SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (D'Oyly Carte) (1950)


Arthur Sullivan

Ruddigore

Green, Martyn, baritone
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Watson, Richard, bass
Flynn, Radley, bass
Fancourt, Darrell, bass-baritone
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Thurlow, Deirdre, soprano
Drummond-Grant, Ann, contralto
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor


Overture (composed by Geoffrey Toye) 06:49
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Fair is Rose as bright May day (Chorus, Zorah) 02:28
Thurlow, Deirdre, soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Dame Hannah, Chorus) 02:29
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: If somebody there chanced to be (Rose) 03:03
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: I know a youth who loves a little maid (Robin, Rose) 03:37
Green, Martyn, baritone
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: From the briny sea - Ballad: I shipped d'ye see (Chorus, Richard) 02:38
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Hornpipe (Orchestra) 01:12
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: My boy, you may take it from me (Robin) 01:39
Green, Martyn, baritone
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: If well his suit has sped (Chorus) 00:43
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: In sailing o'er life's ocean wide - My heart says (Chorus, Richard, Robin, Rose, Ensemble) 01:56
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Green, Martyn, baritone
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Cheerily carols the lark - To a garden full of posies (Margaret) 04:17
Drummond-Grant, Ann, contralto
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Welcome, gentry, for your entry (Chorus) 02:32
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Oh why am I moody and sad? (Sir Despard) 01:56
Watson, Richard, bass
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: You understand? I think I do (Sir Despard, Richard) 01:21
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Watson, Richard, bass
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Hail the bride of seventeen Summers (Chorus) 01:45
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: When the bands are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Ensemble) 03:33
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Gavotte (Orchestra) 01:11
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act I: Hold, bride and bridegroom - Finale (Sir Despard, Robin, Richard, Rose, Margaret, Hannah, Adam, Zorah, Chorus) 08:01
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Green, Martyn, baritone
Watson, Richard, bass
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: I once was meek as a new - born lamb (Sir Ruthven, Adam) 02:21
Green, Martyn, baritone
Flynn, Radley, bass
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: Happily coupled are we (Richard, Chorus) 01:06
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: In bygone days I had thy love (Rose, Sir Ruthven, Richard, Chorus) 01:36
Osborn, Leonard, tenor
Green, Martyn, baritone
Mitchell, Margaret, soprano
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: Painted emblems of a race (Sir Ruthven, Ghosts) 03:54
Green, Martyn, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: When the night wind howls (Sir Roderick) 02:35
Fancourt, Darrell, bass-baritone
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: He yields! He answers to our call (Chorus, Sir Ruthven) 02:14
Green, Martyn, baritone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: I once was a very abandoned person (Despard, Margaret) 02:46
Watson, Richard, bass
Drummond-Grant, Ann, contralto
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: My eyes are fully open (Sir Ruthven, Despard, Margaret) 01:36
Green, Martyn, baritone
Watson, Richard, bass
Drummond-Grant, Ann, contralto
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: There grew a little flower (Hannah, Sir Ruthven) 04:12
Green, Martyn, baritone
Halman, Ella, mezzo-soprano
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra



Act II: Finale (The Company) 00:51
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Godfrey, Isidore, Conductor
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra





Total Playing Time: 01:14:21