Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Performer: Emmanuel Lawler
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Penny
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2021
Size: 279 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Merchant of Venice
01. No. 1, Introduction
02. No. 2, Barcarole
03. No. 3, Introduction & Bourrée
04. No. 4, Danse grotesque
05. No. 5, À la valse
06. No. 6, Melodrama
07. No. 7, Finale
Henry VIII
08. No. 1, March
09. No. 2, King Henry’s Song
10. No. 3, Graceful Dance
11. No. 4, Water Music
The Sapphire Necklace
12. Overture (Arr. R. Spencer for Orchestra)
13. Overture in C Major “In Memoriam”
Sir Arthur Sullivan achieved worldwide fame as the composer who joined librettist W. S. Gilbert to create the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. However, his success with these “Savoy Operas” has overshadowed his other works, including a considerable amount of music for the theatre that was wildly successful in its day. Sullivan’s suites of incidental music for Shakespeare are among his most attractive compositions, with Henry VIII becoming extremely popular. Charles Dickens was “perfectly enchanted” by The Sapphire Necklace, and the Overture in C is both a memorial for Sullivan’s father and a celebration of Victorian Britain.