The Harmonious Echo: Songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan

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Like soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Ashley Riches, [Whately] brings clear diction and a good range of tone to the material – much of it forgotten today...in Whately’s visionary... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2021
Catalogue No: CHAN20239(2)
Label: Chandos
Length: 93 minutes

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Sullivan, A: Henry VIII

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Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

No. 2, King Henry's Song (Arr. for 4 Voices & Piano)

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Sullivan, A: The Masque at Kenilworth, Op. 4

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Mary Bevan (soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

No. 3, I Have Slept Beneath the Water (Arr. for Voice & Piano)

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Sullivan, A: I Heard the Nightingale

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Sapphire Necklace

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Mary Bevan (soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Over the Roof (Arr. for Voice & Piano)

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Sullivan, A: Will He Come?

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Give

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Mary Bevan (soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Thou Art Weary

Work length5:07

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Moon in Silent Brightness

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Snow Lies White

Work length3:11

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Looking Back

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Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Looking Forward

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Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Maiden's Story

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Living Poems

Work length3:42

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Sailor's Grave

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Mary Bevan (soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Let Me Dream Again

Work length4:57

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Other Days

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Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: Thespis

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Little Maid of Arcadee (Arr. for Voice & Piano)

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Sullivan, A: The Distant Shore

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Love That Loves Me Not

Work length3:14

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: A Shadow

Work length3:58

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Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Lost Chord

Work length4:23

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Absent-Minded Beggar (Arr. for 4 Voices & Piano)

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Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)

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Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria to compose a grand opera. The result, Ivanhoe, achieved 155 consecutive performances (in an opera house especially built for it). Achieving equal success in his lifetime, his substantial legacy of songs fell into neglect in the twentieth century, but as this album demonstrates Sullivan’s endlessly fertile melodic gifts withstand comparison with those of any other song composer. David Owen Norris and his quartet of outstanding young British singers deliver this fascinating programme with terrific style and panache.

Reviews

August 2021

Like soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Ashley Riches, [Whately] brings clear diction and a good range of tone to the material – much of it forgotten today...in Whately’s visionary performance, ‘The Lost Chord’ registers as the masterpiece it is.

Jan/Feb 2022

The performances on The Harmonious Echo are uniformly admirable. All of the vocalists sing with a lovely tonal quality, secure technique, and sensitivity to the text and music. While it is true that these songs are in a sentimental vein, the artists never overplay that aspect.

July 2021

With very few exceptions, they come across as fresh and vivid, in thoughtful, committed performances from four excellent young British singers. Norris’s accompaniments are tasteful in the best sense.

29th May 2021

This second volume of Sullivan’s songs performed by Norris, Bevan, Johnson and Riches brings the melodic inventiveness of his popular operettas to the Victorian salon, with beguiling results.

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