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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)
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)
Part of The Pirates of Penzance, also The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Climbing over rocky mountain” (Beryl Dixon)
Released on Sounds on CD, also The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Climbing over rocky mountain” (Beryl Dixon)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
1530 other songs on fono were recorded at Kingsway Hall, by London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra and others
Arthur Sullivan wrote 5 of Donald Adams’s top 10 songs
W.S. Gilbert wrote 5 of Donald Adams’s top 10 songs
Arthur Sullivan wrote 194 songs on fono
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
- Performed by
- Donald Adams and D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
- Part of
- The Pirates of Penzance
- Recorded at
- Kingsway Hall
- Released on
- Sounds on CD
- Written by
- Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
- Performed by
- Donald Adams and D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
- Part of
- The Pirates of Penzance
- Recorded at
- Kingsway Hall
- Released on
- Sounds on CD
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: W.S. Gilbert
Same studio: Kingsway Hall
Same release: The Pirates of Penzance
Same writer: W.S. Gilbert
Same studio: Kingsway Hall
Same writer: W.S. Gilbert
Same studio: Kingsway Hall
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was performed by Donald Adams
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was performed by Donald Adams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was performed by D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was performed by D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was written by Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was written by Arthur Sullivan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was written by W.S. Gilbert
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was written by W.S. Gilbert
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” is part of the release The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” is part of the release The Pirates of Penzance
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was recorded at Kingsway Hall
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was recorded at Kingsway Hall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Sounds on CD is the label of the song The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die”
Sounds on CD is the label of the song The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die”
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was released on 2002
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. “Oh, better far to live and die” was released on 2002
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026