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Of all of Arthur Sullivan's operas, The Beauty Stone (1898) is the most obscure, not only because it was a failure after a run of 50 performances at the Savoy Theatre, but because it was regarded as unusual for being a serious romantic music drama, rather unlike the successful comedies Sullivan had written with W.S. Gilbert. Setting an overly long and dialogue-heavy book by Arthur Wing Pinero and Joseph William Domyns Carr, Sullivan composed a lyrical and sentimental score that flows with lovely melodies and warm orchestration, but lacks the satire and wit that gave spice to his collaborations with Gilbert. This recording by Rory Macdonald and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is a pleasant rediscovery of a neglected charmer, and it surely makes a better impression than the original performances did, because two hours' worth of the wordy dialogue has been removed, leaving Sullivan's delightful music. But even the most enthusiastic fans of Sullivan's best work may find it lacks a distinctive edge and is fairly innocuous without it. Macdonald keeps the music well-paced and vibrant, and the cast is engaging and capable of singing the most difficult numbers, so this Chandos release is preferred over the older Pearl recording of The Beauty Stone that suffered from a number of deficiencies.
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The Beauty Stone (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act I Scene 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act I Scene 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Madeleine Shaw, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Richard Suart, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Richard Suart, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist - Olivia Gomez, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Richard Suart, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist - Sarah Maxted, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist - Llio Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Richard Suart, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - David Stout, MainArtist, BassVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
DISC 2
The Beauty Stone, Act II Scene 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
David Stout, MainArtist, BassVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - David Stout, MainArtist, BassVocals - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act II Scene 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act II Scene 3 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Madeleine Shaw, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - David Stout, MainArtist, BassVocals - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act III Scene 1 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Madeleine Shaw, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Rebecca Evans, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
The Beauty Stone, Act III Scene 2 (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Adrian Partington, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC National Chorus of Wales, Choir, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Toby Spence, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Stephen Gadd, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - David Stout, MainArtist, BassVocals - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alan Opie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Rory MacDonald, Conductor, MainArtist - Elin Manahan Thomas, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
Album review
Of all of Arthur Sullivan's operas, The Beauty Stone (1898) is the most obscure, not only because it was a failure after a run of 50 performances at the Savoy Theatre, but because it was regarded as unusual for being a serious romantic music drama, rather unlike the successful comedies Sullivan had written with W.S. Gilbert. Setting an overly long and dialogue-heavy book by Arthur Wing Pinero and Joseph William Domyns Carr, Sullivan composed a lyrical and sentimental score that flows with lovely melodies and warm orchestration, but lacks the satire and wit that gave spice to his collaborations with Gilbert. This recording by Rory Macdonald and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is a pleasant rediscovery of a neglected charmer, and it surely makes a better impression than the original performances did, because two hours' worth of the wordy dialogue has been removed, leaving Sullivan's delightful music. But even the most enthusiastic fans of Sullivan's best work may find it lacks a distinctive edge and is fairly innocuous without it. Macdonald keeps the music well-paced and vibrant, and the cast is engaging and capable of singing the most difficult numbers, so this Chandos release is preferred over the older Pearl recording of The Beauty Stone that suffered from a number of deficiencies.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 48 track(s)
- Total length: 02:08:53
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rory MacDonald, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Toby Spence, David Stout, Stephen Gadd, Richard Suart, Alan Opie, Elin Manahan Thomas
- Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Opera
2013 Chandos Records 2013 Chandos Records
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