Gilbert and Sullivan Choruses
With a touch of 'Tripping hither tripping thither', with a dash of 'Climbing over rocky mountain', Aled Jones talks to Simon Butteriss, Natalie Herman and Robin Wilson, about the choral works of Sir Arthur Sullivan, including some jaunty choruses from the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
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Arthur Sullivan
Behold the Lord High Executioner! from The Mikado (1885)
Performer: Chorus of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash (conductor)
- London 4251902.
- 8.
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Percy Grainger
Brigg Fair
Performer: Mark Padmore (tenor), Joyful Company of Singers, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- Chandos CHAN9499.
- 7.
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Arthur Sullivan
Three little maids from school, from The Mikado (1885)
Performer: Lesley Garrett (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Susan Bullock (soprano), English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Peter Robinson (conductor)
- TER Classics CDTER1121.
- 8.
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Arthur Sullivan
What shall I do - Climbing over rocky mountain – Stop ladies, pray – Oh, is there not one
Performer: Elsie Morison (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
- EMI 7644092.
- 6 to 10.
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Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur Sullivan - Over the bright blue sea/Sir Joseph's barge is seen & Now give thr
Performer: Gaynor Keeble (soprano), Tom McVeigh (baritone), Gordon Sandison (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the D’Oyly Catre Opera, John Owen Edwards (conductor)
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Arthur Sullivan
Dance the cachucha, fandango, bolero, from The Gondoliers (1889)
Performer: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
- Decca 4300952.
- 20.
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Arthur Sullivan
Te Deum Laudemus (1900)
Performer: The Britten-Pears Chamber Choir, Ben Lees, Paul Mayes (trumpets), Philip Woods, Andrew Sutton (horns), Martin Kennedy, Stuart Dunn, William Mee (trombones), Greg Macnevin (tuba), Wallace Ruby (percussion), David Price (organ), Paul Trepte (conductor)
- CANTORIS CRCD2368.
- 10.
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Arthur Sullivan
Tripping hither, tripping thither – The lady of my love has caught me – Go away madam – Oh
Performer: Yvonne Patrick (soprano), Madeleine Mitchell (soprano), Elizabeth Woollett (soprano), Jill Pert (mezzo-soprano), Philip Creasy (tenor), Richard Stuart (baritone), Philip Blake-Jones (baritone), Lawrence Richard (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of the D’Oyly Carte Opera, John Pryce-Jones (conductor)
- TER Classics CDTER1188.
- 17 to 22.
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Ethel Smyth
Kyrie eleison, from the Mass in D
Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle (conductor)
- EMI 5674262.
- 1.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Long Day Closes, from Seven Partsongs (1868)
Performer: The King’s Singers
- Signum Classics SIGCD147.
- 19.
Broadcast
- Sun 20 Feb 2011 18:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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