The Mikado
Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Owen Brannigan (Bass), Richard Lewis (Tenor), Geraint Evans (Baritone), Ian Wallace (Bass), John Cameron (Baritone), Elsie Morison (Soprano), Monica Sinclair (Alto), Jeannette Sinclair (Soprano), Marjorie Thomas (Alto)
1956
- 08:30Overture
Act I
- 02:40No. 1.1 Chorus of Men 'If you want to know who we are' (Chorus) –
- 00:46No. 1.2 Chorus of Men 'Gentlemen, I pray you tell me' (Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)
- 04:15No. 2 Song and Chorus 'A wand'ring minstrel, I' (Nanki-Poo, Chorus)
- 03:09No. 3 Song 'Our great Mikado, virtuous man' (Pish-Tush, Chorus)
- 02:40No. 4 Song 'Young man, despair' (Poo-Bah, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)
- 00:50No. 4a Recitative 'And have I journey'd for a month' (Nanki-Poo, Poo-Bah)
- 02:55No. 5 Chorus with Solo 'Behold the Lord High Executioner!' (Ko-Ko, Chorus)
- 02:26No. 5a Song 'As some day it may happen' (Ko-Ko, Chorus)
- 02:12No. 6 Chorus of Girls 'Comes a train of little ladies' (Chorus)
- 01:31No. 7 Trio 'Three little maids from school are we' (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Chorus)
- 02:02No. 8 Quartet 'So please you, sir, we much regret' (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Poo-Bah, Chorus)
- 02:29No. 9 Duet 'Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted' (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum)
- 02:58No. 10 Trio 'I am so proud' (Poo-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)
- 06:31No. 11.1 Finale 'With aspect stern and gloomy stride' (Poo-Bah, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pish-Tush, Chorus) –
- 08:27No. 11.2 Finale 'Your revels cease!' (Katisha, Nanki-Poo, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Poo-Bah, Ko-Ko, Peep-Bo, Pish-Tush, Chorus)
Act II
- 03:22No. 1 Solo 'Braid the raven hair' (Pitti-Sing, Chorus)
- 03:01No. 2 Song 'The sun, whose rays are all ablaze' (Yum-Yum)
- 04:18No. 3 Madrigal 'Brightly dawns our wedding day' (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)
- 01:19No. 4 Song 'Here's a how-de-do!' (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)
- 02:45No. 5 Entrance of Mikado and Katisha 'Miya sama, miya sama' (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
- 04:15No. 6 Song 'A more humane Mikado' (Mikado, Chorus)
- 03:15No. 7 Trio and Chorus 'The criminal cried as he dropped him down' (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Poo-Bah, Chorus)
- 02:04No. 8 Glee 'See how the Fates their gifts allot' (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Poo-Bah, Ko-Ko, Katisha)
- 01:50No. 9 Duet 'The flowers that bloom in the spring' (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Poo-Bah, Ko-Ko)
- 02:50No. 10 Recitative and Song 'Alone, and yet alive' – 'Hearts do not break' (Katisha)
- 03:05No. 11 Song 'On a tree by a river' (Ko-Ko)
- 02:13No. 12 Duet 'There is beauty in the bellow of the blast' (Katisha, Ko-Ko)
- 02:05No. 13 Finale 'For he's gone and married Yum-Yum' (Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Peep-Boh, Poo-Bah, Pish-Tush, Chorus)