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The Michael Sammes Iolanthe (1966)
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Michael Sammes made numberous recordings in the 1960s of highlights from
musicals and operettas. His G&S output includes several discs dedicated
to individual operas, plus a
Best of Gilbert and Sullivan
disc consisting of highlights from all the others. The singers are not credited
with specific roles, but
presumably Sammes sang the Lord Chancellor. Helen Landis was the contralto
on all the Gilbert and Sullivan For All recordings
and obviously sings the Fairy Queen here.
The recording is not in my personal collection, but Chris Webster provided a list of the selections:
Geoff Dixon provided the following comments: Much of the my review of Mikado applies also to Iolanthe. The numbers are heavily cut, and the Peers' Chorus is a pale shadow (if not a travesty) of what it should be. The chorus is so thin as to be almost imperceptible, and again the Finale to Act I is mauled beyond recognition. Soprano and contralto are good enough, but taken as a whole there are simply not enough forces for the job in hand.
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