Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England / Penny, RTÉ Sinfonietta

$9.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 3, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sullivan, Arthur
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Rte Sinfonietta
    • PERFORMER
      Penny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 03, 2021
    • UPC
      747313521623
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555216
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals

Feted for his Savoy operas with librettist W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan also regularly produced music for important royal or national occasions. In 1897, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, he was commissioned to write a ballet for the Alhambra Theatre in London. Conforming closely to the theatre’s established style, this single-act ballet was a spectacular pageant, featuring ‘specialty’ dances, startling dramatic effects and grand tableaux, notably military ones. Significant research and reconstruction of the score has made this recording possible.