the Sadler's Wells performance though, as thanks to Laurie Watt, I had the privilege of knowing Sandy Faris a little towards the end of his life (he died in 2015 aged 94) - I shall never forget my visits (for professional reasons) to his flat in Primrose Hill, full of musical memorabilia, and his anecdotes. An absolutely charming gent.

EDIT - the download of the Sadler's Wells / Faris recording is very expensive (prestoclassical) - I think I'll content myself with the streamed Qobuz facility.

I'll be contented by Spotify Preium. Qobuz looks expensive?

[Alain Maréchal]

My only knowledge derives from the occasional performance at my English school. G&S did not "take". My contribution here is to mention that a friend recently bought copies of scores which had been used by American companies. He found that all the mid-word and terminating letters "r" had been crossed out - presumably a reminder to the singers that they have to clip these sounds to keep up to speed.

[LMcD]

For some reason, the Jonathan Miller 'Mikado' is available as a DVD only in the form of an expensive Region 1 disc, which I couldn't play even if I thought it was worth £30+. Luckily it is available on You Tube, although the quality's not that great.