conductor James Holmes
leader Raymond Ovens
liner notes Michael Billington
music by, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
orchestra The English National Opera Orchestra
orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick
percussion [japanese percussion] Joji Hirota
producer John Yap
shakuhachi Yoshikazu Iwamoto
vocals [1st observer/shogun's wife/british sailor/1st noble] Edward Byles
vocals [1st shogun priest/french admiral/merchant's son/fencing master's daughter/1st assassin] Harry Nicoll
vocals [2nd geisha girl/tamate/2nd american officer/4th assassin] Michael Sadler
vocals [2nd observer/warrior/american admiral/british sailor] Alan Woodrow
vocals [2nd shogun priest/1st geisha girl/2nd lord of the south/3rd councillor] Gordon Christie
vocals [4th geisha girl/british sailor/2nd councillor] Leon Berger
vocals [dutch admiral/grandmother/1st american officer/1st lord of the south] Paul Strathearn
vocals [fisherman/shogun's physician/madam/story-teller] Terry Jenkins
vocals [john manjiro] Christopher Booth-Jones
vocals [kayama yesaemon] Malcolm Rivers
vocals [lord abe/spirit of a samurai] John Kitchiner
vocals [old man/british admiral/merchant/2nd assassin] Eric Roberts
vocals [reciter/shogun/emperor] Richard Angas
vocals [shogun's mother/2nd noble/fencing master] Simon Masterton Smith
vocals [soothsayer/russian admiral/3rd assassin] Ian Comboy
vocals [thief/shogun's companion/3rd geisha girl] John Cashmore
written-by [additional material by] Hugh Wheeler
written-by [book by] John Weidman
Recorded At CTS Studios
Recording of the 1987 English National Opera production directed by Keith Warner.
Recorded November 24, 25, December 1, 2 & 5, 1987.
Gatefold sleeve contains notes and production photos.
Barcode: 5015062115116
Matrix / Runout: TER 2-1151 A₂ DMM- E (Etched runout, side A)
Matrix / Runout: TER 2-1151 B₂ DMM- F (Etched runout, side B)
Matrix / Runout: TER 2-1151 C₂ DMM- A (Etched runout, side C)
Matrix / Runout: TER 2-1151 D₂ DMM- B (Etched runout, side D)