New London Orchestra, The London Chorus, Ronald Corp - Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters (2004)
BAND/ARTIST: New London Orchestra, The London Chorus, Ronald Corp
- Title: Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters
- Year Of Release: 2004
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:16:16
- Total Size: 313 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 1. Introduction
02. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 2, Duet and Chorus. Hush! Not a Step (Sancho/José)
03. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 3, Song. Let Others Seek the Peaceful Plain (Inez)
04. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 4, Quintet. Hand of Fate! (José/Vasquez/Sancho/Inez/Rita)
05. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 5, Song. Only the Night Wind Sighs Alone (Rita)
06. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 6, Duet. A Guard by Night (Vasquez/Rita)
07. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 7, Song. From Rock to Rock (Mr Grigg)
08. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 8, Trio. Hullo! What's That? (José/Sancho/Mr Grigg)
09. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 9. Dance
10. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 10, Finale. Hail to the Ancient Hat! (All)
11. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 1, Song. Wake, Gentle Maiden (Vasquez)
12. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 2, Duet. Let Hidalgos Be Proud of Their Breed (Inez/José)
13. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 3, Song. He Will Return (Rita)
14. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 4, Trio. Who'd to Be Robber-Chief Aspire (Inez/José/Mr Grigg)
15. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 5, Song. I Fired Each Barrel (Mr Grigg)
16. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 6, Finale. Have Pity, Sir! (All)
17. The Foresters, Act I: No. 1, "The Bond". Song. The Warrior Earl of Allendale (Kate)
18. The Foresters, Act I: No. 2, Song. Love Flew in at the Window (Marian)
19. The Foresters, Act I: No. 3, Drinking Song. Long Live Richard! (Chorus)
20. The Foresters, Act I: No. 4, Chorus. To Sleep! to Sleep!
21. The Foresters, Act II: No. 1, "The Flight of Marian". Song. There Is No Land Like England (Will Scarlet)
22. The Foresters, Act II: No. 2, Scene. Evil Fairy! Do You Hear? (Fairy/Titania/Chorus)
23. The Foresters, Act III: "The Crowning of Marian". Song. By All the Deer That Spring (Will Scarlet)
24. The Foresters, Act IV: No. 1, "The Conclusion". Song. The Bee Buzz'd Up in the Heat (Marian)
25. The Foresters, Act IV: No. 2, Chorus and Dance. Now Is the King Home Again (All)
Spirited performances are the order of the day in this recording of two little-known operettas by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
The Contrabandista—a ‘comic opera in two acts’ dating from 1867—tells the story of the hapless Adolphus Cimabue Grigg, an English traveller who is co-opted into becoming leader of the Ladrones, a notorious band of thieves. Amid shenanigans of more than a passing resemblance to Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers Sullivan successfully imbues the spice of the Spanish countryside into his score. His second opera to reach the stage, this early work—to a libretto by Francis Burnand—already shows much of the musical mastery that was to characterize so many of Sullivan’s later collaborations with W S Gilbert. The work’s popularity ensured a run spanning 1867 and 1868 and inspired its composer to expand much of its material into his longer opera of 1894, The Chieftain.
First performed—simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic—in 1892, The Foresters sets verses by Lord Tennyson on the theme of Robin Hood. Warmly received in the States, the work met with a distinctly hostile reception in London, where critics were less than impressed by the (American) lead soprano and gave Tennyson’s libretto a roasting. Sullivan’s score, by contrast, was universally recognized as being the saving grace; this new recording gives a new century the opportunity to draw its own conclusion.
01. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 1. Introduction
02. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 2, Duet and Chorus. Hush! Not a Step (Sancho/José)
03. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 3, Song. Let Others Seek the Peaceful Plain (Inez)
04. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 4, Quintet. Hand of Fate! (José/Vasquez/Sancho/Inez/Rita)
05. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 5, Song. Only the Night Wind Sighs Alone (Rita)
06. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 6, Duet. A Guard by Night (Vasquez/Rita)
07. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 7, Song. From Rock to Rock (Mr Grigg)
08. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 8, Trio. Hullo! What's That? (José/Sancho/Mr Grigg)
09. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 9. Dance
10. The Contrabandista, Act I: No. 10, Finale. Hail to the Ancient Hat! (All)
11. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 1, Song. Wake, Gentle Maiden (Vasquez)
12. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 2, Duet. Let Hidalgos Be Proud of Their Breed (Inez/José)
13. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 3, Song. He Will Return (Rita)
14. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 4, Trio. Who'd to Be Robber-Chief Aspire (Inez/José/Mr Grigg)
15. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 5, Song. I Fired Each Barrel (Mr Grigg)
16. The Contrabandista, Act II: No. 6, Finale. Have Pity, Sir! (All)
17. The Foresters, Act I: No. 1, "The Bond". Song. The Warrior Earl of Allendale (Kate)
18. The Foresters, Act I: No. 2, Song. Love Flew in at the Window (Marian)
19. The Foresters, Act I: No. 3, Drinking Song. Long Live Richard! (Chorus)
20. The Foresters, Act I: No. 4, Chorus. To Sleep! to Sleep!
21. The Foresters, Act II: No. 1, "The Flight of Marian". Song. There Is No Land Like England (Will Scarlet)
22. The Foresters, Act II: No. 2, Scene. Evil Fairy! Do You Hear? (Fairy/Titania/Chorus)
23. The Foresters, Act III: "The Crowning of Marian". Song. By All the Deer That Spring (Will Scarlet)
24. The Foresters, Act IV: No. 1, "The Conclusion". Song. The Bee Buzz'd Up in the Heat (Marian)
25. The Foresters, Act IV: No. 2, Chorus and Dance. Now Is the King Home Again (All)
Spirited performances are the order of the day in this recording of two little-known operettas by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
The Contrabandista—a ‘comic opera in two acts’ dating from 1867—tells the story of the hapless Adolphus Cimabue Grigg, an English traveller who is co-opted into becoming leader of the Ladrones, a notorious band of thieves. Amid shenanigans of more than a passing resemblance to Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers Sullivan successfully imbues the spice of the Spanish countryside into his score. His second opera to reach the stage, this early work—to a libretto by Francis Burnand—already shows much of the musical mastery that was to characterize so many of Sullivan’s later collaborations with W S Gilbert. The work’s popularity ensured a run spanning 1867 and 1868 and inspired its composer to expand much of its material into his longer opera of 1894, The Chieftain.
First performed—simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic—in 1892, The Foresters sets verses by Lord Tennyson on the theme of Robin Hood. Warmly received in the States, the work met with a distinctly hostile reception in London, where critics were less than impressed by the (American) lead soprano and gave Tennyson’s libretto a roasting. Sullivan’s score, by contrast, was universally recognized as being the saving grace; this new recording gives a new century the opportunity to draw its own conclusion.
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