Victoria and merrie England / Arthur Sullivan.
| Author/creator | Sullivan, Arthur composer. |
| Other author | Penny, Andrew, conductor. |
| Other author | RTE Sinfonietta, performer. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Leipzig, Germany : Amazon.de, [1995?] |
| Description | 1 audio disc (77 min., 48 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Sullivan : Victoria and Merrie England |
| Contents | Scene I (Ancient Britain): Introduction - Britannia asleep (4:38) ; Sacred march of the druids (2:33) ; Rites of the mistletoe - Britannia awakes (4:28) -- Scenes II & III (May day in Queen Elizabeth's time): Festivities on the village green (4:14) ; Procession of mummers and revellers (3:45) ; Warriors' dance (Historical quadrille (1:45) ; Morrice dance (2:55) ; Mazurka (Knights and rose maidens) (1:32) ; Robin Hood and Maid Marian (1:11) ; Friar Tuck and the dragon (0:32) ; The two hobby horses (0:35) ; Six women Morrice dancers (0:52) ; General dance (0:35) ; Solo variation - May queen (1:09) ; Maypole dance (1:52) -- Scenes IV & V (Legend of Herne the Hunter): Windsor Forest - Storm (1:33) ; Entrance of the hunters (2:12) ; Waltz of the wood nymphs (4:47) ; Procession of the yule log (1:47) ; Galop and dance of nymphs and hunters (3:45) -- Scene VI (Christmas revels): Castle Hall - servants, players and guests (2:07) ; Procession of the boar's head and roast beef (3:43) ; Comic pas de quatre (Fugue) (1:39) ; Drunken jester's dance (1:17) ; Blind man's buff (1:20) ; Entrance and procession of Father Christmas (1:35) ; Mistletoe dance (1:54) -- Scene VII (Coronation of Queen Victoria): Tableau - Imperial march (6:23) -- Scene VIII (1897 - Britain's glory): English, Irish, Scottish and colonial troops - Military manoeuvres (5:18) ; Sailor's hornpipe (1:33) ; Pas redoublé (1:52) ; Finale: Britannia - The Albert memorial - God save the queen (2:27). |
| General note | "Marco Polo." |
| General note | "Naxos Records." |
| General note | Title from disc surface. |
| General note | Program notes and biographical information in English by Selwyn Tillett (6 p) inserted in container. |
| Performer | RTE Sinfonietta ; Andrew Penny, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded September 20-21, 1993, National Concert Hall, Dublin. |
| LCCN | 96701600 |
| UPC | 730099367721 |
| UPC | 3009936772 |
| Publisher number | 8.223677 NAXOS |