Four Recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore
A Comparison of Timings
By Riley Pritchett
| Movement | ||||
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Overture |
4:24 |
4:26 |
3:51 |
4:02 |
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ACT I | ||||
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No. 1 "We sail the ocean blue" |
2:14 |
2:21 |
2:04 |
2:02 |
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No.2 "Hail, men- o'-wars-men" |
0:35 |
0:31 |
0:30 |
0:30 |
|
"I'm called Little Buttercup" |
1:41 |
1:41 |
1:26 |
1:34 |
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Dialogue |
1:33 |
1:32 |
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No. 2a "But tell me, who's the youth" |
0:30 |
0:28 |
0:26 |
0:25 |
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No. 3 "The nightingale" |
2:16 |
2:17 |
1:44 |
2:09 |
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"A maiden fair to see" |
2:03 |
2:03 |
1:44 |
2:09 |
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Dialogue |
0:53 |
0:59 |
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No. 4 "My gallant crew, good morning!" |
0:30 |
0:23 |
0:23 |
0:26 |
|
"I am the captain of the Pinafore" |
1:56 |
1:52 |
1:42 |
1:43 |
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No. 4a "Sir, you are sad" |
1:48 |
1:38 |
1:20 |
1:21 |
|
No.5 "Sorry her lot who loves to well" |
3:20 |
3:25 |
3:01 |
3:25 |
|
Dialogue |
2:24 |
2:11 |
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Nos. 6 & 7 "Over the bright blue sea" |
0:47 |
0:47 |
0:38 |
0:44 |
|
"Sir Joseph's Barge is seen" |
2:08 |
2:03 |
1:54 |
1:58 |
|
No. 8 "Now give three cheers" |
1:27 |
1:48 |
[1] 1:52 |
|
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No. 9 "When I was a lad" |
2:46 |
2:53 |
2:37 |
2:37 |
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Dialogue |
[2] 3:14 |
2:56 |
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No. 9a "For I hold that on the seas" |
[3] 0:36 |
0:22 |
0:20 |
[3] 0:32 |
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Dialogue |
1:24 |
1:34 |
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No. 10 "A British tar is a soaring soul" |
2:12 |
2:09 |
2:01 |
2:11 |
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Dialogue |
2:38 |
2:54 |
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No. 11 "Refrain, audacious tar" |
3:33 |
3:53 |
3:15 |
3:15 |
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No. 12 Finale Act I "Can I survive this overbearing" |
9:56
|
[4] 9:35
|
8:28 |
9:02 |
|
Entr'acte |
1:32 |
1:18 |
1:08 |
1:04 |
|
ACT II | ||||
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No. 13 "Fair moon, to thee I sing" |
2:50 |
2:11 |
2:18 |
2:22 |
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Dialogue |
1:51 |
1:27 |
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No. 14 "Things are seldom what they seem" |
3:05 |
2:36 |
2:33 |
2:51 |
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Dialogue |
[5] 1:44 |
1:20 |
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No. 15 "The hours creep on apace" |
4:52 |
5:05 |
4:34 |
4:36 |
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Dialogue |
0:47 |
0:45 |
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No. 16 "Never mind the why and wherefore" |
2:49 |
2:36 |
2:26 |
2:24 |
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Dialogue |
0:50 |
0:53 |
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No. 17 "Kind captain, I've important information" |
2:15 |
2:21 |
2:07 |
2:01 |
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Dialogue |
0:14 |
0:12 |
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No. 18 "Carefully on tiptoe stealing" |
7:15 |
7:19 |
6:42 |
7:19 |
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Dialogue |
1:13 |
1:11 |
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No. 19 "Farewell, my own" |
[6] 1:38 |
2:06 |
1:59 |
[6] 1:50 |
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No. 20 "My pain and my distress" |
0:34 |
0:34 |
0:33 |
0:40 |
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"A many years ago." |
2:22 |
2:37 |
1:55 |
2:27 |
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Dialogue |
2:03 |
1:48 |
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No. 21 Finale "Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen!" |
3:07 |
3:00 |
2:42 |
2:56 |
Notes:
