Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
Performer: Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Ben Johnson, Ashley Riches, David Owen-Norris
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Release: 2021
Size: 1.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Henry VIII
01. No. 2, King Henry’s Song (Arr. for 4 Voices & Piano)
The Masque at Kenilworth, Op. 4
02. No. 3, I Have Slept Beneath the Water (Arr. for Voice & Piano)
03. I Heard the Nightingale
The Sapphire Necklace
04. Over the Roof (Arr. for Voice & Piano)
05. Will He Come?
06. Give
07. Thou Art Weary
08. The Moon in Silent Brightness
09. O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove
10 .The Snow Lies White
11. Looking Back
12. Looking Forward
13. The Maiden’s Story
14. Living Poems
15. The Sailor’s Grave
16. Let Me Dream Again
17. Other Days
Thespis
18. Little Maid of Arcadee (Arr. for Voice & Piano)
19. The Distant Shore
20. The Love That Loves Me Not
21. A Shadow
22. The Lost Chord
23. The Absent-Minded Beggar (Arr. for 4 Voices & Piano)
Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria to compose a grand opera. The result, Ivanhoe, achieved 155 consecutive performances (in an opera house especially built for it). Achieving equal success in his lifetime, his substantial legacy of songs fell into neglect in the twentieth century, but as this album demonstrates Sullivan’s endlessly fertile melodic gifts withstand comparison with those of any other song composer. David Owen Norris and his quartet of outstanding young British singers deliver this fascinating programme with terrific style and panache.