Arthur Sullivan: The Contrabandista (or The Law of the Ladrones)
The Contrabandista (or The Law of the Ladrones)
Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Ashley Catling, Donald Maxwell, Richard Suart, Geoffrey Moses, The London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
CD
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- +The Foresters (or Robin Hood and Maid Marian)
- Künstler: Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Ashley Catling, Donald Maxwell, Richard Suart, Geoffrey Moses, London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
- Label: Hyperion, DDD, 2004
- Bestellnummer: 2815451
- Erscheinungstermin: 13.12.2004
Product-Information:
Spirited performances are the order of the day in this recording of two little-known operettas by Sir Arthur Sullivan. The Contrabandista – a »comic opera in two acts« dating from 1867 – tells the story of the hapless Adolphus Cimabue Grigg, an English traveller who is co-opted into becoming leader of the Ladrones, a notorious band of thieves. Amid shenanigans of more than a passing resemblance to Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers Sullivan successfully imbues the spice of the Spanish countryside into his score. His second opera to reach the stage, this early work – to a libretto by Francis Burnand – already shows much of the musical mastery that was to characterize so many of Sullivan’s later collaborations with W S Gilbert. The work’s popularity ensured a run spanning 1867 and 1868 and inspired its composer to expand much of its material into his longer opera of 1894, The Chieftain. First performed – simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic – in 1892, The Foresters sets verses by Lord Tennyson on the theme of Robin Hood. Warmly received in the States, the work met with a distinctly hostile reception in London, where critics were less than impressed by the (American) lead soprano and gave Tennyson’s libretto a roasting. Sullivan’s score, by contrast, was universally recognized as being the saving grace; this new recording gives a new century the opportunity to draw its own conclusion.
Rezensionen
»The choir and orchestra with Ronald Corp seem to be having a good time, enthusiastic in their task. The clear recording is helped by the fine acoustics of the Henry Wood Hall. This is a worthwhile addition to the Sullivan discography« (International Record Review)
- Tracklisting
- Details
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
The Contrabandista (Operette in 2 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme)
- 1 Introduktion (1. Akt)
- 2 Duett und Chor: Hush! Not a step
- 3 Lied: Let other seek the peaceful plain
- 4 Quintett: Hand of fate!
- 5 Lied: Only the night wind sighs alone
- 6 Duett: A guard by night
- 7 Lied: From rock to rock
- 8 Trio: Hullo! What's that?
- 9 Tanz
- 10 Finale: Hail to the ancient Hat!
- 11 Lied: Wake, gentle maiden (2. Akt)
- 12 Duett: Let Hidalgos be proud of their breed
- 13 Lied: He will return
- 14 Trio: Who'd to be Robber-Chief aspire
- 15 Lied: I fired each barrel
- 16 Finale: Have pit, sir!
The Foresters (or Robin Hood and Maid Marian) (Operette in 4 Akten) (Auszug)
- 17 Lied: The warrior Earl of Allendale (The bond) (1. Akt)
- 18 Lied: Love flew in at the window
- 19 Trinklied - Chor: Long live Richard!
- 20 Chor: To sleep! to sleep!
- 21 Lied: There is no land like England (The flight of Marian) (2. Akt)
- 22 Szene: Evil fairy! do you bear?
- 23 Lied: By all the deer that spring (The crowning of Marian) (3. Akt)
- 24 Lied: The bee buzz'd up in the heat (The conclusion) (4. Akt)
- 25 Chor und Tanz: Now the King is home again