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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
Search: Then They Do
from: EMI Classics
Release Date February 16, 1993
This is the recording of "The Mikado" to get if you are primarily interested in Sullivan's orchestral music. There are those who would cavil at that statement, citing the fact that he did not write the overture. For them, I shall point out that although Sullivan did not write every bar, being habitually late in the drudge work of composing, he certainly laid out the order of tunes, outlined the instrumentation, assigned the task to a friend well-acquainted with his style, and fine-tuned the piece during the rehearsals for the opening night, which he conducted. As for the rest of the comic opera, that is almost entirely in his own hand.
This 1957 recording was the first of a series of stereo G&S recordings issued by EMI. The cast ... Read More:
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