Sir Arthur Sullivan
The Grand Duke (1976 D’Oyly Carte cast)
2003

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Grand Duke: Overture 5:21
2 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Won’t it be a pretty wedding?” (Elsa, Bertha, Olga, Gretchen, Chorus) 2:11
3 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Pretty Lisa, fair and tasty” (Lisa, Ludwig, Chorus) 1:60
4 The Grand Duke: Act I. “By the mystic regulation” (Ludwig, Chorus) 1:36
5 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Were I a king in very truth” (Ernest, Chorus) 2:04
6 The Grand Duke: Act I. “How would I play this part” (Julia, Ernest) 3:36
7 The Grand Duke: Act I. “My goodness me! What shall I do?” (Chorus, Ludwig) 0:48
8 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Ten minutes since I met a chap” (Ludwig, Chorus) 2:26
9 The Grand Duke: Act I. “About a century since” (Dr. Tannhäuser, Julia, Lisa, Ernest, Ludwig) 2:45
10 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Strange the views some people hold” (Julia, Lisa, Ernest, Dr. Tannhäuser, Ludwig) 3:15
11 The Grand Duke: Act I. “Now take a card, and gaily sing” (Julia, Lisa, Ernest, Dr. Tannhäuser, Ludwig) 2:46
12 The Grand Duke: Act I. “The good Grand Duke of Pfenning Halbpfenning” (Chorus) 1:36
13 The Grand Duke: Act I. “A pattern to professors of monarchical autonomy” (Grand Duke) 1:56
14 The Grand Duke: Act I. “As o’er our penny roll we sing” (Baroness, Grand Duke) 2:13
15 The Grand Duke: Act I. “When you find you’re a broken-down critter” (Grand Duke) 2:57
16 The Grand Duke: Act I. Finale “Come hither, all you people” 17:15
Total time 54:45
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Grand Duke: Act II. “As before you we defile” (Chorus) 2:45
2 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Your loyalty our ducal heart-strings touches… At the outset I may mention” (Ludwig, Chorus) 4:50
3 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Yes, Ludwig and his Julia are mated!” (Ludwig) 0:28
4 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Take care of him — he’s much too good to live!” (Lisa, Ludwig) 3:21
5 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Now Julia, come, consider it” (Julia, Ludwig) 3:17
6 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Your Highness, there’s a party at the door” (Chorus, Baroness, Ludwig) 2:24
7 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Now away to the wedding we go” (Baroness, Chorus) 0:54
8 The Grand Duke: Act II. “So ends my dream… Broken ev’ry promise plighted” (Julia) 5:05
9 The Grand Duke: Act II. “In the light of love’s lingering ember” (Julia, Ernest, Chorus) 3:01
10 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Come, bumpers — aye, ever so many” (Baroness, Chorus) 2:25
11 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Why, who is this approaching?” (Ludwig, Chorus) 0:46
12 The Grand Duke: Act II. “The Prince of Monte Carlo” (Herald, Chorus) 2:04
13 The Grand Duke: Act II. “His Highness we know not” (Ludwig) 0:53
14 The Grand Duke: Act II. “We’re rigged out in magnificent array” (Prince of Monte Carlo, Princess of Monte Carlo, Herald, Chorus) 2:42
15 The Grand Duke: Act II. Dance 1:30
16 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Take my advice — when deep in debt” (Prince of Monte Carlo, Chorus) 2:45
17 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Hurrah! Now away to the wedding” (Ernest, Dr. Tannhäuser, Grand Duke, Chorus) 0:49
18 The Grand Duke: Act II. “Well, you’re a pretty kind of fellow” (Grand Duke, Chorus) 2:13
19 The Grand Duke: Act II. Finale “Happy couples, lightly treading” 1:44
20 Overture di Ballo 10:54
21 March and Graceful Dance from Henry VIII: I. Allegro moderato alla marcia 4:40
22 March and Graceful Dance from Henry VIII: II. Allegretto grazioso 4:58
Total time 64:28



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