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The Yeomen of the Guard

Libretto: William Schwenck Gilbert
Sir Charles Mackerras, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Alwyn Mellor (Soprano), Clare O'Neill (Soprano), Donald Adams (Bass-baritone), Donald Maxwell (Baritone), Felicity Palmer (Mezzo Soprano), Neill Archer (Tenor), Pamela Helen Stephen (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Hoare (Tenor), Peter Savidge (Baritone), Philip Lloyd-Evans (Bass), Ralph Mason (Tenor), Richard Stuart (Baritone)
℗ 1999
23 Tracks, 1:29:50

  • Act I

    • 1. Overture
      04:45
    • 2. Song 'When Maiden Loves'
      03:30
    • 3. Double Chorus 'Tower Warders, Under Orders… This the Autumn of Our Life'
      03:49
    • 4. Song with Chorus 'When Our Gallant Norman Foes'
      04:24
    • 5. Trio 'Alas! I Waver to and Fro'
      02:17
    • 6. Ballad 'Is Life a Boon?'
      02:07
    • 7. Chorus 'Here's a Man of Jollity'
      01:19
    • 8. Duet 'I Have a Song to Sing'
      03:46
    • 9. Trio 'How Say You, Maiden'
      02:45
    • 10. Song 'I've Jibe and Joke, and Quip and Crank'
      01:54
    • 11. Recitative and Song ''Tis Done, I Am a Bride… Though Tear and Long-Drawn Sigh'
      03:29
    • 12. Song 'Were I Thy Bride'
      01:55
    • 13. Finale 'Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True'
      18:26

  • Act II

    • 1. Chorus and Solo 'Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More'
      04:19
    • 2. Song 'Oh, a Private Buffoon Is a Light-Hearted Loon'
      02:50
    • 3. Duet 'Hereupon We're Both Agreed'
      01:41
    • 4. Ballad 'Free from His Fetters Grim'
      02:34
    • 5. Quartet 'Strange Adventure'
      02:26
    • 6. Scene 'Hark, What Was That, Sir?'
      03:41
    • 7. Trio 'A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid'
      03:20
    • 8. Quartet 'When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing'
      02:46
    • 9. Duet 'Rapture, Rapture'
      01:38
    • 10. Finale 'Comes the Pretty Young Bride'
      10:09