Arthur Sullivan always wanted to be known more as a serious composer than one of comic opera, and his Symphony in E minor ("Irish") and his grand opera Ivanhoe, immensely popular in its own time, have been revived in recent decades. The same cannot be said of his songs, which are all but unknown except for The Lost Chord. That chestnut is not even included on this expansive two-disc survey, a highly worthwhile look into Sullivan the song composer. The songs do fall into categories, ordered on the program and described in ...
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Arthur Sullivan always wanted to be known more as a serious composer than one of comic opera, and his Symphony in E minor ("Irish") and his grand opera Ivanhoe, immensely popular in its own time, have been revived in recent decades. The same cannot be said of his songs, which are all but unknown except for The Lost Chord. That chestnut is not even included on this expansive two-disc survey, a highly worthwhile look into Sullivan the song composer. The songs do fall into categories, ordered on the program and described in the informative booklet as Shakespearean Settings, Famous Poets, Songs to Words by Lionel Lewin (a friend of Sullivan in his early adulthood), The Beginning, The "Liederkreis" of Sullivan and Tennyson, Songs from the Stage, Foreign Tongues, and In Conclusion (for the moment -- apparently further releases are on the way, suggesting just how neglected this aspect of Sullivan's output has been). Certainly they're a mixed bag, but many are attractive, with Mendelssohn and Schubert (as with...
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