Sullivan, A.: Ivanhoe

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Ivanhoe (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones
Leigh Melrose, baritone
Peter Rose, bass
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto
Janice Watson, soprano
James Rutherford, bass
Peter Wedd, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone
Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Neal Davies, baritone
Stephen Gadd, baritone
Andrew Staples, tenor


1.   Act I Scene 1: Introduction - 00:00:57
2.   Act I Scene 1: Each day this realm of England faints and fails (Cedric, Men) - 00:02:35
3.   Act I Scene 1: Good Thane, most noble Thane, I pray … (Isaac, Men, Cedric, Squire) - 00:02:21
4.   Act I Scene 1: Welcome, Sir Knights! (Cedric, de Bracy, Brian, Isaac, Women, Men, Rowena) - 00:05:17
5.   Act I Scene 1: Drink, drink ye all … (Cedric, Men, de Bracy, Brian, Rowena, Ivanoe, All) - 00:03:46
6.   Act I Scene 1: The Palmer! The holy Palmer! (Men, Ivanhoe, Cedric, Brian, Rowena, de Bracy) - 00:07:27
7.   Act I Scene 1: Is she not fair? And she is rich withal (de Bracy, Brian, Men) - 00:02:01
8.   Act I Scene 2: O moon, art thou clad in silver mail … (Rowena) - 00:04:30
9.   Act I Scene 2: Good Palmer, thou didst speak of one I knew … (Rowena, Ivanhoe) - 00:06:05
10.   Act I Scene 2: Like mountain lark my sprit upward springs (Ivanhoe, Isaac) - 00:03:34
11.   Act I Scene 3: Will there be no more fighting? (Sopranos, Chorus, Friar, King, All) - 00:03:52
12.   Act I Scene 3: Chorus: Plantagenesta! (All) - 00:03:06
13.   Act I Scene 3: Isaac, my Jew, my purse of Gold (Prince John, Cedric, de Bracy, Rebecca) - 00:03:07
14.   Act I Scene 3: Tis from our Royal brother, Louis of France (Prince John, Heralds, Crowd) - 00:03:30
15.   Act I Scene 3: What means his motto? (Sopranos, Crowd, Friar, Locksley, Prince John, Rowena, Cedric, All) - 00:06:32

Ivanhoe (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones
Leigh Melrose, baritone
Peter Rose, bass
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto
Janice Watson, soprano
James Rutherford, bass
Peter Wedd, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone
Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Neal Davies, baritone
Stephen Gadd, baritone
Andrew Staples, tenor


1.   Act II Scene 1: Strange lodging this for England's King (King, Friar) - 00:05:52
2.   Act II Scene 1: There is a custom in the East (King, Friar) - 00:02:30
3.   Act II Scene 1: I ask nor wealth nor courtier's praise (King) - 00:03:03
4.   Act II Scene 1: Not bad, say I, nor badly sung! (Friar, King) - 00:01:12
5.   Act II Scene 1: The wind blows cold across the moor (Friar, Outlaws) - 00:03:01
6.   Act II Scene 1: And now for combat! Where's this friend of mine? (Friar, King, Locksley, Chorus) - 00:03:45
7.   Act II Scene 2: Will not our captor dare to show his face? (Cedric, de Bracy, Rowena) - 00:05:48
8.   Act II Scene 2: Welcome, Sir Templar! But I may not stay (de Bracy, Brian) - 00:01:07
9.   Act II Scene 2: Her southern splendour, like the Syrian Moon (Brian) - 00:02:59
10.   Act II Scene 3: Whet the keen axes (Ulrica, Rebecca) - 00:07:26
11.   Act II Scene 3: O awful depth below the castle wall! (Rebecca) - 00:01:06
12.   Act II Scene 3: Lord of our chosen race (Rebecca) - 00:03:16
13.   Act II Scene 3: Take thou these jewels; here is wealth enow … (Rebecca, Brian) - 00:07:55
14.   Act II Scene 3: What sound is that? (Rebecca, Brian) - 00:02:48

Ivanhoe (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones
Leigh Melrose, baritone
Peter Rose, bass
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto
Janice Watson, soprano
James Rutherford, bass
Peter Wedd, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone
Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Neal Davies, baritone
Stephen Gadd, baritone
Andrew Staples, tenor


1.   Act III Scene 1: Happy with winged feet (Ivanhoe) - 00:05:33
2.   Act III Scene 1: Tend thou the Knight thou lovest (Ulrica, Rebecca) - 00:01:16
3.   Act III Scene 1: Ah, would that thou and I might lead our sheep … (Rebecca, Ivanhoe) - 00:03:51
4.   Act III Scene 1: But hark! what sound is in mine ear? (Ivanhoe, Rebecca) - 00:01:48
5.   Act III Scene 1: I see them now; the dark wood moves with bows (Rebecca, Tenors, Basses, Ivanhoe) - 00:02:57
6.   Act III Scene 1: How canst thou know what pain it is to lie … (Ivanhoe, Rebecca, Soldiers, Brian, Outlaws, Ulrica, All) - 00:05:38
7.   Act III Scene 2: Light foot upon the dancing green (Outlaws, King, Ivanhoe) - 00:04:16
8.   Act III Scene 2: Maurice de Bracy, faithless knight (King, de Bracy) - 00:02:27
9.   Act III Scene 2: Look, where thy moody father walks apart (King, Ivanhoe, Cedric, Rowena) - 00:05:29
10.   Act III Scene 2: How oft beneath the far-off Syrian Skies … (Ivanhoe, Rowena) - 00:02:29
11.   Act III Scene 2: Knight, Knight, of Ivanhoe, I come for thee! (Isaac, Ivanhoe, Rowena) - 00:02:09
12.   Act III Scene 3 Fremeure principes (Templars) - 00:03:06
13.   Act III Scene 3: Thou Jewish girl, who art condemned to die … (Grand Master, Rebecca) - 00:04:03
14.   Act III Scene 3: It shall not be (Brian, Grand Master, Rebecca) - 00:02:33
15.   Act III Scene 3: A champion! A champion! A champion! (Voices, Ivanhoe, Chorus, Rebecca, Brian) - 00:01:51
16.   Act III Scene 3: Chorus: A judgement! A judgment! (King, Grand Master, Templars) - 00:02:30
17.   Act III Scene 3: See where the banner of England floats afar … (King, Templars, Rebecca, Rowena, Ivanhoe, Cedric, All) - 00:02:09

Reviews

On for Saint George! (Mar 5, 2010)
Reviewer:Jim D.
Though it was the lighter music of the Savoy operettas that made him famous (and rich), Sir Arthur Sullivan longed to make his mark as a serious composer. In 1890 he was given the chance to compose a grand opera in English, based on 'Ivanhoe,' Scott's popular novel of chivalry. It ran for 155 consecutive performances, was given five more times afterwards, then basically vanished from the stage;... Though it was the lighter music of the Savoy operettas that made him famous (and rich), Sir Arthur Sullivan longed to make his mark as a serious composer. In 1890 he was given the chance to compose a grand opera in English, based on 'Ivanhoe,' Scott's popular novel of chivalry. It ran for 155 consecutive performances, was given five more times afterwards, then basically vanished from the stage; this is the first professional recording of the entire work. The text isn't any great shakes--Julian Sturgis was no W.S. Gilbert--but much of the music is well worth the wait. Freed from the restrictions of the singing actors and small pit band he normally wrote for, Sullivan gives his lyrical side full rein. While he tried to move away from his usual "numbers opera" style, and largely succeeds, the famous character song "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" and a marvelous double-chorus would be at home at the Savoy.

The orchestra and chorus are first-rate, as you'd expect from Chandos. Toby Spence (who could surely headline a new G&S cycle ) lends his ringing voice to the hero, and there are two fine sopranos--Janice Watson and Geraldine McGreevy--as the women who love him. The booklet contains detailed notes (history of the original production, Sullivan's use of motifs, etc), and full libretto.
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