Sullivan, A: The Prodigal Son, etc.

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Release Date: 3rd Nov 2003
Catalogue No: CDA67423
Label: Hyperion
Length: 75 minutes

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Sullivan, A: The Prodigal Son

Work length59:32

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Mark Wilde (tenor), Garry Magee (baritone), Claire Rutter (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto)
New London Orchestra, The London Chorus
Ronald Corp

I. Introduction

Track length3:58

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No 02. Chorus. There is joy in the presence of the angels of God

Track length4:50

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No 03. Solo. A certain man had two sons (tenor)

Track length3:26

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No 04. Recitative and aria. My son, attend to my words (baritone)

Track length3:11

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No 05. Recitative. And the younger son gathered all together (soprano)

Track length0:30

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No 06. Solo and chorus. Let us eat and drink 'The Revel' (tenor / chorus)

Track length3:30

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No 07. Recitative and chorus. Woe unto them (mezzo-soprano / chorus)

Track length1:38

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No 08. Solo. Love not the world (mezzo-soprano)

Track length3:06

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No 09. Recitative. And when he had spent all (soprano)

Track length1:45

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No 10. Aria. O that thou hadst harkened (soprano)

Track length2:59

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No 11. Solo. How many hired servants? (tenor)

Track length3:39

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No 12. Chorus. There is joy … The sacrifices of God

Track length2:46

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No 13. Recitative and duet. And he arose (soprano / tenor & baritone)

Track length2:38

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No 14. Recitative and aria. Bring forth the best robe (baritone)

Track length3:40

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No 15. Chorus. O that men would praise the Lord

Track length7:44

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No 16. Recitative and aria. No chastening for the present (tenor)

Track length3:27

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No 17. Quartet. The Lord is nigh

Track length3:00

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No 18. Chorus. Thou, O Lord art our Father

Track length3:45

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Sullivan, A: Boer War Te Deum

Work length15:45

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New London Orchestra, The London Chorus
Ronald Corp

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In many ways a missing link between Mendelssohns Elijah and Elgars The Dream of Gerontius, The Prodigal Son, one of just two oratorios by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was a staple in the choral repertory from its first performance at the Three Choirs Festival of 1869 until the First World War put an end to a worldmusical or otherwisewhere innocence was acceptable. A relatively early work, the oratorio tells the storyfrom the Gospel of Saint Lukein a style that is at once endearing and dramatic. Commissioned in anticipatory thanksgiving for the conclusion of hostilities, the Boer War Te DeumSullivans last completed workhad to wait two years for the outbreak of peace to allow its posthumous performance, and what a crowd-pleaser it turned out to be: as Sullivans own hymn tune Onward, Christian soldiers rang out, the columnist of The Daily Telegraph reported how the Te Deum was brought up from exquisite tenderness to a pitch of dignity and strengthpraise indeed justified for a work which enthralls singer and listener alike. While some may consider Sullivan without the WSG on a level with a Chinese takeaway without the MSG, Hyperions pioneering recordings continue to go some way to prove the worth of his solo compositions. Ronald Corp and his New London Orchestra have also recorded Sullivans epic secular cantata The Golden Legend to critical acclaim.

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