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CHAN 10578
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Sullivan: Ivanhoe
Running Time: 164:33
Digital UPC: 5059864157837
Release Date: February 2010
Originally recorded in 2009
Release Date: February 2010
Originally recorded in 2009
Composer (1842-1900)
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Baritone Voice baritone - Richard Cœur-de-Lion
Neal Davies
Neal Davies
Baritone Voice baritone - Prince John
Stephen Gadd
Stephen Gadd
Solo bass-baritone - Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert
James Rutherford
James Rutherford
Tenor Voice tenor - Maurice de Bracy
Peter Wedd
Peter Wedd
Bass Voice bass - Cedric the Saxon
Peter Rose
Peter Rose
Tenor Voice tenor - Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe
Toby Spence
Toby Spence
Bass-Baritone Voice bass-baritone - Friar Tuck
Matthew Brook
Matthew Brook
Baritone Voice baritone - Isaac, the Jew of York
Leigh Melrose
Leigh Melrose
Tenor Voice tenor - Locksley/The Squire
Andrew Staples
Andrew Staples
Soprano Voice soprano - The Lady Rowena
Janice Watson
Janice Watson
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Ulrica
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Soprano Voice soprano - Rebecca
Geraldine McGreevy
Geraldine McGreevy
Choral
Adrian Partington Singers
Adrian Partington Singers
Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor
David Lloyd-Jones
David Lloyd-Jones
Venue
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
Producer (Executive)
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Producer
Brian Pidgeon
Brian Pidgeon
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper
Genre:
Opera
Orchestral & Concertos
Opera
Orchestral & Concertos
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SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
(1842-1900)Ivanhoe (1890-91)
165:33
Adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel
A Romantic Opera in Three Acts
Words by Julian Sturgis
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
Scene 1. Cedric's Hall at Rotherwood: 24:27
1.
Introduction -
0:57
2.
Cedric: 'Each day this realm of England faints and fails' -
2:35
with Men
3.
Isaac: 'Good Thane, most noble Thane, I pray…' -
2:21
with Men, Cedric, Squire
4.
Cedric: 'Welcome, Sir Knights!' -
5:17
with de Bracy, Brian, Isaac, Women, Men, Rowena
5.
Cedric: 'Drink, drink ye all…' -
3:46
with Men, de Bracy, Brian, Rowena, Ivanhoe
6.
Men: 'The Palmer! The holy Palmer!'-
7:27
with Ivanhoe, Cedric, Brian, Rowena, de Bracy
7.
De Bracy: 'Is she not fair? And she is rich withal'
2:01
with Brian, Men
Scene 2. An Ante-room in Rotherwood: 14:09
8.
Rowena: 'O moon, art thou clad in silver mail…' -
4:30
9.
Rowena: 'Good Palmer, thou dist speak of one I knew…' -
6:05
with Ivanhoe
10.
Ivanhoe: 'Like mountain lark my spirit upward springs'
3:34
with Isaac
Scene 3. The Lists at Ashby: 20:09
11.
Sopranos: 'Will there be no more fighting?' -
3:52
with Chorus, Friar, King
12.
Chorus: 'Plantagenesta!' -
3:06
13.
Prince John: 'Isaac, my Jew, my purse of Gold' -
3:07
with Cedric, de Bracy, Rebecca
14.
Prince John: ''Tis from our Royal brother, Louis of France' -
3:30
with Heralds, Crowd
15.
Sopranos: 'What means his motto?'
6:32
with Crowd, Friar, Locksley, Prince John, Rowena, Cedric
59:01
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1. The Forest, Copmanhurst: 19:26
1.
King: 'Strange lodging this for England's King' -
5:52
with Friar
2.
King: 'There is a custom in the East' -
2:30
with Friar
3.
King: 'I ask not wealth nor courtier's praise' -
3:03
4.
Friar: 'Not bad, say I, not badly sung!' -
1:12
with King
5.
Friar: 'The wind blows cold across the moor' -
3:01
with Outlaws
6.
Friar: 'And now for combat! Where's this friend of mine?'
3:45
with King, Lockley, Chorus
Scene 2: A Passage-way in Torquilstone: 9:55
7.
Cedric: 'Will not our captor dare to show his face?' -
5:48
with de Bracy, Rowena
8.
De Bracy, 'Welcome, Sir Templar! But I may not stay' -
1:07
with Brian
9.
Brian: 'Her southern splendour, like the Syrian Moon'
2:59
Scene 3. A Turret-chamber in Torquilstone: 22:33
10.
Ulrica: 'Whet the keen axes' -
7:26
with Rebecca
11.
Rebecca: 'O awful depth below the castle wall!' -
1:06
12.
Rebecca: 'Lord of our chosen race' -
3:16
13.
Rebecca: 'Take thou these jewels; here is wealth enow…' -
7:55
with Brian
14.
Rebeccca: 'What sound is that?'
2:48
with Brian
52:08
COMPACT DISC THREE
Act III
Scene 1. A Room in Torquilstone: 21:04
1.
Ivanhoe: 'Happy with winged feet' -
5:33
2.
Ulrica: 'Tend thou the Knight thou lovest' -
1:16
with Rebecca
3.
Rebecca: 'Ah, would that thou and I might lead our
3:51
sheep…' -
with Ivanhoe
4.
Ivanhoe: 'But hark! what sound is in mine ear?' -
1:48
with Rebecca
5.
Rebecca: 'I see them now; the dark wood moves with
2:57
bows'
with Tenors, Basses, Ivanhoe
6.
Ivanhoe: 'How canst thou know what pain it is to lie…'
5:38
with Rebecca, Soldiers, Brian, Outlaws, Ulrica, All
Scene 2. In the Forest: 16:50
7.
Outlaws: 'Light foot upon the dancing green' -
4:16
with King, Ivanhoe
8.
King: 'Maurice de Bracy, faithless knight' -
2:27
with de Bracy
9.
King: 'Look, where thy moody father walks apart' -
5:29
with Ivanhoe, Cedric, Rowena
10.
Ivanhoe: 'How oft beneath the far-off Syrian Skies…' -
2:29
with Rowena
11.
Isaac: 'Knight, Knight of Ivanhoe, I come for thee!'
2:09
with Ivanhoe, Rowena
Scene 3. At Templestowe: 16:13
12.
Templars: 'Fremuere principes' -
3:06
13.
Grand Master: 'Thou Jewish girl, who art condemned to
4:03
die…' -
with Rebecca
14.
Brian: 'It shall not be' -
2:33
with Grand Master, Rebecca
15.
Voices: 'A champion! A champion! A champion!' -
1:51
with Ivanhoe, Chorus, Rebecca, Brian
16.
Chorus: 'A judgment! A judgment!' -
2:30
with King, Grand Master, Templars
17.
King: 'See where the banner of England floats afar…'
2:09
with Templars, Rebecca, Rowena, Ivanhoe, Cedric, All
54:24
Solo: James Rutherford bass-baritone - Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Knights and Ladies, Attendants, Saxons, Youths etc.
Choral: Adrian Partington Singers
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
24-28 June 2009
Dedication
To the late Richard Hickox who took the enthusiastic initiative to record Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe and in whose memory this project has now been brought to completion by his friends.
