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Artwork for The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky Beryl Dixon, Marian Martin, Jean Hindmarsh, Thomas Round, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey

The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky

Beryl Dixon, Marian Martin, Jean Hindmarsh, Thomas Round, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey

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  1. Recorded at Kingsway Hall, also Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3 “Tristesse” (Vladimir Ashkenazy), La traviata: Atto I. “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” (Brindisi) (London Opera Chorus) and L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. “Una furtiva lagrima” (Luciano Pavarotti)

  2. Written by W.S. Gilbert, also The Mikado: “A wand’ring minstrel I” (D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus), The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra La (D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus) and The Mikado: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret (D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus)

  3. Part of The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan, also The Pirates of Penzance: When the Foeman Bares His Steel (Jean Hindmarsh) and The Pirates of Penzance: When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold (Ann Drummond‐Grant)

  4. Released on H&H Music, also The Pirates of Penzance: When the Foeman Bares His Steel (Jean Hindmarsh) and The Pirates of Penzance: When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold (Ann Drummond‐Grant)

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Written by
Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
Performed by
Beryl Dixon, D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Jean Hindmarsh, Marian Martin and Thomas Round
Part of
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Recorded at
Kingsway Hall
Released on
H&H Music

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  1. 1MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Beryl Dixon

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Beryl Dixon

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  2. 2MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus

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  3. 3MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Jean Hindmarsh

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Jean Hindmarsh

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  4. 4MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Marian Martin

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Marian Martin

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  5. 5MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Thomas Round

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was performed by Thomas Round

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  6. 6MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was written by Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was written by Arthur Sullivan

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  7. 7MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was written by W.S. Gilbert

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was written by W.S. Gilbert

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  8. 8MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky is part of the release The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky is part of the release The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

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  9. 9MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was recorded at Kingsway Hall

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was recorded at Kingsway Hall

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  10. 10MusicBrainz H&H Music is the label of the song The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky

    H&H Music is the label of the song The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky

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  11. 11MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was released on 2010

    The Pirates of Penzance: What Ought We to Do... How Beautifully Blue the Sky was released on 2010

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