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The Very Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (1978)
Morriston Orpheus Choir
Band of H.M. Royal Marines
Leslie Ryan, Chorus Director
Paul Neville, Conductor
Chris Webster provided the following review of this item:
I really like this, although it is not really good stuff, but there is an
element of fun in hearing a Welsh male voice choir sing, with an accentuated
military tempo and strong Welsh accent, such numbers as "When Britain
Really Ruled the Waves" and "The Threatened Cloud Has Passed Away."
There are occasionally different pronunciations "peri" becomes "parry,"
"Eye-talian" becomes plain old "Italian," and I think there are some others.
Also, I do think there is something very Gilbertian about a choir of Welsh
men (a very proud nation I lived in Wales for two years) singing about
the virtues of being "An Englishman."
Issue History
| Date | Label | Format | Number |
| 1978 |
EMI |
Stereo LP |
TWOX 1066 |
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