Soloistswelsh N. Orc - Sullivanthe Beauty Stone [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Sir Arthur Sullivan is best known for his famous collaboration with W.S. Gilbert, a supreme partnership the fruits of which have tended to overshadow Sullivan's other musical endeavours. The Beauty Stone falls into this category of neglected works. A serious operatic work of epic duration, it was a surprising flop at its premiere in 1898, a time when Sullivan was at the height of his career. The audience was expecting something more in the mould of the composer's fleet and nimble comic operas, and was unprepared for a work of such size and seriousness. Subsequently, Sullivan made dramatic edits to the score, removing some of the work's most delightful music, but in this new recording all of the omitted music has been restored. The strength of the opera is undoubtedly its many fine melodies, superb orchestration, and excellent characterisation, as well as a vivid atmosphere suitably suggestive of the romantic mediaeval setting of the plot. This, the premiere commercial recording of the work is cast with some of the finest singers on the stage today and is conducted by Rory Macdonald, one of Britain's most talented, dynamic young conductors. This release follows the highly regarded recording of Sullivan's Ivanhoe.

Introduction. Allegro Alla - Marcia

With Cards and Dice, and With Wine and Laughter

Click, Clack, Click, Clack

Melos. Andante

Hobble, Hobble, Now We've Caught Her

Though She Should Dance

Maidens and Men of Mirlemont Town

Safe in Her Island Home, Whose Sloping Glades

Dear Mary Mother, Unto Thee I Bring

Nay, See Ye Not This Maid Is Fair?

Who Stands Within?

I Love Thee! I Love Thee!

Since It Dwelt in That Rock Whose Hallowed Crest - I Gave It Away to a Love-lorn Maid

I'll Tell Them What Thou Was When First I Knew Thee

Appearance of Laine. Andante

How Say You? Shame! My Sword! My Sword!

After Devil's Song. Change of Scene. Moderato

Nay, Wert Thou More Than All He Said Thou Art

The Bells Are Ringing O'er Mirlemont Town

She's Gone! Love's Hour Has Come at Last!

Maidens and Men of Mirlemont Town

Lords of Sirault, Velaines, and St. Sauveur

May Name Is Crazy Jacqueline

Change of Scene. Andante Tranquillo

The Bells Are Ringing O'er Mirlemont Town

Look Yon - 'Tis She! Our Little Laine!

Know Ye All, Both Great and Small

I Would See a Maid Who Dwells in Zolden

I Am Loyse from St. Denis

Haste Thee! Haste Thee!

In the Hills Beyond Florenens

Up and Down

I Am Barbe of Bovigny

There He Stands, That Lord Ye Knew

Go, Bring Forth Old Simon's Daughter!

My Lord!

By Our Lady, She Is Fair!

Introduction. Moderato Con Moto - An Hour Agone 'Twas the Moon That Shone

Oh, Turn Thine Eyes Away

Why Does Thou Sigh and Moan?

In Vain Ye Plead, Some Magic Spell Enthralls Him!

Mine, Mine at Last! Poor Vanquished Slave, Begone! - What Laggard Steed Doth Carry

I Can But Tell I Knelt and Prayed

So All Is Lost for Ever! And 'Twas Thou

Allegro Vivace E Agitato

O'er Mirlemont City the Banners Are Flying

Exit of Guntran and Crowd. Allegro Moderato

Hail to the Lord of Our Land!

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 95115179420

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