CD 1:
King Henry’s Song
The Lady of the Lake
I heard the nightingale
Over the roof
Will He Come?
Give
Thou art weary
The moon in silent brightness
O fair dove! O fond dove!
The snow lies white
Looking Back
Looking Forward

CD 2:
The Maiden’s Story
Living Poe
The Sailor’s Grave
Let me dream again
Other Days
Little Maid of Arcadee
The Distant Shore
The love that loves me not
A Shadow
The Lost Chord
The Absent-Minded Beggar

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.

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Recording: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 10 and 11 August (Kitty Whately,

Ben Johnson, and Ashley Riches) & 30 November (Mary Bevan) 2020. Piano: Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano (592 087).