Title: Grundy/Sullivan : Haddon Hall Artist: Prince Consort Orchestra Label: Divine Art Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 809730120121 Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta Release Date: 2006-10-24 Number of Discs: 2
ONLY COMPLETE RECORDING. Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote his light opera Haddon Hall when he was at the height of his considerable creative powers. Despite his intention to turn away from writing "lighter" works so that he could concentrate on more serious fare, Sullivan's love of the good-life forced his return to the rather more lucrative stage of the Savoy Theatre, and the world of comic opera. Sydney Grundy presented him with a libretto based on an actual historical incident, namely the elopement of Dorothy Vernon, with her lover John Manners, from Haddon Hall, her ancestral home. The opera was completed and presented at the Savoy Theatre on 24th September 1892. The reception to Sullivan's music (though not the libretto!) was ecstatic. Bernard Shaw thought Haddon Hall to be the very best of the Savoy Operas, and for a while the piece beat even the Mikado in box office receipts. We hope that, after hearing this new recording, you will agree that Haddon Hall is an unjustly neglected work of great charm, fully worthy of Britain's most famous composer of the 19th century, Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Tracks: 1.1 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Introduction 1.2 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Chorus 1.3 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Song with Chorus 1.4 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Chorus with Solos 1.5 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Madrigal 1.6 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Trio 1.7 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Duet 1.8 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Song with Chorus 1.9 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Duet 1.10 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Recit 1.11 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Trio 1.12 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Recit ; Song 1.13 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Entrance of Puritans 1.14 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 1, Song 1.15 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 1, Scene 1.16 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 1, Song 1.17 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 1, Scene 1.18 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 1, Solo 1.19 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 1, Ensemble 1.20 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Appendix to Act 1, Solo 1.21 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Appendix to Act 1, Duet 2.1 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 1, Introduction and Chorus of Puritans 2.2 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 1, Song 2.3 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 1, Duet 2.4 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 1, Trio 2.5 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 2, Quartette 2.6 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Finale Act 2, Storm 2.7 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 2, Recit ; Song 2.8 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 2, Scene 2.9 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 2, Duet and Chorus 2.10 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 2; Scene 2, Scene 2.11 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Opening Chorus 2.12 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Song 2.13 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Recit 2.14 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Duet 2.15 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Scene and Chorus 2.16 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Ensemble 2.17 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Song, Chorus and Dance 2.18 Haddon Hall, Operetta: Act 3, Ensemble
