MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl')
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LIONEL MONCKTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl')
Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Suart (baritone) / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 30 April 2008
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'Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy' (Gramophone)
"A wonderful old-fashioned treat especially if you like Gilbert and Sullivan. This will be a strong candidate for my Recordings of the Year list."
(recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2008)
'Lionel Monckton is almost forgotten now, but what a melodist he was … I guarantee you will be humming some of these tunes all day. Hyperion deserves a medal for cheering us up with this release' (Sunday Telegraph)
'Monckton's art is eminently entertaining. Numbers such as 'When I marry Amelia' from The Toreador (1901) set the toes tapping whether you want them to or not … The results are delectable. Conductor Ronald Corp knows exactly how this music should go and gives it plenty of verve and dash' (BBC Music Magazine)
'Here is an almost lost corner of popular English music rediscovered, our own native version of Viennese operetta' (International Record Review)
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 Monckton's music. Richard Suart is the master of the patter song and simply one of the greatest G&S interpreters in the world.
Tracks:
Charming weather from The Arcadians 1909 CB, RS [2'35]
All down Piccadilly from The Arcadians 1909 RS, chorus [2'49]
Under the deodar from A Country Girl 1902 CB [2'53]
Yo ho, little girls, yo ho! from A Country Girl 1902 RS, chorus [3'37]
Try again, Johnnie from A Country Girl 1902 CB, chorus [2'42]
The sly cigarette from A Runaway Girl 1898 CB, chorus [3'42]
The boy guessed right from A Runaway Girl 1898 CB, chorus [4'12]
When I marry Amelia from The Toreador 1901 RS, chorus [4'14]
Keep off the grass from The Toreador 1901 CB, chorus [3'44]
Maisie from The Messenger Boy 1900 CB, chorus [6'05]
Liza Ann from The Orchid 1903 CB, RS [3'43]
My cinnamon tree from The Cingalee 1904 CB [3'31]
Pearl of sweet Ceylon from The Cingalee 1904 RS, chorus [3'38]
A simple little string from The Circus Girl 1896 CB, chorus [4'06]
Beautiful bountiful Bertie from The Shop Girl 1894 RS, chorus [3'37]
The Temple Bell from The Mousmé 1911 CB [3'16]
A bad boy and a good girl from The Quaker Girl 1910 CB, RS [3'10]
The little grey bonnet from The Quaker Girl 1910 CB [2'42]
Tony, from America from The Quaker Girl 1910 CB [3'11]
Two little sausages from The Girls of Gottenberg 1907 CB, RS [2'39]
Mary from Our Miss Gibbs 1909 CB, chorus [3'19]
Moonstruck from Our Miss Gibbs 1909 CB, chorus [3'22]
