Sullivan: Incidental Music

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 25, 2022
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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
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    2. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    3. Act V: Prelude

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    4. Act VI: Prelude

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    5. Act IV: Prelude

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    6. Act IV: Chorus of Spirits in the Air: Black spirits and white

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    7. Act IV: Chorus of Witches and Spirits: Come away, come away!

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    8. Chorus of Lake Spirits: Dawn and daytime turn to night

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    9. Chorus of Unseen Spirits: Fairest form of all the earth!

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    10. The Chaunt of the Grail: Look not to thy sword

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    11. The May Song: Ere upon its snowy bed

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    12. Funeral March and Final Chorus: Sleep! oh, sleep!

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    13. Act V: Prelude (Moonlight) - Dance of Fairies

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    14. Act V: Song for Anne Page: Love laid his sleepless head

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Margaret McDonald

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    15. Act V: Scene for Anne and Chorus: Fairies, black, grey, green and white

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Margaret McDonald

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    16. Act V: Dance round the Tree

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    17. Act V: Dance with Chorus: Fie on sinful fantasy!

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Ensemble: RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny


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.