G&S Discography Revision History

October 21, 2001 — July 20, 2005

Version 22.0 — July 20, 2005 (591 pages)
Version 21.6 — December 24, 2003 (582 pages)
  • Hyperion have issued a new professional recording of The Prodigal Son (its first professional recording) and the Boer War Te Deum.
  • Divine Art have issued a new Grossmith CD, with baritone Leon Berger accompanied by Selwyn Tillet.
  • Naxos have re-issued the 1951 Patience and the 1961 Iolanthe. They join an already crowded field!!
  • Musical Collectables, the sales arm of the International G&S Festival, have re-issued Gilbert & Sullivan: Great Patter Songs with John Reed.
  • Two correspondents, Howard Friedman and Jeff DeGrave, pointed out an Angel promotional album for from ca. 1961 for the Sargent/EMI recordings.
  • Stan DeOrsey has supplied an updated version of his outstanding Lost Songs page.
  • Howard Friedman has filled in details of the unissued takes for the 1906 G&T Mikado.
Version 21.51 — June 2, 2003 (581 pages)
  • Added Chris Webster's new release, Tête-à-Tête, "an entertaining and often hilarious one hour fifty minute conversation between the great John Reed and Peggy Ann Jones, c. 1975, packed with stories about life in the D'Oyly Carte on and off stage, plus some other bonus John Reed interview material." See the Sounds on CD page. The cover image is here.
  • Added the J. C. Lockwood release of the four HMV abridged sets: 1933 Sorcerer, 1931 Pirates, 1931 Yeomen, and 1931 Gondoliers. (The Lockwood transfers and those of Chris Webster, below, are from the same original discs. Webster and Lockwood take different approaches to the restoration, however, and which one you prefer is a matter of taste. I'm happy to advise privately.)
Version 21.5 — May 10, 2003 (581 pages)
Version 21.42 — November 6, 2002 (580 pages)
Version 21.41 — August 23, 2002 (580 pages)
  • Simon Moss has kindly contributed a cover scan of the 1963 Bab Ballads recording read by Redvers Kyle.
  • Thanks to Herb Zornow for pointing out a number of errors that have been on the site — in some cases for years — but noticed by no one else!
Version 21.4 — August 23, 2002 (580 pages)
Version 21.3 — June 17, 2002 (579 pages)
Version 21.21 — February 10, 2002 (578 pages)
  • Regis have issued the 1951 D'Oyly Carte Iolanthe, with Martyn Green as the Lord Chancellor. It's the first of several forthcoming CD re-issues of this recording and its companion, the 1951 Patience, both of which came out of copyright at the beginning of 2002. What sets apart the Regis release is the coupling with Charles Mackerras's 1951 recording of Pineapple Poll, its first appearance on CD.
  • Regis have also issued another disc of highlights from the 1949-51 D'Oyly Carte sets, complementing a similar disc issued last year.
Version 21.20 — January 13, 2002 (578 pages)
  • Howard Friedman has contributed an expanded and extensively revised version of his article, Matrix and Catalog Numbers in G&S Discography.
  • The Terry Hawes recording of His Excellency (which he composed) has been added.
  • Pending the selection of a new editor, the G&S Discography is now closed for further updates.
Version 21.10 — December 10, 2001 (576 pages)
Version 21.04 — November 19, 2001 (574 pages)
Version 21.03 — November 12, 2001 (573 pages)
Version 21.02 — November 8, 2001 (573 pages)
Version 21.01 — October 22, 2001 (563 pages)
Version 21.0 — October 21, 2001 (563 pages)
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