Essential Gilbert & Sullivan

Streaming Statistics

• 2,967,570 total streams
• 50 tracks
• Released: Jun 4, 2012

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 2b, Song with Chorus, "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" (Nanki-Poo, Nobles) — 111,739 streams
2. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5, Chorus with Song, "Behold the Lord High Executioner!" (Nobles, Ko-Ko) — 111,610 streams
3. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5a, Song, "As some day it may happen" (Ko-Ko, Nobles) — 92,770 streams
4. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 7, Trio with Chorus, "Three little maids from school" (Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, Pitti-Sing, Girls) — 185,917 streams
5. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 13, Song, "The sun, whose rays are all ablaze" (Yum-Yum) — 85,265 streams
6. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 15, Trio, "Here's a how-de-do!" (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko) — 47,264 streams
7. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 17, Song with Chorus, "A more humane Mikado" (Mikado, Nobles) — 77,518 streams
8. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 18, Trio and Chorus, "The criminal cried" (Ko-Ko, Nobles, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah) — 51,744 streams
9. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 20, Duets, "The flowers that bloom in the spring" (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko) — 164,432 streams
10. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 22, Song, "On a tree by a river a little tom-tit" (Ko-Ko) — 51,519 streams
11. Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 23, Duet, "There is beauty in the bellow of the blast" (Katisha, Ko-Ko) — 83,298 streams
12. Sullivan: The Mikado, Act 2: Finale. "For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum" - "The Threatened Cloud" (Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pish-Tush, Poo-Bah, The Mikado, Katisha, Peep-Boo, Chorus) — 99,731 streams
13. Trial by Jury: When I, good friends, was called to the Bar (Judge, Others) — 42,082 streams
14. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup) — 98,530 streams
15. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain Corcoran, Sailors) — 181,119 streams
16. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: Sorry her lot who loves too well (Josephine) — 66,362 streams
17. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: When I was a lad I served a term (Sir Joseph, Relatives, Sailors) — 367,120 streams
18. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act II: Never mind the why and wherefore (Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Josephine) — 81,001 streams
19. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 3, Song, "Oh, better far to live and die" (Pirate King, Pirates) — 88,753 streams
20. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 7, Air and Chorus, "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic, Mabel, Girls) — 40,730 streams
21. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 8, Air, "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel, Girls) — 57,542 streams
22. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 13, Song with Chorus, "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General, Girls, Pirates) — 292,120 streams
23. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 17, Chorus with Soli, "When the foeman bears his steel" (Sergeant of Police, Mabel, Edith, Policemen, Girls) — 38,205 streams
24. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: "Ah, leave me not to pine" (Mabel, Frederic) — 24,871 streams
25. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 2: No. 24, Song and Chorus, "When a felon's not engaged" (Sergeant, Policemen) — 36,425 streams
26. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance, Act 2: Chorus. "With Cat-like Tread" (Chorus, Samuel) — 45,786 streams

Disc 2

1. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: The soldiers of our Queen (Dragoons, Colonel Calverley) — 18,470 streams
2. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Am I alone and unobserved? (Bunthorne) — 13,830 streams
3. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: Sad is that woman's lot (Jane) — 7,918 streams
4. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: A magnet hung in a hardware shop (Grosvenor, Maidens) — 12,615 streams
5. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: So go to him and say to him (Jane, Bunthorne) — 13,050 streams
6. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: When I go out of door (Bunthorne, Grosvenor) — 12,522 streams
7. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: After much debate internal (Duke, Bunthorne, All) — 10,683 streams
8. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: When I went to the Bar as a very young man (Lord Chancellor) — 10,234 streams
9. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) - Finale Act 1 (The lady of my love....) - 1987 Remastered Version — 1,932 streams
10. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: When all night long a chap remains (Sentry Song) (Private Willis) — 11,592 streams
11. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: When Britain really ruled the waves (Mountararat, Fairies, Peers) — 10,785 streams
12. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: When you're lying awake with a dismal headache (Nightmare Song) (Lord Chancellor) — 17,098 streams
13. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: If you go in, you're sure to win (Tolloller, Mountararat, Lord Chancellor) — 15,199 streams
14. Ruddigore (or, The Witch's Curse) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: In sailing o'er life's ocean wide (Rose, Richard, Robin) — 9,323 streams
15. Ruddigore (or, The Witch's Curse) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: When the night wind howls (Roderic, Ancestors) — 9,402 streams
16. Ruddigore (or, The Witch's Curse) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: My eyes are fully open (Robin, Margaret, Sir Despard) — 14,612 streams
17. Sullivan: The Gondoliers or the King of Barataria, Act 1: "From the Sunny Spanish Shore" (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz) — 27,955 streams
18. The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: When a merry maiden marries (Tessa, Chorus) — 14,132 streams
19. The Gondoliers 'The King of Barataria', Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco) — 16,043 streams
20. The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (Chorus) — 21,889 streams
21. The Gondoliers (or, The King of Barataria) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: I am a courtier grave and serious (Casilda, Duchess, Marco, Giuseppe, Duke) — 16,411 streams
22. The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: I have a song to sing, O! (Elsie, Point, Crowd) — 31,878 streams
23. The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Were I thy bride (Phoebe) — 14,017 streams
24. The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid) (1987 - Remaster), Act II: Comes the pretty young bride (All) — 12,527 streams

Recorded Count Changes

• 7-day recorded count change: +1.3K (+0.0%)

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