Classic String Quartet Collection

Like the music of the more famous operettas, this fine concert overture is rich in spontaneous melody, humorous, rhythmically subtle, harmonized and orchestrated in perfect taste. Carlo Martelli, the arranger of this string quartet reduction has captured the spirit of the original to perfection.

Like the music of the more famous operettas, this fine concert overture is rich in spontaneous melody, humorous, rhythmically subtle, harmonized and orchestrated in perfect taste. Carlo Martelli, the arranger of this string quartet reduction has captured the spirit of the original to perfection.

The first of Sullivan's operettas to establish the pattern of what became known as the Savoy Operas, this medley contains several of the best tunes from H.M.S. Pinafore and is, as always with Carlo Martelli, beautifully arranged.

The first of Sullivan's operettas to establish the pattern of what became known as the Savoy Operas, this medley contains several of the best tunes from H.M.S. Pinafore and is, as always with Carlo Martelli, beautifully arranged.

Sullivan rarely wrote the overtures to his operettas, a duty he usually designated to his associate and copyist, but the overture to Iolanthe is entirely of his own composition, hence its superiority over most of the others. Carlo Martelli's arrangement is based largely on this overture.

Sullivan rarely wrote the overtures to his operettas, a duty he usually designated to his associate and copyist, but the overture to Iolanthe is entirely of his own composition, hence its superiority over most of the others. Carlo Martelli's arrangement is based largely on this overture.

The music that Sullivan wrote for Gilbert's satire on Oscar Wilde and his band of 'aesthetes' does not contain as many well-known tunes as some of the other operettas by this famous pair, but the ones selected by the arranger Carlo Martelli for inclusion in this medley are no less charming and delightful.

The music that Sullivan wrote for Gilbert's satire on Oscar Wilde and his band of 'aesthetes' does not contain as many well-known tunes as some of the other operettas by this famous pair, but the ones selected by the arranger Carlo Martelli for inclusion in this medley are no less charming and delightful.

Although Princess Ida is one of the lesser known in the Gilbert and Sullivan canon it contains a host of delightful numbers, many of which are called into play in this lovely and exciting medley arranged by Carlo Martelli.