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Resonus Classics

Arthur Sullivan: Songs for Tenor

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Details

Composer
Arthur Sullivan
Artist
David Webb, Jennifer France, Charlie Rice, Academy of Ancient Music
Format
CD
Label
Resonus Classics
Released
Aug 07, 2026
Catalog #
RES10383
UPC
5060262794241

About

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.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 The Mikado, Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel (arr. J. Andrews) 03:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Mikado, Act I: A Wand'ring Minstrel (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  2. 2 The Mikado, Act I: Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted 04:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Mikado, Act I: Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb, Jennifer France
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  3. 3 The Gondoliers, Act I: We're called gondolieri 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Gondoliers, Act I: We're called gondolieri
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb, Charles Rice
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  4. 4 The Gondoliers, Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (arr. J. Andrews) 02:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Gondoliers, Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  5. 5 Act I: I shipped, d'ye see 03:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: I shipped, d'ye see
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  6. 6 Act I: The battle's roar is over 02:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: The battle's roar is over
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb, Jennifer France
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  7. 7 Act I: Oh, is there not one maiden breast 03:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Oh, is there not one maiden breast
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  8. 8 Act II: Stay, Frederic, stay! … Ah, leave me not to pine 05:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Stay, Frederic, stay! … Ah, leave me not to pine
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb, Jennifer France
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  9. 9 The Rose of Persia, Act I: I Care Not if the cup I hold, "Drinking Song" 02:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Rose of Persia, Act I: I Care Not if the cup I hold, "Drinking Song"
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  10. 10 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: Is life a boon? (arr. J. Andrews) 02:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: Is life a boon? (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  11. 11 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: Free from his fetters grim 02:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: Free from his fetters grim
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  12. 12 Utopia, Limited, Act II: A tenor, all singers above 03:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    Utopia, Limited, Act II: A tenor, all singers above
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  13. 13 The Sorcerer, Act I: Ballad: Love feeds on many kinds of food (arr. J. Andrews) 03:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    The Sorcerer, Act I: Ballad: Love feeds on many kinds of food (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  14. 14 The Golden Legend: It is the sea (arr. J. Andrews) 03:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Golden Legend: It is the sea (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  15. 15 The Light of the World: Refrain thy voice from weeping (arr. J. Andrews) 03:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    The Light of the World: Refrain thy voice from weeping (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  16. 16 The Prodigal Son: How many hired servants (arr. J. Andrews) 04:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    The Prodigal Son: How many hired servants (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  17. 17 The Lost Chord (arr. J. Andrews) 04:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Lost Chord (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews
  18. 18 The Pirates of Penzance, Act I: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (arr. J. Andrews) 03:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Pirates of Penzance, Act I: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (arr. J. Andrews)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Arthur Sullivan
    Performer
    David Webb
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    John Andrews