GILBERT & SULLIVAN: THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD/TRIAL BY JURY – Mackerras, Welsh National Opera (2 CDs) TELARC CONCORD

The Yeomen Of The Guard
[Colonel Fairfax] – Neill Archer
[Dame Carruthers] – Felicity Palmer
[Elsie Maynard] – Alwyn Mellor
[First Yeoman] – Ralph Mason (2)
[Jack Point] – Richard Suart
[Kate] – Clare O’Neill
[Leonard Meryll] – Peter Hoare (2)
 [Lieutenant Sir Richard Cholmondely] – Peter Savidge
[Phoebe Meryll] – Pamela Helen Stephens*
[Second Yeoman] – Philip Lloyd Evans
[Sergeant Meryll] – Donald Adams
[Wilfred Shadbolt] – Donald Maxwell

1-1 Overture 4:42
The Yeomen Of The Guard – Act One (49:41)
1-2 1. Song – (Phoebe) When Maiden Loves 3:28
1-3 2. Double Chorus – (People, Yeomen, And Solo Second Yeoman) Tower Warders, Under Orders… This The Autumn Of Our Life 3:47
1-4 3. Song With Chorus – (Dame Carruthers And Yeomen) When Our Gallant Norman Foes 4:21
1-5 4. Trio – (Phoebe, Leonard, And Merryll) Alas! I Wave To And Fro 2:15
1-6 5. Ballad – (Fairfax) Is Life A Boon? 2:04
1-7 6. Chorus – (People, Elsie, And Point) Here’s A Man Of Jollity 1:19
1-8 7. Duet – (Elsie And Point) I Have A Song To Sing, O! 3:43
1-9 8. Trio – (Elsie, Point And Lieutenant) How Say You, Maiden 2:43
1-10 9. Song – (Point) I’ve Jibe And Joke, And Quip And Crank 1:51
1-11 10. Recitative And Song – (Elsie) ‘Tis Done, I Am A Bride… Though Tear And Long-drawn Sigh 3:25
1-12 11. Song – (Phoebe) Were I Thy Bride 1:53
1-13 Finale To Act One – (Ensemble) Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True 18:26
The Yeoman Of The Guard – Act Two (35:15)
2-1 13. Chorus And So – (People, Yeoman, And Dame Curruthers) Night Has Spread He Pall Once More 4:19
2-2 14. Song – (Point) Oh, A Private Buffoon Is A Light-hearted Loon 2:48
2-3 15. Due – (Point And Wilfred) Hereupon We’re Both Agreed 1:39
2-4 16. Ballad – (Fairfax) Free From His Fetters Grim 2:33
2-5 17. Quartet – (Kate, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, And Meryll) Strange Adventure 2:26
2-6 18. Scene – (Elsie, Phoebe, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, Wilfred, Point, Lieutenant, Meryll, And Chorus) Hark, What Was That, Sir? 3:40
2-7 19. Trio – (Fairfax, Elsie, And Phoebe) A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid 3:20
2-8 20. Quartet – (Elsie, Phoebe, Fairfax, And Point) When A Wooer Goes A-wooing 2:43
2-9 21. Duet – (Dame Carruthers And Meryll) Rapture, Rapture 1:38
2-10 Finale To Act Two – (Ensemble) Comes The Pretty Young Bride 10:00

Trial By Jury
[Counsel For The Plaintiff] – Peter Savidge
[Foreman Of The Jury] – Gareth-Rhys Davies*
[The Defendant] – Barry Banks
[The Learned Judge] – Richard Suart
[The Plaintiff] – Rebecca Evans
[The Usher] – Donald Adams

(31:31)
2-11 1. Solo And Chorus – (Usher) Hark, The Hour Of Ten Is Sounding 3:03
2-12 1a. Recitative And Chorus – (Defendant) Is This The Court Of The Exchequer? 0:53
2-13 2. Song With Chorus – (Defendant) When First My Old, Old Love I Knew 2:56
2-14 3. Chorus And Solo – (Judge) All Hail, Great Judge! 2:12
2-15 4. Song – (Judge) When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar 2:45
2-16 5. Recitative – (Counsel And Usher) Swear Thou The Jury 1:35
2-17 Recitative And Chorus – (Counsel, Usher And Plaintiff) Where Is The Plaintiff?… Comes The Broken Flower 3:14
2-18 Scena – (Judge, Plaintiff, Usher, Foreman, And Chorus) Oh Never, Never, Never 1:16
2-19 8. Recitative Solo And Chorus – (Counsel, Plaintiff And Usher)May It Please You, M’Lud 3:01
2-20 9. Solos And Chorus – (Judge, Plaintiff, Counsel, And Foreman) That She Is Reeling Is Plain To See 0:49
2-21 10. Song – (Defendant With Chorus) Oh, Gentlemen, Listen I Pray 1:31
2-22 11. Scena – (Judge, Counsel, And Chorus) That Seems A Reasonable Proposition 0:58
2-23 12. Sextet And Chorus (Plaintiff, Defendant, Counsel, Judge, Usher, and Foreman) A Nice Dilemma We Have Here 3:19
2-24 13. Duet And Chorus – (Plaintiff, Defendant With Judge And Counsel) I Love Him, I Love Him 2:28
2-25 14. Finale – (Ensemble) Oh, Joy Unbounded 1:50