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Sullivan: Songs for Tenor

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Label: Resonus Classics

Cat No: RES10383

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Expected Release Date: 19th June 2026

Contents

Works

Sullivan, Arthur

Ruddigore
» I shipped, d'you see?
» The battle’s roar is over
The Golden Legend
» It is the sea (orch. John Andrews)
The Gondoliers
» Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Act 2) (orch. John Andrews)
» We're called Gondolieri
The Light of the World
» Refrain thy voice from weeping (orch. John Andrews)
The Lost Chord (orch. John Andrews)
The Mikado
» A wand'ring minstrel, I (Act 1) (orch. John Andrews)
» Were I not to Koko plighted
The Pirates of Penzance
» I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Act 1) (orch. John Andrews)
» Oh, is there not one maiden breast? (Act 1)
» Stay Frederic stay... Ah, leave me not to pine
The Prodigal Son
» How many hired servants (orch. John Andrews)
The Rose of Persia
» Drinking Song
The Sorcerer
» Love feeds on many kinds of food (orch. John Andrews)
The Yeomen of the Guard
» Free from his fetters grim
» Is life a boon? (orch. John Andrews)
Utopia, Limited
» A Tenor, all singers above

Artists

David Webb (tenor)
Jennifer France (soprano)
Charles Rice (baritone)
Academy of Ancient Music (orchestra)

Conductor

John Andrews

Works

Sullivan, Arthur

Ruddigore
» I shipped, d'you see?
» The battle’s roar is over
The Golden Legend
» It is the sea (orch. John Andrews)
The Gondoliers
» Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Act 2) (orch. John Andrews)
» We're called Gondolieri
The Light of the World
» Refrain thy voice from weeping (orch. John Andrews)
The Lost Chord (orch. John Andrews)
The Mikado
» A wand'ring minstrel, I (Act 1) (orch. John Andrews)
» Were I not to Koko plighted
The Pirates of Penzance
» I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Act 1) (orch. John Andrews)
» Oh, is there not one maiden breast? (Act 1)
» Stay Frederic stay... Ah, leave me not to pine
The Prodigal Son
» How many hired servants (orch. John Andrews)
The Rose of Persia
» Drinking Song
The Sorcerer
» Love feeds on many kinds of food (orch. John Andrews)
The Yeomen of the Guard
» Free from his fetters grim
» Is life a boon? (orch. John Andrews)
Utopia, Limited
» A Tenor, all singers above

Artists

David Webb (tenor)
Jennifer France (soprano)
Charles Rice (baritone)
Academy of Ancient Music (orchestra)

Conductor

John Andrews

About

In this debut recording of songs, arias and duets from tenor David Webb, composer Arthur Sullivan emerges as both a figure of Savoy theatre polish, and as a composer of clarity and restraint.

Drawing on years of experience with this repertoire, the artists bring an ease that feels instinctive and assured. With the Academy of Ancient Music, this is the first recording of Gilbert and Sullivan on period instruments, offering a sound closer to that heard in Victorian drawing rooms, concert halls and band stands than the modern pit. Textures open out, the words carry with directness, and Sullivan's craft is newly apparent across three decades of his career.

What results is rediscovery: a return to the scale, colour, and immediacy Sullivan's audiences would have known. Across three decades, from early sacred works to late opera, his craft is heard afresh, with lyricism and wit.

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