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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Sullivan: Pineapple Poll, Henry VII & Victoria and Merrie England
Recording locations: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK, June 1974 (Henry VIII), February 1978 (Victoria and Merrie England); Kingsway Hall, London, United Kingdom, November 1982 (Pineapple Poll) Among the legion of Decca recordings boasting the company’s fabled ‘Decca Sound’, one that has been overlooked is the late Sir Charles Mackerras’s recording of his own arrangements of ‘moments’ from the G&S canon under the title Pineapple Poll. Like Gaîte Parisienne and Le Beau Danube it is a ‘jukebox’ ballet, built on cleverly assembled medleys, and it received its first performance in 1951. The remainder of this CD allows listeners the opportunity to hear examples of original music composed by Sullivan, without Gilbert. The incidental music from Henry VIII is one of the many examples of incidental music that Sullivan wrote for Shakespeare plays, while Victoria and Merrie England represents the last of his ballet scores. “Sir Charles Mackerras’s irresistibly outrageous orchestrations contribute a great deal to the delight. … I, who had not heard these creative arrangements for many years, found that they came up as fresh as the proverbial paint. Not only are the cheerful counterthemes much more complex than anything Sullivan ever imagined—notably some of those for the trombones—but the music is much more difficult to play, with the violins, I would think, taxed to the limit by some of the exuberant tempos; the Philharmonia Orchestra surmounts every problem.” Gramophone Magazine “its glowing ambience casts a pleasing bloom over the spirited and elegantly polished playing of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Mackerras conducts with great warmth” Penguin Guide (Pineapple Poll) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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plus: Songs and Snatches Favourite songs from The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard
29 May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert – the librettist of one of the most famous musical partnerships in music history. Decca’s earliest recordings of G&S with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company were made between 1949 and 1955 in MONO. In 1957, the first in a new series of stereo recordings was initiated with The Pirates of Penzance, culminating in 1966 with The Sorcerer; between 1967 and 1979 a second series of recordings was made. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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