198x-xx-xx: Princess Ida: [unknown location]

~ Release by Gilbert & Sullivan; BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Philip Langridge & Sir Charles Mackerras (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Performers
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King Hildebrand: Raimund Herincx
Hilarion: Philip Langridge
Cyril: Neil Jenkins
Florian: Michael Wakeham
King Gama: Derek Hammond-Stroud
Arac: Forbes Robinson
Guron: Leslie Fyson
Scynthius: Paul Hudson
Princess Ida: Valerie Masterson
Lady Blanche: Anne Collins
Lady Psyche: Della Jones
Melissa: Janet Coster
Sacharissa: Jennifer Adams
Chloe: Joyce Mandre
The BBC Singers
The BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

This was one in a cycle of all the Savoy operas, recorded by the BBC in the 1980's and finally broadcast in 1989. This show broadcast BBC-2 FM 1989-11-05.

Lineage:
1989: FM Broadcast -> Pioneer Hifi (model number long since forgotten) -> TDK AD60 cassettes (Type I Ferric, Dolby B)

2009: TDK AD60 -> Sony Walkman WM-EX510 ->SB Audigy Live (Line in) -> Flac

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Act I
2▼Digital Media: Act II
#TitleArtistLength
1Princess Ida: Towards the Empyrean Heights
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Towards the Empyrean Heights” (Lady Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa and Chorus of Girls)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan3:26
2Princess Ida: Dialogue: Attention, Ladies, While I Read to You
Gilbert & Sullivan0:56
3Princess Ida: Mighty Maiden With a Mission
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Mighty Maiden With a Mission” (Chorus of Girls)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan1:38
4Princess Ida: Minerva! Oh, Hear Me!
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. 10. “Minerva! oh, hear me!” … “Oh, goddess wise” (Princess)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
W.S. Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:49
5Princess Ida: Dialogue: Women of Adamant
Gilbert & Sullivan3:36
6Princess Ida: And Thus to Empyrean Heights
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “And Thus to Empyrean Heights” (Princess and Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan0:40
7Princess Ida: I Should Command Here
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “I Should Command Here” (Lady Blanche) (recitative preceding song)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Come, Mighty Must…” (Lady Blanche)
Gilbert & Sullivan0:33
8CPrincess Ida: ome, Mighty Must
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Come, Mighty Must” (Lady Blanche) (song without preceding recitative)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Come, Mighty Must…” (Lady Blanche)
Gilbert & Sullivan2:50
9Princess Ida: Gently, Gently
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Gently, Gently” (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan4:15
10Princess Ida: Dialogue: So That’s the Princess Ida’s Castle!
Gilbert & Sullivan0:58
11Princess Ida: I Am a Maiden, Cold and Stately
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “I Am a Maiden, Cold and Stately” (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:24
12Princess Ida: Dialogue: But Who Comes Here?
Gilbert & Sullivan2:35
13Princess Ida: The World Is but a Broken Toy
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “The World Is but a Broken Toy” (Princess, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:59
14Princess Ida: Dialogue: I’Faith, the Plunge Is Taken, Gentlemen!
Gilbert & Sullivan1:59
15Princess Ida: A Lady Fair, of Lineage High
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “A Lady Fair, of Lineage High” (Psyche with Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:24
16Princess Ida: Dialogue: Oh, Lady Psyche!
Gilbert & Sullivan1:03
17Princess Ida: The Woman of the Wisest Wit
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “The Woman of the Wisest Wit” (Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan1:53
18Princess Ida: Dialogue: Melissa!
Gilbert & Sullivan1:50
19Princess Ida: Now Wouldn’t You Like to Rule the Roast
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Now Wouldn’t You Like to Rule the Roast” (Melissa and Blanche)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:37
20Princess Ida: Dialogue: Saved for a Time, at Least! (with brief dropout)
Gilbert & Sullivan0:32
21Princess Ida: Merrily Ring the Luncheon Bell
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Merrily Ring the Luncheon Bell” (Blanche, Cyril and Chorus of Girls)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan1:35
22Princess Ida: Dialogue: You Say You Know the Court of Hildebrand?
Gilbert & Sullivan2:00
23Princess Ida: Would You Know the Kind of Maid?
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. “Would You Know the Kind of Maid?” (Cyril)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II.
Gilbert & Sullivan2:14
24Princess Ida: Dialogue: Infamous Creature, Get You Hence Away!
Gilbert & Sullivan0:38
25Princess Ida: Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved” (Princess, Hilarion, Cyril, Florian and Chorus) (first part only of Act II Finale)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
Gilbert & Sullivan1:07
26Princess Ida: Whom Thou Hast Chained Must Wear His Chain
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Whom Thou Hast Chained Must Wear His Chain” (Hilarion, Melissa, Princess and Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
Gilbert & Sullivan2:42
27Princess Ida: Walls and Fences Scaling
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Walls and Fences Scaling” (Princess, Hildebrand and Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
Gilbert & Sullivan1:12
28Princess Ida: Some Years Ago, No Doubt You Know
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Some Years Ago, No Doubt You Know” (Hildebrand and Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
Gilbert & Sullivan1:43
29Princess Ida: We May Remark, Though Nothing Can Dismay Us / To Yield at Once to Such a Foe With Shame Were Rife
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “To Yield at Once to Such a Foe With Shame Were Rife” (Princess and Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
live recording of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “We May Remark, Though Nothing Can Dismay Us” (Arac, Guron and Scynthius)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan
librettist:
William Gilbert
part of:
Princess Ida: Act II. Finale. “Oh, Joy! Our Chief Is Saved…” (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
Gilbert & Sullivan4:48
3▶Digital Media: Act III