The 1966 BBC Trial By Jury

The 1966 BBC Trial By Jury

***Cast***
The Learned Judge	George Baker
The Plaintiff	Cynthia Glover
The Defendant	Kenneth Bowen
Counsel for the Plaintiff	Denis Dowling
Usher	William Parsons
Foreman of the Jury	[information missing]

John McCarthy Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Producer: Michael Moores
Conductor: Stanford Robinson

Originally Broadcast on BBC Music Programme on 30 January 1966

***Related Pages***
Recordings of Trial by Jury
The BBC Radio Broadcasts
The G&S Archive's Trial by Jury Page

This recording is part of a complete series broadcast on the BBC at fortnightly intervals in 1966. The series has never been issued commercially, but many fans have copies taken off the air. This entry in the series is notable as one of George Baker's last, in a G&S recording career that had begun in 1917! (He also sang King Gama in the 1966 BBC Ida.)

Understadably, Baker—well over eighty years old at the time this recording was made—is a bit overparted, but most of the pleasing attributes of this wonderful voice are still there. All the other singers give strong accounts of their roles, while the chorus is full of sparkle. However, in a crowded field ofTrial By Jury recordings, this is not likely to be anyone's first choice.