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The Mikado

Libretto: William Schwenck Gilbert
Royston Nash, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Colin Wright (Tenor), John Broad (Bass), Michael Rayner (Baritone), Kenneth Sandford (Baritone), John Reed (Baritone), Valerie Masterson (Soprano), Pauline Wales (Soprano), Peggy Ann Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Lyndsie Holland (Alto), John Ayldon (Bass)
37 Tracks, 1:29:27
    • Overture
      07:34

  • Act I

    • 1. If you want to know who we are
      02:27
    • 2. Gentlemen, I pray you tell me maiden...
      00:41
    • 3. A wand'ring minstrel I
      04:31
    • 4. Our great Mikado, virtuous man
      03:08
    • 5. Young man, despair
      02:47
    • 6. And I have journey'd for a month
      00:52
    • 7. Behold the Lord High Executioner
      02:34
    • 8. As someday it may happen that a victim...
      02:19
    • 9. Comes a train of little ladies
      02:15
    • 10. Three little maids from school are we
      01:25
    • 11. So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
      02:00
    • 12. Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
      02:31
    • 13. I am so proud, If I allowed
      03:15
    • 14. With aspect stern and gloomy stride
      02:24
    • 15. The threaten'd cloud has pass'd away
      03:02
    • 16. Your revels cease! Assist me, all of you!
      00:53
    • 17. Oh fool, that flee-est My hallow'd joys!
      02:34
    • 18. For he's going to marry Yum-Yum
      01:02
    • 19. The hour of gladness is dead and gone
      02:22
    • 20. Ye torrents roar! Ye tempests howl!
      02:39

  • Act II

    • 1. Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tresses
      03:38
    • 2. The sun whose rays are all ablaze
      03:05
    • 3. Brightly dawns our wedding day
      03:42
    • 4. Here's a how-de-do!
      01:23
    • 5. Miya sama, miya sama, o n'mma no maye ni
      01:15
    • 6. From ev'ry kind of man Obedience I expect
      01:47
    • 7. A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist
      04:32
    • 8. The criminal cried as he dropp'd him down
      03:31
    • 9. See how the fates their gifts allot
      02:10
    • 10. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
      01:36
    • 11. Alone and yet alive
      00:45
    • 12. Hearts do not break! They sting and ache
      01:52
    • 13. On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
      02:22
    • 14. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast
      02:13
    • 15. Fanfare
      00:12
    • 16. For he's gone and married Yum-Yum
      02:09