Decca Music Group - New Release

Decca & Philips Worldwide | | |

	Soundtracks
	DVDs
	Composers
	Genre
	Themes
	Series

Search our Catalogue

Detailed Search

WORKS
The Mikado

CATALOGUE NUMBER
473 644-2

LISTEN

Overture

Three little maids from school are we

CAST
The Mikado or The Town of Titipu
without dialogue

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan 1842–1900
Words by W.S. Gilbert 1836–1911

The Mikado John Ayldon
Nanki-Poo Colin Wright
Ko-Ko John Reed
Pooh-Bah Kenneth Sandford
Pish-Tush Michael Rayner
Go-To John Broad
Yum-Yum Valerie Masterson
Pitti-Sing Peggy Ann Jones
Peep-Bo Pauline Wales
Katisha Lyndsie Holland

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
William Cowley chorus master
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royston Nash
Produced by Ray Horricks
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.

RECORDING INFORMATION
The Mikado is by far the most popular and most frequently performed of all the
Savoy operas. The tale of how Ko-Ko, the tailor, becomes Lord High Executioner of Titipu
and nearly looses his own head includes such favourites as “Three little maids from school”,
“The flowers that bloom in the spring”, and “Tit willow”.

The 1973 stereo re-recording of The Mikado by the D’Oyly Carte company directed by Royston Nash is a complete success in every way and shows the Savoy tradition at its most attractive.
The digital re-mastering for CD adds to the brightness: its effect is like a coat of new paint so that the G&S masterpiece emerges with a pristine sparkle. Musically this is the finest version the D’Oyly Carte company have ever put on disc … .
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD

| | | | | |