The Mikado
Album by Gilbert & Sullivan; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Released 1992
Tracklist
- 1The Mikado: Act I. “If you want to know who we are” (Chorus of Nobles)3:01
- 2The Mikado: Act I. “A wandering minstrel I” (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)4:20
- 3The Mikado: Act I. “Our great Mikado, virtuous man” (Pish-Tush, Chorus)2:58
- 4The Mikado: Act I. “Young man, despair, likewise go to” (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)2:43
- 5The Mikado: Act I. “And have I journeyed for a month” (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo)0:49
- 6The Mikado: Act I. “Behold the Lord High Executioner!” (Ko-Ko, Chorus)2:39
- 7The Mikado: Act I. “As some day it may happen” (Ko-Ko, Chorus of Nobles)2:00
- 8The Mikado: Act I. “Comes a train of little ladies” (Chorus of Schoolgirls)2:12
- 9The Mikado: Act I. “Three little maids from school are we” (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Schoolgirls)1:32
- 10The Mikado: Act I. “So please you, sir, we much regret” (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus of Schoolgirls)1:55
- 11The Mikado: Act I. “Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo)2:27
- 12The Mikado: Act I. “I am so proud” (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)3:00
- 13The Mikado: Act II. “With aspect stern and gloomy stride” (All)14:24
- 14The Mikado: Act II. “Braid the raven hair” (Pitti-Sing, Chorus of Schoolgirls)3:25
- 15The Mikado: Act II. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum)3:10
- 16The Mikado: Act II. “Brightly dawns our wedding day” (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)3:58
- 17The Mikado: Act II. “Here’s a how-de-do! If I marry you” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)1:13
- 18The Mikado: Act II. “Miya sama, miya sama” (Chorus, Mikado, Katisha)2:46
- 19The Mikado: Act II. “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist” (Mikado, Chorus)4:05
- 20The Mikado: Act II. “The criminal cried as he dropped him down” (Ko-ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus)3:24
- 21The Mikado: Act II. “See how the Fates their gifts allot” (Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah, Mikado)2:03
- 22The Mikado: Act II. “The flowers that bloom in the spring” (Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)1:36
- 23The Mikado: Act II. “Alone, and yet alive” (Katisha)2:56
- 24The Mikado: Act II. “On a tree by a river, a little tom-tit sang, ‘Willow, tit-willow’” (Ko-Ko)2:30
- 25The Mikado: Act II. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast” (Katisha, Ko-Ko)2:00
- 26The Mikado: Act II. “For he’s gone and married Yum-Yum” (All)1:53
More by Gilbert, Sullivan, Orchestra, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Release credits
- mezzo-soprano vocals [9-10, 14, 16, 20-22, 26]
- baritone vocals [2, 4-5, 11, 13, 16-17, 22, 26]
- conductor
- choir vocals [1-3, 6-10, 13-14, 18-20, 26]
- bass vocals [18-19, 21, 26]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [18, 21, 23, 25-26]
- engineer
- producer
- soprano vocals [9-10, 13, 26]
- assistant
- soprano vocals [9-11, 13, 15-17, 22, 26]
- baritone vocals [3-4, 12-13, 16, 26]
- performing orchestra
- baritone vocals [6-7, 12-13, 17, 20-22, 24-26]
- bass-baritone vocals [4-5, 10, 12-13, 20-22, 26]
- executive
- editor
Issues
T1992

