Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596058629
Format: Cast Recording
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 601
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: February 24, 1998
Studio: Elektra / Wea

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Disc 1:

1. Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry
2. When Frederic Was a Little Lad
3. Oh, Better Far to Live and Die
4. Oh! False One, You Have Deceived Me
5. Climbing over Rocky Mountains
6. Stop, Ladies, Pray!
7. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
8. Poor Wondering One
9. What Ought We to Do?
10. How Beautifully Blue the Sky
11. Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
12. Hold, Monsters!
13. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
14. Oh! Men of Dark and Dismal Fate

Disc 2:

1. Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear
2. Then Frederic
3. When the Foeman Bares His Steel
4. Now for the Pirates' Lair!
5. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
6. My Eyes Are Fully Open - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
7. Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
8. All Is Prepared - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
9. Stay, Frederic, Stay! - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
10. Sorry Her Lot - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
11. No, I Am Brave - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
12. When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
13. A Rollicking Ban of Pirates We - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
14. With Cat-Like Tread, upon Our Prey We Steal - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
15. Hush, Hush! Not a Word - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
16. Sighing Softly to the River - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
17. Finale - Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert, William Sc
18. My Eyes Are Fully Open
19. Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire
20. All Is Prepared
21. Stay, Frederic, Stay!
22. Sorry Her Lot
23. No, I Am Brave
24. When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
25. Rollicking Ban of Pirates We
26. With Cat-Like Tread, upon Our Prey We Steal
27. Sighing Softly to the River
28. Finale

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Producer Joseph Papp's Broadway spin on Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance cannily employs pop firepower in its casting, adding an inviting Yankee accent to roles normally associated with (and sometimes embalmed in) plummy English locution. Erstwhile country-rocker Linda Ronstadt, who by this point had already proven she could tackle pre-rock pop standards, stretches successfully as its heroine. Rex Smith, then dismissed as a pop-rock heartthrob, proves he could be a "legitimate" musical leading man, a niche he's since inhabited comfortably. And Kevin Kline returns to his stage training as the hearty King of the Pirates. Onstage, Papp celebrated the slapstick possibilities of the deliberately silly plot, which weaves reliably tart observations about class consciousness and gender politics into a pirate band's invasion of a Cornish coastal town. A faithful big-screen adaptation added Angela Lansbury for marquee clout, but even without that grande dame of the Great White Way, this original stage cast is a corker, the music glorious and the performances spirited. --Sam Sutherland




Rating: - A real stage show
This is a wonderful DVD. I got this as a stop gap until the VHS came out on DVD, but now I may not. Yes, the technical aspects are not the best. But it is the filming of an actual performance at the Delacorte Theater. It's not as slick as the production with Angela Landsbury, but Patricia Routledge, later to be Hetty Wainthrop and Hyacinth Bucket, more than holds her own, and the production has those small details that usually are left out of a much-edited and rehearsed film. You really get the ... Read More

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Rating: - Pirates of Penzance
Fantastic CDS based on the stageplay and video. I missed Angela Lansbury as Ruth but it is a fanatastic recording and interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta.

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Rating: - Excellent Soundtrack
You have to be a muscial fan to love this. This play is very fun and funny. This soundtrack has the songs from this wonderful play that you will want to hear over and over again.

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Rating: - Outstanding Recording of an Outstanding Score
The entire "Pirates" score plus much of the dialogue is found in this recording. The voices are extremely appropriate to each of the characters, and the comedy of the score is apparent. The energy is extremely high, which, in turn, excites the listener. I never tire of listening to it.

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Rating: - Delightful G & S
My favourite performance of this classic Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta. Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstat, and the whole cast are perfect.

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