Sir Arthur Sullivan: Songs

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Although Sullivan always stands with one foot in the Victorian parlour, his songs have more to offer than the casual listener might expect. Mary Bevan and Ben Johnson are the appealing soprano... — Financial Times, 7th April 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Mar 2017
Catalogue No: CHAN10935(2)
Label: Chandos
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

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Sullivan, A: Five Shakespeare Songs

Work length13:44

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Ben Johnson, Mary Bevan, Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

III. Sign no more, Ladies

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I. Orpheus with his lute

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II. O mistress mine

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IV. The Willow Song

Track length2:55

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V. Rosalind

Track length2:27

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Sullivan, A: Love laid his sleepless head

Work length3:01

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: The Merchant of Venice: II. Barcarole, "Nel ciel seren"

Work length3:59

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: The Tempest, Op. 1: XIII. Where the Bee Sucks

Work length1:52

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: I wish to tune my quivering lyre

Work length6:41

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Sweet day

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Arabian Love Song

Work length2:38

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Birds in the Night

Work length4:02

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: A life that lives for you

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Once again

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Golden Days

Work length2:20

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Guinevere!

Work length6:21

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: None but I can say

Work length2:55

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: O Israel

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: St Agnes' Eve

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Excerpt, Sullivan, A: Edward Gray

Work length4:32

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: What does little birdie say?

Work length2:45

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: O swallow, swallow

Work length2:46

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Tears, idle tears

Work length4:06

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: The Window, "The Song of the Wrens"

Work length27:15

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

I. On the Hill

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II. At the Window

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III. Gone!

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IV. Winter

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V. Spring

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VI. The Letter

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VII. No Answer (The mist and the rain)

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VIII. No Answer (Winds are loud and you are dumb)

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IX. The Answer

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X. When?

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XI. Marriage Morning

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Sullivan, A: An Old Jew: Bid me at least goodbye

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: The Profligate: E tu nol sai

Work length3:41

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Ich mochte hinaus es jauchzen

Work length1:56

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Lied mit Thränen halb geschrieben

Work length1:51

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Oh! Ma charmante

Work length2:49

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: I would I were a King

Work length2:48

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Sad Memories

Work length4:18

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Ever

Work length3:02

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Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 16-17 May 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Mary Morison

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Old Love Letters

Work length4:27

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Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: County Guy

Work length2:48

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Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

Sullivan, A: Sweethearts

Work length4:20

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Mary Bevan, Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris
Recorded: 15-16 April 2016
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

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This exceptional recording gathers the finest young vocal talents in a unique programme of songs by Sullivan, many of them very rarely recorded.

Currently widely acclaimed for key operatic title roles in the UK and abroad, the ‘deeply touching, outstanding’ (The Guardian) soprano Mary Bevan, the ‘elegant yet intense, impeccable’ (The Guardian) tenor Ben Johnson, and the ‘increasingly impressive’ (The Financial Times) bass-baritone Ashley Riches – who here appears on Chandos for the first time – span fifty years of Arthur Sullivan’s large non-operatic vocal output. They are accompanied by the UK pianist David Owen Norris, who regularly appears in highly praised concerto performances at the BBC Proms.

This album continues to celebrate the Shakespeare anniversary but also presents a wide variety of poets, drawing on texts from a vast range of sources, through the voices of today’s greatest rising stars.

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7th April 2017

Although Sullivan always stands with one foot in the Victorian parlour, his songs have more to offer than the casual listener might expect. Mary Bevan and Ben Johnson are the appealing soprano and tenor, Ashley Riches the outstanding bass-baritone. David Owen Norris accompanies with affection.

April 2017

Mary Bevan is in glorious voice throughout. 'Orpheus with his Lute' is particularly exquisite, and her sense of line and floated high pianissimos are ravishing in 'O Israel'.

12th March 2017

the powerful Tennyson cycle The Window, George Herbert’s Sweet Day and many others – thanks to Norris’s inspired direction — make you realise what a fine, underrated songwriter Sullivan was.

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