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Buy Now	Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / WNO · Mackerras (more) »rank: 43256 by: Arthur Sullivan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Marie McLaughlin, Welsh National Opera : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...	Buy Now	Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury (more) »rank: 15946 by: Nicholas Folwell, Arthur Sullivan, Marie McLaughlin, Rebecca Evans, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Mark Ainsley, Alwyn Mellor, Anne Howells, Barry Banks, Eric Garrett, Felicity Palmer, Gareth Rhys Davies, Janice Watson, Julie Gossage, Neill Archer, Pamela Helen Stephen, Peter Savidge, Richard Stuart, Richard Suart, Richard Van Allan, Sir Thomas Allen [baritone], Sir Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...
Buy Now	Peace: Pure Classical Calm (more) »rank: 78530 from: EMI Classics : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...	Buy Now	The Beethoven Symphonies Live from The Edinburgh Festival (more) »rank: 58424 from: Hyperion UK : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...
Buy Now	Beethoven: Folksong Settings (more) »rank: 104021 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...	Buy Now	Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes (more) »rank: 108530 from: Chandos : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...
Buy Now	Britten Conducts Britten: Operas 2 (more) »rank: 104841 from: Decca : :Regarded by G & S fans as the best of the all the operettas, The Mikado is given a sizzling performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who--by leaving off the overture (which isn't by Sullivan anyway)-- manages to squeeze the piece onto one CD. He also shortens the 'list' song since Gilbert's original features a prominent use of the 'N' word, which, not withstanding the fact that he's making fun of people who performed in black-face in the 19th century, isn't worth the trouble it would cause by leaving it in. The singers are real singers; that is, they treat the music with respect ...	Buy Now	Britten: Gloriana (more) »rank: 193525 from: Polygram Records : :From its first performance in 1953, one of the events celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Gloriana sparked a storm of controversy. Critics wondered--very loudly--if this work was 'fit' for the new queen. Instead of glorifying the myth of Elizabeth I in order to glorify the new queen, Britten and his librettist chose to focus on the 'real story' of Elizabeth I's moral conflict regarding her illicit love for the traitor Essex and the events leading to Essex's execution. In spite of later successful performances, the opera remained in relative neglect--until this, its first (and only) recording, made nearly 40 years after ...
Buy Now	Historic Organs Of Michigan (more) »rank: 177387 from: Organ Hist. Society : :From its first performance in 1953, one of the events celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Gloriana sparked a storm of controversy. Critics wondered--very loudly--if this work was 'fit' for the new queen. Instead of glorifying the myth of Elizabeth I in order to glorify the new queen, Britten and his librettist chose to focus on the 'real story' of Elizabeth I's moral conflict regarding her illicit love for the traitor Essex and the events leading to Essex's execution. In spite of later successful performances, the opera remained in relative neglect--until this, its first (and only) recording, made nearly 40 years after ...	Buy Now	Mozart: Così fan tutte (more) »rank: 196343 from: Chandos : :From its first performance in 1953, one of the events celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Gloriana sparked a storm of controversy. Critics wondered--very loudly--if this work was 'fit' for the new queen. Instead of glorifying the myth of Elizabeth I in order to glorify the new queen, Britten and his librettist chose to focus on the 'real story' of Elizabeth I's moral conflict regarding her illicit love for the traitor Essex and the events leading to Essex's execution. In spite of later successful performances, the opera remained in relative neglect--until this, its first (and only) recording, made nearly 40 years after ...