The Harmonious Echo - Songs of Arthur Sullivan / Bevan, Whately, Norris

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
May 7, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR
    • PERFORMER
      Bevan, Whately, Johnson, Riches, Norris
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 07, 2021
    • UPC
      095115223925
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20239(2)
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Henry VIII, Act V: Youth will needs have dalliance, "King Henry's Song" (arr. for voices and piano)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ashley Riches, Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    2. Kenilworth, Op. 4: No. 3. The Lady of the Lake (arr. for voice and piano)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris

    3. I heard the nightingale

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    4. The Sapphire Necklace: Over the roof (voice and piano reduction)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris

    5. Will He Come?

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    6. Give

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris

    7. Thou art weary

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    8. The moon in silent brightness

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    9. O fair dove, o fond dove

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    10. The snow lies white

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    11. Looking Back

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris

    12. Looking Forward

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris

    13. The Maiden's Story

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    14. Living Poems

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    15. The Sailor's Grave

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Mary Bevan, David Owen Norris

    16. Let me dream again

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    17. Other Days

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris

    18. Little Maid of Arcadee

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    19. The Distant Shore

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    20. The love that loves me not

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    21. A Shadow

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris

    22. The Lost Chord

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Kitty Whately, David Owen Norris

    23. The Absent-Minded Beggar (version for voices and piano)

      Composer: Arthur Sullivan

      Performer: Ashley Riches, Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Ben Johnson, David Owen Norris


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.