Rose of Persia / Emerald Isle

Gilbert & Sullivan, Lyle - Rose of Persia / Emerald Isle

Rose of Persia / Emerald Isle
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Artist: Gilbert & Sullivan, Lyle
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Music Label: Pearl
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Introduction
  2. Chorus And Solo: As We Lie In Languor Lazy
  3. Song: When Islam First Arose
  4. song: O Life Has Put Into My Hand
  5. Recit And Trio: If A Sudden Stroke Of Fate
  6. Trio: If You Ask Me
  7. Song: 'Neath My Lattice
  8. Chorus: Tramps And Scamps
  9. Song: When My Father Sent Me To Ispahan
  10. Recit And Song: I Care Not If The Cup I Hold
  11. Ensemble: Musical Maidens
  12. Recit And Song: We Have Come To Invade
  13. Octet: The Sultan's Executioner
  14. Quartet: I'm The Sultan's Vigilant Vizier
  15. Finale: O Luckless Hour
  16. Duet: Oh, What Is Love?
  17. Quartet: If You Or I Should Tell The Truth
  18. Chorus And Song: From Morning Prayer
Music CD 2
  1. Song: Let A Satirist Enumerate
  2. Song: In The Heart Of My Desires
  3. Duet: Suppose - I Sat, Suppose
  4. Chorus And Solos: Laughing Low
  5. Quintet: It's A Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy Day
  6. Song: Our Tale Is Told
  7. Recit And Madrigal: Joy And Sorrow
  8. Septet: It Has Reached Me
  9. Scena: Hassan, The Sultan With His Court
  10. Song: There Once Was Small Street Arab
  11. Finale: A Bridal March
  12. Introduction
  13. Chorus And Dance: Have You Heard The Brave News?
  14. Recit And Song: I'm Descended From Brian Boru
  15. Song: Of Viceroys Though We've Had
  16. Song: If You Wish To Appear
  17. Trio: On The Heights Of Glantun
  18. Quartet: Two Is Company
  19. Trio: I'm The Lord Lieutenant
  20. Song & Trio: At An Early Stage Of Life
  21. Song: When Alfred's Friends
Music CD 3
  1. Song: O Setting Sun
  2. Quintet: Their Courage High
  3. Chorus: THat We're Soldiers
  4. Song: Now This Is The Song Of The Devonshire Men
  5. Scena: It Is Past My Comprehension
  6. Song & Scena: Many Years Ago I Strode
  7. Finale: Their Fathers Fought At Ramillies
  8. Chorus & Solo: Is There Anyone Approachin'
  9. Chorus & Dance: Bedad, It's For Him
  10. Jig
  11. Chorus: Och! The Spalpeen
  12. Song: Oh, Have You Met A Man In Debt
  13. Duet: 'Twas In Hyde Park
  14. Ensemble: I Cannot Play At Love
  15. Song: Oh, The Age In Which We're Living
  16. Concerted Piece/Dance: Sing A Rhyme
  17. Scena: Listen! Hearken My Lover
  18. Song: Goodbye, My Native Town
  19. Recit & Solo Into Duet: I Love You! I Love You!
  20. Song: There Once Was A Little Soldier
  21. Finale: With A Big Shillelagh

Music reviews of Rose of Persia / Emerald Isle

Music Review: A good try, but obviously not professional
Rating: 4 Stars

The Rose of Persia is one of Sir Arthur Sullivan's best works, musically speaking, with Gilbert or without. The Prince Consort, a semi-professional company tackles this nearly forgotten opera as well as the completely forgotten Emerald Isle.

The Rose of Persia is handled well by the Prince Consort and is a great deal better than their more serious "Beauty Stone" recording. The actors are obviously more comfortable with comedy. The recording suffers ocasionally from an orchestra that can't stay together, but overall they handle themselves well. The tempos are generally pleasing, but "Musical Maidens Are We" "I Am the Sultan's Vigilant Vizier" and especially "It Has Reached Me" are much too slow. Granted the Vizier song is a complex lightning paced piece of music that only professionals could handle.

Richard Bourjo is a slpendid and exciting Hassan with a deep voice full of good humour. Simon Boothroyd as Abdallah is enjoyable as well. Mary Timmons, who plays the Sultana has a fine voice, though the Sultan himself is somewhat disapointing. Dancing Sunbeam, the society-hunting-crazy-wife of Hassan has some of the best songs in the opera, but Christine Watson who plays the part seems strained. Sometimes she can't be heard over the instruments, but she has a great sense of humour and sometimes her infliction is funnier than the jokes that she presents us with. Her "Our Husband is the Sultan? How?" always gets me to chuckle.

The CD also includes The Emerald Isle, an Irish fantasy that Sullivan was writing when he passed away. The score was completed by Edward German. The Prince Consort is not entirely together on this one, and it's all rather dissapointing. This recording is also live. It's interesting to hear Sullivan's final work, and some of the songs have potential, including the riotous "Of Viceroys Though We've Had" and the amusing "At an Early Stage of Life", but this recording doesn't quite present them accurately.

I give it four stars because I'm glad to hear some old Victorian operas, especially two on one CD, but I'm afraid when compared to the new professional recording with conductor Tom Higgins, this performance is charming, but invariably loses out.

The Emerald Isle also has potential, but cannot be reccomended alone.
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