Songs from the Shows (Corp, New London Orchestra)

A programme of songsromantic, swashbuckling, plain sillyfrom shows staged during the glory days of the Gaiety, Shaftesbury, Dalys and Adelphi Theatres. Lionel Monckton was among the very finest British melodists, ranking as such with the likes of Arthur Sullivan, Eric Coates and Ivor Novello. His music encapsulates the gaiety of the Edwardian age, and it is our great loss that we hear so little of it these days. This new recording, with the New London Orchestra under Ronald Corp (a major authority on this music), is the perfect introduction to his charming songs and features soloists Catherine Bott and Richard Suart. Catherine Bott brings her sumptuous voice, cut-glass diction and delightful gifts of characterisation to the service of these songs. Formerly better-known as an early music specialist, her cabaret entertainment London Pride (Hyperion CDA67457) proved her to be an ideal performer of Moncktons music. Richard Suart is the master of the patter song and simply one of the greatest G&S interpreters in the world.

1: Charming weather
2: All Down Piccadilly
3: Under the deodar
4: Yo ho, little girls, yo ho!
5: Try again, Johnnie
6: The sly cigarette
7: The boy guessed right
8: When I Marry Amelia
9: Keep Off the Grass
10: Maisie
11: Liza Ann
12: My cinnamon tree
13: Pearl of sweet Ceylon
14: A simple little string
15: Beautiful Bountiful Bertie
16: The Temple Bell
17: A bad boy and a good girl
18: The little grey bonnet
19: Tony, from America
20: Two Little Sausages
21: Mary
22: Moonstruck

Composer: Lionel Monckton

Conductor: Ronald Corp

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: New London Orchestra

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