Sullivan: On Shore and Sea / Kenilworth

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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: On Shore and Sea / Kenilworth
Sally Silver (sop); Nico Darmanin (ten); Louise Winter (mezzo); Donald Maxwell (bass-bar) / Orchestra of Victorian Opera Northwest, Richard Bonynge

[ Dutton Epoch / CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 20 September 2014

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Arthur Sullivan had a life and career before and beyond the Savoy operas. In the now completely unknown cantata On Shore and Sea of 1871 and the earlier "Masque" Kenilworth, with which the 22-year-old composer fulfilled his first commission for a major choral festival (at Birmingham), we have two scores all lovers of Sullivan - as well as those exploring the still forgotten tuneful delights of Victorian cantatas - will revel in. Already the master of the charming aria, catchy number and delightful chorus, we can share with Sullivan's first audiences the pleasure of melodic discoveries in works commissioned from the coming man of mid-Victorian music. Under the authoritative direction of Richard Bonynge the music of Sullivan is vibrantly restored to us in these enthusiastic performances.

"Rousing applause for Dutton and these musicians for this disc of first commercial recordings. A red letter day for these are substantial and very rare Sullivan works. They emerge in good heart under veteran Richard Bonynge's life-ebullient conviction. The singers, solo and ensemble and orchestra deliver fully satisfactory results ... and more." (MusicWeb Sept 2014)

"Much of the solo singing is attractive but it lacks a certain theatrical extroversion and character essential to Sullivan's genius for drama and his affinity for the Italian and French stage. Nevertheless, it is excellent to have this CD to appreciate the broader nature of the composer's gifts beyond the Savoy operettas." Gramophone

Tracks:

On Shore and Sea - A dramatic cantata (1871) [26:35]
Kenilworth - A masque (1864) [37:22]