Ah Leave me not to pine alone and desolate The Pirates of Penzance by Resultados de la búsqueda Gilbert y Sullivan with Valerie Masterson and Philip Potter
Exquisite - I bought the original LP's of this recording in 1969, and played them endlessly. So good to hear the divine VM and PP singing this again, so perfectly.
I know what you mean. These two renditions prove that G&S is strong enough to be powerfully effective -- comically or tragically -- when handled by different masters of their art.
@@paulhall170 That's terribly snobbish of you! I don't detect an American accent. The fact that these are amateur singers in a university group, and that the quality of the recording is poor, makes this performance all the more remarkable.
It was great to see a production by Opera Otago recently on a visit to Dunedin (Oct 2017) where the young Beth Goulstone sang this piece beautifully. Truly Arthur Sullivan could write the most sublime melodies - memorable performance here by Valerie Masterton. Thank you so much for posting this.
Recorded perhaps around 1958 ? "The Guardian" commented: "It is Valerie Masterson's Mabel that makes one revise ideas on D'Oyly Carte standards. It is a long time since the company had so strong a soprano lead."
This is absolutely beautiful... In the film 'Wilde' starring Stephen Fry, Bosie sings this though with the words 'he loves me' instead of 'thee'. In this original version I'm just wondering, who is 'he'? what exactly does the lady mean by 'he loves THEE he is here' and the chap by 'he loves thee he is GONE'? I don't know the play very well and I'm not sure where to start!
This is a love duet, they believe they are about to be separated for a very long time. In the first verse she is looking back to their time of happiness, the roundelay is expressing her feelings. In the second verse he is looking forward to a time of desolation and the roundelay is expressing his feelings.Wonderful singer Valerie Masterson.
@@petermackie7233 Ah thank you so much! I know I should simply watch the pirates of penzance but ive been really busy (and wanted a quick short cut!). Ah I see.. she refers to herself as 'thee' in the third person! Thank you :)
@@ZJStrudwick -- No: she's quoting Nature! Just exactly as they say! And NATURE, day by day, / Has sung in accents clear / This joyous roundelay, / "He loves thee-- he is here. / Fa-la, la-la”, etc. Nature is doing the singing. To Mabel. It could not possibly be clearer.
Your inquiry is sound, as many do not understand the intricacies with which Gilbert and Sullivan Authored their operettas. The lyric “he loves thee” is a traditional form of the personal pronoun, you. The lyric replacement, “he loves me,” reflects Lord Bosie’s confidence while wooing Wilde.
