This Mikado and a Pirates issued at about the same time were the first two recordings by the New D'Oyly Carte Opera Company after its reformation in the late eighties. It is a competent recording distinguished by excellent orchestral playing and a score corrected from Sullivan's autograph by Dr. David Russell Hulme. Of particular interest, it contains the two-verse version of "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted." In a field crowded with many Mikados to choose from, this one is certainly worth a look.