$24.98   MPN: 601 UPC: 075596058629 The Pirates of Penzance Features : Cast Recording Artists : Dennis Masuzzo Michael Tomasulo Simeon Westbrooke Richard Cohen Steven Hartman Arthur Sullivan William Elliott Keith Underwood Sheryl Henze Gary Shocket Tracks : Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry When Frederic Was A Little Lad Oh, Better Far to Live And Die Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me! Climbing Over Rocky Mountains Stop, Ladies, Pray! Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast Poor Wandering One What Ought We To Do? How Beautifully Blue The Sky Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses Hold, Monsters! I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General Oh, Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate Oh, Dry The Glistening Tear Then Frederic When The Foeman Bares His Steel Now For The Pirates' Liar When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold My Eyes Are Fully Open Away, Away! My Heart's On Fire All Is Prepared Stay, Frederic, Stay! Sorry Her Lot No, I Am Brave When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment A Rollicking Ban of Pirates We With Cat-Like Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steal Hush, Hush! Not A Word Sighing Softly To The River Finale Release Date:  24 February, 1998 Manufacturer:  Elektra / Wea Availability:  Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:  $24.98   Accessories: (none) Similar Products: Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive) The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score Pirates of Penzance Vocal Score (Dover Vocal Scores) The Pirates of Penzance Pinafore! (Original Los Angeles Cast)   Producer Joseph Papp's Broadway spin on Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance cannily employs pop firepower in its casting, adding an inviting Yankee accent to roles normally associated with (and sometimes embalmed in) plummy English locution. Erstwhile country-rocker Linda Ronstadt, who by this point had already proven she could tackle pre-rock pop standards, stretches successfully as its heroine. Rex Smith, then dismissed as a pop-rock heartthrob, proves he could be a "legitimate" musical leading man, a niche he's since inhabited comfortably. And Kevin Kline returns to his stage training as the hearty King of the Pirates. Onstage, Papp celebrated the slapstick possibilities of the deliberately silly plot, which weaves reliably tart observations about class consciousness and gender politics into a pirate band's invasion of a Cornish coastal town. A faithful big-screen adaptation added Angela Lansbury for marquee clout, but even without that grande dame of the Great White Way, this original stage cast is a corker, the music glorious and the performances spirited. --Sam Sutherland   Customer Reviews   Pirates of Penzance Rating: 5 Fantastic CDS based on the stageplay and video. I missed Angela Lansbury as Ruth but it is a fanatastic recording and interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta. Excellent Soundtrack Rating: 5 You have to be a muscial fan to love this. This play is very fun and funny. This soundtrack has the songs from this wonderful play that you will want to hear over and over again. Outstanding Recording of an Outstanding Score Rating: 5 The entire "Pirates" score plus much of the dialogue is found in this recording. The voices are extremely appropriate to each of the characters, and the comedy of the score is apparent. The energy is extremely high, which, in turn, excites the listener. I never tire of listening to it.