Topsy-turvy: Music Of Gilbert & Sullivan

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
December 7, 1999
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GILBERT & SULLIVAN
    • PERFORMER
      Movie Soundtrack
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 07, 1999
    • UPC
      074646183427
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SK61834
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Film And TV Music
    Works ⌄

    1. Behold! The Lord High Executioner from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Savage

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    2. The Mikado Overture

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    3. Three Little Maids from School Are We from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Dorothy Atkinson, Shirley Henderson, Cathy Sara

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    4. Princess Ida Overture

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    5. If You Give Me Your Attention from Princess Ida

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Savage

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    6. Paris Galop from The Grand Duke

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    7. Mi-ya Sa-ma and a More Humane Mikado from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Louise Gold, Timothy Spall

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    8. But Soft … - Why Where Be Oi? from The Sorcerer

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Shirley Henderson, Martin Savage, Kevin McKidd

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    9. Alone from The Yeomen Of The Guard

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    10. The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Dorothy Atkinson, Martin Savage, Vincent Franklin

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    11. The Yeomen of the Guard Overture

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    12. A Wand'ring Minstrel from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Kevin McKidd, Michael Simkins

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    13. The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze from The Mikado

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Shirley Henderson

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    14. End Titles from The Pirates of Penzance and The Grand Duke

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    15. Incantation from The Sorcerer

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Shirley Henderson, Martin Savage, Kevin McKidd

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    16. The Fitting from The Gondoliers

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    17. The Lost Chord

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Eleanor David, John Constable, Shelagh Sutherland

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    18. The Mikado, Act II: Finale

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Chorus, Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Performer: Dorothy Atkinson, Shirley Henderson, Vincent Franklin, Louise Gold, Kevin McKidd, Cathy Sara, Michael Simkins, Timothy Spall

      Conductor: Carl Davis

    19. Resolutions from The Long Day Closes

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Topsy-Turvy Orchestra

      Conductor: Carl Davis


Music composed by Carl Davis.
Personnel: Carl Davis (conductor); Dorothy Atkinson, Eleanor David, Vincent Franklin, Louise Gold, Shirley Henderson, Kevin McKidd, Cathy Sara, Martin Savage, Michael Simkins, Timothy Spall (vocals); Kacey Ainsworth, Lorraine Brunning, Rosie Cavaliero, Michelle Chadwick, Debbie Chazen, Heather Craney, Monica Dolan, Sophie Duval, Anna Francolini, Teresa Gallagher, Sarah Howe, Ashley Jensen, Julie Jupp, Gemma Page, Mary Roscoe, Nicola Wainwright, Angie Wallis, Ashley Artus, Richard Attlee, Paul Barnhill, Mark Benton, Nicholas Boulton, simon Butteriss, Wayne Cater, Richard Coyle, Paul Rider, Steven Spiers, Kevin Walton, John Warnaby, Stefan Bednarczyk, Tom Fahy, John Griffiths, Paul Leonard (background vocals).
Recorded at Angel Studios & CTS Studios, London, England between July 1998 & March 1999. Includes liner notes by Mike Leigh.
Director Mike Leigh is known for films focusing on the stark realities of contemporary working-class Britain, so his exploration of Gilbert & Sullivan's milieu in TOPSY-TURVY is quite a change of pace. However, by digging into the motivations and machinations behind the men and their music, Leigh brings us closer to the human element. The classic Gilbert & Sullivan material performed in the film and contained on this soundtrack is similarly illuminated. The songs are drawn mostly from THE MIKADO, whose production is the focus of the film, but selections from PRINCESS IDA, THE SORCEROR, and THE YOEMEN OF THE GUARD are also included. Thus, TOPSY-TURVY offers a fair overview of the duo's canon. Though G&S classics like HMS PINAFORE and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE are unrepresented here, the material is rich enough with Sullivan's elegant, semi-classical themes and Gilbert's hyperliterary, tongue-twisting, and very English lyrics to give novices a good idea of what Gilbert & Sullivan were about.