Gilbert & Sullivan - IOLANTHE - Act I finale (Sir Malcolm Sargent, 1958) 

This conductor was famous for his slow tempi. It takes the fun out of everything, this is G&S not Wagner.

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@@alexandrumanta1439 It isnt that Malcolm Sargent is too slow, but that Isidore Godfrey is delightfully brisk, and he brought a delightful zest into the G&S as we know it (for the better) . But Sargent did his research well, examining the original manuscripts. His Mikado and Princess Ida, and Yeomen are still standard canon. Isidore did marvels for the repertory , no doubt.