Arthur Sullivan: Songs for Tenor

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Label
Resonus Classics
Release Date
August 7, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Arthur Sullivan
    • PERFORMER
      David Webb, Jennifer France, Charlie Rice, Academy of Ancient Music
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 07, 2026
    • UPC
      5060262794241
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RES10383
    • LABEL
      Resonus Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Romantic Era
    Works ⌄

    1. The Mikado, Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    2. The Mikado, Act I: Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb, Jennifer France

      Conductor: John Andrews

    3. The Gondoliers, Act I: We're called gondolieri

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb, Charles Rice

      Conductor: John Andrews

    4. The Gondoliers, Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    5. Act I: I shipped, d'ye see

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    6. Act I: The battle's roar is over

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb, Jennifer France

      Conductor: John Andrews

    7. Act I: Oh, is there not one maiden breast

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    8. Act II: Stay, Frederic, stay! … Ah, leave me not to pine

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb, Jennifer France

      Conductor: John Andrews

    9. The Rose of Persia, Act I: I Care Not if the cup I hold, "Drinking Song"

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    10. The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: Is life a boon? (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    11. The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: Free from his fetters grim

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    12. Utopia, Limited, Act II: A tenor, all singers above

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    13. The Sorcerer, Act I: Ballad: Love feeds on many kinds of food (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    14. The Golden Legend: It is the sea (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    15. The Light of the World: Refrain thy voice from weeping (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    16. The Prodigal Son: How many hired servants (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    17. The Lost Chord (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews

    18. The Pirates of Penzance, Act I: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (arr. J. Andrews)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: David Webb

      Conductor: John Andrews


In this debut recording of songs, arias and duets from tenor David Webb, composer Arthur Sullivan emerges as both a figure of Savoy theatre Polish, and as a composer of clarity and restraint. Drawing on years of experience with this repertoire, the artists bring an ease that feels instinctive and assured. With the Academy of Ancient Music, this is the first recording of Gilbert and Sullivan on period instruments, offering a sound closer to that heard in Victorian drawing rooms, concert halls and band stands than the modern pit. Textures open out, the words carry with directness, and Sullivan's craft is newly apparent across three decades of his career. What results is rediscovery: a return to the scale, colour, and immediacy Sullivan's audiences would have known. Across three decades, from early sacred works to late opera, his craft is heard afresh, with lyricism and wit.