The Yeomen of the Guard

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

• 1 The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture 4:49
• 2 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 1 Introduction: “When maiden loves” 3:09
• 3 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 1 Introduction: “Mistress Meryl!” 1:07
• 4 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 2 Double Chorus: “Tower warders under orders” 3:48
• 5 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 2 Double Chorus: “A good day to you” 0:55
• 6 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 3 Song With Chorus: “When our gallant Norman foes” 4:12
• 7 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 3 Song With Chorus: “Father! Has no reprieve arrived” 1:32
• 8 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 4 Trio: “Atlas! I waver to and fro” 2:34
• 9 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 4 Trio: “Nay, lass, be of good cheer” 0:48
• 10 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 4 Trio: “Nay, pretty pne” / Act I: No. 5 Ballad: “Is life a boon?” 2:10
• 11 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 5 Ballad: “And now, Sir Richard” 1:17
• 12 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 6 Chorus: “Here’s a man of jollity” 1:34
• 13 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 7 Duet: “I have a song to sing, oh!” 3:20
• 14 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 7 Duet: “Well sung and well danced!” 1:25
• 15 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 8 Trio: “How say you, maiden” 2:32
• 16 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 8 Trio: “And so, good fellow” / Act I: No. 9 Recitative and Song: “I’ve jive and joke” 1:59
• 17 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 9 Recitative and Song: “But I trust you are very careful” 0:52
• 18 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 10 Recitative and Song: “’Tis done! I am a bride!” 3:59
• 19 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 10 Recitative and Song: “’Tis an odd freak” 1:53
• 20 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 10 Recitative and Song: “Oh, how I would love thee!” / Act I: No. 11 Song: “Were I thy bride” 2:07
• 21 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 11 Song: “The deed is, so far, safely accomplished” 0:32
• 22 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. No. 12 Finale: “Oh, Sergeant Meryll” / Recitative: “Ye Tower Warders” / Recitative: “Leonard Meryll!” / Recitative: “Forebear, my friends” / Couplets: “Didst thou not” / Recitative: “Leonard!” / Trio: “To thy fraternal care” / Chorus: “The prisoner comes” / “My lord! My lord!” / Trio: “As escort for the prisoner” / Trio: “Astounding news!” 17:25

Disc 2

• 1 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 1 Chorus and Solo: “Night has spread her pall once more” 4:12
• 2 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 1 Chorus and Solo: “The merry jests of Hugh Ambrose” 1:40
• 3 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 2 Song: “Oh! A private buffoon” 2:23
• 4 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 2 Song: “And so thou wouldst be a jester, eh?” 1:05
• 5 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 3 Duet: “Hereupon we’re both agreed” 1:44
• 6 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 3 Duet: “Two days gone” 0:29
• 7 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 4 Ballad: “Free from his fetters grim” 2:32
• 8 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 4 Ballad: “Well, Sergeant Meryll” 1:58
• 9 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 5 Quartet: “Strange adventure!” 2:48
• 10 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 5 Quartet: “So my mysterious bride” 2:39
• 11 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 6 Scene: “Hark! What was that, sir?” / Recitative: “Who fired that shot!” / Duet and Chorus: “Like a ghost his vigil keeping…” / Recitative: “The river must be dragged” 3:29
• 12 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 6 Scene: “Nay, sweetheart, be comforted” 1:07
• 13 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 7 Trio: “A man who would woo a fair maid” 3:45
• 14 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 7 Trio: “Now listen to me” 1:33
• 15 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 8 Quartet: “When a wooer goes a‐wooing” 3:02
• 16 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 8 Quartet: “Before I pretend to be a sister to anybody again” 4:07
• 17 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 9 Duet: “Rapture, rapture!” 1:29
• 18 The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. No. 10 Finale: “Comes the pretty young bride” / Trio: “’Tis said that joy” / Trio: “Hold, pretty one!” 10:56

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