Sullivan: Incidental Music

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 25, 2022
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Arthur Sullivan
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Rte Chamber Choir, Rte Concert Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Margaret Macdonald, Andrew Penny
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 25, 2022
    • UPC
      747313521029
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555210
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

Arthur Sullivan is best remembered today for his Savoy Operas with W.S. Gilbert, but during his lifetime Sullivan was also famed for his church, concert hall and stage works. These three sets of incidental music show his versatility in the genre. The music for The Merry Wives of Windsor has a joviality and lightness that matches it's pantomime mood, while the concert suite for MacBeth weaves together nervous tension and impending tragedy. By contrast, King Arthur required one of Sullivan's specialties, a sequence of choruses, edited after his death into this evocative suite.