| Description |
1 audio disc (66 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010533 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
|
optical |
|
1.4 m/s |
| Note |
"Gilbert & Sullivan & so much more"--Container. |
|
"Original motion picture soundtrack"--Container. |
|
The 6th, 9th, 14th, 16th, and 19th works are "music by Carl Davis from the works of Arthur Sullivan."--Container. |
| Performer |
Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, Eleanor David, singers; supporting cast; women's chorus; 2 men's choruses; orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Feb. 22-24 and Mar. 25-27, 1999, Angel Studios, London; and July 27, 1999, CTS Studios, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
|
Program notes, biographical notes on the composer and librettist, synopses of the featured operettas, and lyrics (29 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
The Mikado. Behold! the Lord High Executioner ; Overture ; Three little maids from school are we -- Princess Ida. Overture ; If you give me your attention -- Paris galop -- The Mikado. Mi-ya sa-ma ; and, A more humane Mikado -- The sorcerer. But soft-- ; Why, where be Oi? -- Alone -- The Mikado. The criminal cried as he dropped him down -- The Yeomen of the guard. Overture -- The Mikado. A wand'ring minstrel I ; The sun whose rays are all ablaze -- End titles -- The sorcerer. Incantation -- The fitting -- The lost chord -- The Mikado. Finale, Act two -- Resolutions. |
| Summary |
Director Mike Leigh says: "The popular musical theatre of the English speaking world of a hundred years ago was dominated by Gilbert & Sullivan, two Londoners of contrasting temperament, whose battles gave us fourteen delicious, bittersweet comic operas.... The aim with Topsy-turvy was more to evoke the spirit and atmosphere of Gilbert and Sullivan's world than simply document their story, and although my serious purpose was to make a film about all of us who strain and struggle to make other people laugh, I also wanted it to be both a celebration of Gilbert's wit and a feast of Sullivan's music."--Notes, p. 6. |
| Genre/Form |
Motion picture music.
|
|
Motion picture music.
|
| Subject |
Musicals -- England -- Drama.
|
|
Musicals. |
|
England. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
|
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
|
|
Operas -- Excerpts. |
|
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
|
|
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 -- Drama.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. |
|
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 -- Drama.
|
|
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. |
|
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
|
|
Sound recordings.
|
|
Excerpts.
|
|
Excerpts.
|
|
Arrangements (Music)
|
|
Arrangements (Music)
|
|
Drama.
|
| Added Author |
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.
|
|
Leigh, Mike, 1943- director.
|
|
Corduner, Allan, performer.
|
|
Spall, Timothy, 1957- performer.
|
|
Manville, Lesley, performer.
|
|
Cook, Ron, performer.
|
|
Nottingham, Wendy, performer.
|
|
McKidd, Kevin, performer.
|
|
Henderson, Shirley, 1965- performer.
|
|
David, Eleanor, 1956- performer.
|
|
Davis, Carl, 1936- arranger, conductor.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Mikado. Selections.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Princess Ida. Introduction.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Princess Ida. If you give me your attention.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Sorcerer. Selections.
|
|
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Lost chord.
|
| Music No. |
SK 61834 Sony Classical |
|
