Sullivan: Symphony in E "Irish"

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan still says something to most people today only when you put the name Gilbert first. The English success team Gilbert & Sullivan has indeed made such an indissoluble connection that the individual personalities behind them are in danger of disappearing Yet Arthur Sullivan, as a "serious" composer, was a very important and highly respected voice in the musical world of Victorian England More than ten major choral works, well over 100 songs, chamber music and numerous orchestral compositions make him one of England's most important composers alongside Elgar cpo has now recorded a Sullivan portrait of a special kind, the focus of which is the "Irish Symphony". Already in this relatively early work from 1863 we encounter the ingenious melodist Sullivan Be warned, the theme of the second sentence will accompany you as a catchy tune for quite some time! The symphony is framed by the first recordings of the Imperial March and the ballet suite "Victoria and Merrie England" Last but not least Sullivan's perhaps most impressive orchestral work, the overture "In Memoriam", which he wrote on the death of his father We were able to win one of the most experienced Sullivan orchestras for this important new production the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes. In this sense: Buy British!