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Composer(s): Sullivan, Arthur
Conductor(s): Penny, Andrew
Orchestra(s): RTÉ Sinfonietta
Label: Naxos
Genre: Ballet
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.555216
Barcode: 747313521623
Release Date: 12/2021
SULLIVAN, A.: Victoria and Merrie England [Ballet] (RTÉ Sinfonietta, Penny)
Feted for his Savoy operas with librettist W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan also regularly produced music for important royal or national occasions. In 1897, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, he was commissioned to write a ballet for the Alhambra Theatre in London. Conforming closely to the theatre’s established style, this single-act ballet was a spectacular pageant, featuring ‘speciality’ dances, startling dramatic effects and grand tableaux, notably military ones. Significant research and reconstruction of the score has made this recording possible.
Tracklist
Sullivan, Arthur
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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1 | Scene 1, "Ancient Britain": Introduction - Britannia asleep | 04:38 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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2 | Scene 1, "Ancient Britain": Sacred March of the Druids | 02:33 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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3 | Scene 1, "Ancient Britain": Rites of the Mistletoe - Britannia awakes | 04:28 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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4 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Festivities on the Village Green | 04:14 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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5 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Procession of Mummers and Revellers | 03:45 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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6 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Warriors' Dance (Historical Quadrille) | 01:45 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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7 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Morrice Dance | 02:54 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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8 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Mazurka (Knights and Rose Maidens) | 01:32 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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9 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Robin Hood and Maid Marian | 01:11 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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10 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Friar Tuck and the Dragon | 00:32 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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11 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": The Two Hobby Horses | 00:35 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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12 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Six Women Morrice Dancers | 00:52 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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13 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": General Dance | 00:35 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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14 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Solo Variation - May Queen | 01:09 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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15 | Scenes 2 and 3, "May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time": Maypole Dance | 01:52 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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16 | Scenes 4 and 5, "Legend of Herne the Hunter": Windsor Forest - Storm | 01:33 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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17 | Scenes 4 and 5, "Legend of Herne the Hunter": Entrance of the Hunters | 02:12 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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18 | Scenes 4 and 5, "Legend of Herne the Hunter": Waltz of Wood Nymphs | 04:47 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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19 | Scenes 4 and 5, "Legend of Herne the Hunter": Procession of the Yule Log | 01:47 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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20 | Scenes 4 and 5, "Legend of Herne the Hunter": Galop and Dance of Nymphs and Hunters | 03:45 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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21 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Castle Hall - Servants, Players and Guests | 02:07 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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22 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Procession of the Boar's Head and Roast Beef | 03:43 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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23 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Comic Pas de Quatre (Fugue) | 01:39 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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24 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Drunken Jester's Dance | 01:17 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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25 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Blind Man's Buff | 01:19 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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26 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Entrance and Procession of Father Christmas | 01:35 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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27 | Scene 6, "Christmas Revels": Mistletoe Dance | 01:54 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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28 | Scene 7, "Coronation of Queen Victoria": Tableau - Imperial March | 06:23 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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29 | Scene 8, "1897 - Britain's Glory": English, Irish, Scottish and Colonial Troops - Military Manoeuvres | 05:18 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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30 | Scene 8, "1897 - Britain's Glory": Sailors' Hornpipe | 01:33 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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31 | Scene 8, "1897 - Britain's Glory": Pas Redoublé | 01:52 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
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32 | Scene 8, "1897 - Britain's Glory": Finale: Britannia - The Albert Memorial - God Save the Queen | 02:29 |
RTÉ Sinfonietta (Orchestra)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Penny, Andrew (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 01:17:48