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 Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience $23.98 A sensitive, lovely, and well-sung rendition of one of the wittiest shows in the G&S canon. This recording from the early 60's sounds superb in the '89 pressing with a lovely balance between singers and orchestra, music and lyrics. John Reed whose later recordings in the Grossmith roles can involve a lot of scenery-chewing and a tremulous, insubstantial voice is delightful here. You sort of pity him and sort of hate him. Just right. Patience is not the most rolicking operetta in the canon, but what it lacks in bravado it makes up for in subtlety and satire. Yes, the target of the aesthetic poet is a little far afield for today, but Gilbert's craft and Sullivan's innate lyricism still shine. |
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