Arthur Sullivan: Songs for Tenor

In this debut recording of songs, arias and duets from tenor David Webb, composer Arthur Sullivan emerges as both a figure of Savoy theatre polish, and as a composer of clarity and restraint. Drawing on years of experience with this repertoire, the artists bring an ease that feels instinctive and assured. With the Academy of Ancient Music, this is the first recording of Gilbert and Sullivan on period instruments, offering a sound closer to that heard in Victorian drawing rooms, concert halls and band stands than the modern pit. Textures open out, the words carry with directness, and Sullivan’s craft is newly apparent across three decades of his career. What results is rediscovery: a return to the scale, colour, and immediacy Sullivan’s audiences would have known. Across three decades, from early sacred works to late opera, his craft is heard afresh, with lyricism and wit.

1: A Wandering Minstrel
2: Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted
3: We're Called Gondolieri
4: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
5: I Shipped, D'you See?
6: The Battle's Roar Is Over
7: Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
8: Stay Frederic Stay...Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine
9: Drinking Song
10: Is Life a Boon?
11: Free from His Fetters Grim
12: A Tenor, All Singers Above
13: Love Feeds On Many Kinds of Food
14: It Is the Sea
15: Refrain Thy Voice from Weeping
16: How Many Hired Servants?
17: The Lost Chord
18: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General

Composer: Arthur Sullivan

Conductor: John Andrews

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music

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