Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid) - CD

This page lists all recordings of The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) on CD. Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock.

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Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

(No dialogue)


Geraint Evans (Jack Point), Richard Lewis (Colonel Fairfax), Elsie Morison (Elsie Maynard), Marjorie Thomas (Phoebe), Monica Sinclair (Dame Carruthers), John Cameron (Sergeant Meryll), Owen Brannigan (Wilfred Shadbolt), Denis Dowling (Sir Richard Cholmondely), Doreen Hume (Kate), Alexander Young (Leonard/First Yeoman), John Carol Case (Second Yeoman)

Glyndebourne Chorus & Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

The Yeomen of the Guard, the most dramatic and romantic work in the Gilbert and Sullivan canon, was greeted by the Daily Telegraph in 1888 as “a genuinely English opera”, and its Elizabethan setting reflects the nostalgia and patriotism stirred by Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee in 1887. A cast of suitably operatic stature performs under Sir Malcom Sargent, including Richard Lewis, Elsie Morrison, Owen Brannigan and, as the strolling jester Jack Point, Sir Geraint Evans.

EMI - 0951072

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.25

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Gilbert & Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Yeoman of the Guard


Sullivan, A:

The Yeomen of the Guard

Sir Richard Cholmondeley - Denis Dowling, Colonel Fairfax - Richard Lewis, Sergeant Meryll - John Cameron, Leonard Meryll - Alexander Young, Jack Point - Sir Geraint Evans, Wilfred Shadbolt - Owen Brannigan, First Yeoman - Alexander Young, Second Yeoman - John Carol Case, Elsie Maynard - Elsie Morison, Phoebe Meryll - Marjorie Thomas, Dame Carruthers - Monica Sinclair, Kate - Doreen Hume

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent


EMI Classics for Pleasure - 2134652

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.25

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Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard


David Fieldsend, Felicity Gray, Donald Maxwell, Jill Pert, Janine Roebuck, Lesley Echo Ross & Terence Sharpe

Chorus & Orchestra of the D’Oyly Carte Opera, John Owen Edwards

Gilbert and Sullivan, one of the most famous and successful writing partnerships in music, need little introduction. Their works are continually staged internationally, they have themselves been the subject of numerous books and feature films and their place as the great musical innovators of the operetta form, is assured within the cannon of British musical history.

All these recordings bring together high profile, international stars of stage and screen, working alongside some of the most acclaimed musical directors and conductors, a number of which will already be familiar to lovers of the TER catalogue.

TER Classics - CDTER21195

(CD - 2 discs)

$19.00

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Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard


Donald Harris, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt, Neville Griffiths, Martyn Green, Richard Watson

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey

Recorded 1950

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Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings - 8110293-94

(CD - 2 discs)

Normally: $15.00

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Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard, etc.

Sullivan, A:

The Yeomen of the Guard

Trial by Jury


Peter Massocchi (bass), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Neill Archer (tenor), Peter Hoare (tenor), Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Donald Adams (bass-baritone), Clare O'Neill (soprano), John King (bass), Richard Suart (baritone), Felicity Palmer (contralto), Gareth Rhys-Davies (baritone), Ralph Mason (tenor), Philip Lloyd Evans (baritone), Donald Maxwell (baritone).

Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

No dialogue.

“Between them, The Yeomen of the Guard and Trialby Jury contain all that's best in Sullivan's music for the theatre. In the former there's some of his more serious and ambitious writing, in the latter some of his most consistently light-hearted and engaging. All of this is brought out in Telarc's series of recordings with Welsh National Opera.
As always, Sir Charles Mackerras paces the music impeccably, and he has assured contributions from such stalwarts as Donald Adams, Felicity Palmer and Richard Suart. The last-named may be a shade light-voiced compared with some of the more comic performers of Jack Point and the Learned Judge; but in The Yeomen it's surely his performance that stands out. His handling of the dialogue after 'Here's a man of jollity' is masterly, and his 'Oh, a private buffoon' is as winning as any, with impeccable clarity of diction and a perfectly judged French accent for 'jests… imported from France'.
Neill Archer and Alwyn Mellor are admirable as Fairfax and Elsie; but Pamela Helen Stephen could have displayed more of the minx in Phoebe Meryll's personality, while in Trial byJury Barry Banks has too small a voice to convince as the Defendant. Recommended, especially if you want both works on the same set.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

Telarc - CD80404

(CD)

$33.50

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Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas

Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas


Sullivan, A:

Trial by Jury

The Pirates of Penzance

HMS Pinafore

The Mikado

The Yeomen of the Guard


Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Telarc - CD80500

(CD - 5 discs)

$72.75

Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Edition

The Gilbert & Sullivan Edition


Sullivan, A:

The Gondoliers

1960 recording with dialogue

The Grand Duke

1976 recording without dialogue

Overture di Ballo

March and Graceful Dance from Henry VIII

HMS Pinafore

1959 recording with dialogue

Iolanthe

1960 recording with dialogue

The Mikado

1973 recording without dialogue

Patience

1961 without dialogue

The Pirates of Penzance

1967 recording with dialogue

Princess Ida

1965 recording without dialogue

Pineapple Poll

1982 recording

Ruddigore

1962 recording without dialogue

Cox and Box

1961 recording

The Sorcerer

1966 recording without dialogue

The Zoo

1977 recording

Utopia Limited

1975 recording without dialogue

Macbeth Overture

recorded 1974

Victoria and Merrie England

recorded 1978

Marmion Overture

recorded 1976

The Yeomen of the Guard

1964 recording without dialogue

Trial by Jury

1963 recording

plus:

Songs and Snatches

Favourite songs from The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard


29 May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert – the librettist of one of the most famous musical partnerships in music history.

Decca’s earliest recordings of G&S with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company were made between 1949 and 1955 in MONO. In 1957, the first in a new series of stereo recordings was initiated with The Pirates of Penzance, culminating in 1966 with The Sorcerer; between 1967 and 1979 a second series of recordings was made.

Decca - 4782748

(CD - 25 discs)

$115.50

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