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BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 9: The Rose of Persia (extended highlights)

BBC Music Magazine1999Cat. BBCMM81US1h 2m18 tracks

BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 9: The Rose of Persia (extended highlights) (1999), CD, on BBC Music Magazine. Music by Arthur Sullivan, performed by Hanover Band; 18 tracks.

Composer

Arthur Sullivan

Tracklist

01

The Rose of Persia: Overture

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: Overture

3:11

02

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 1. "As We lie in langour lazy... I'm Abu'l Hassan" (Chorus of Girls, Hassan)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: As we lie in languor lazy (Chorus of Wives)

3:21

03

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 4. "Sunbeam, the priest keeps saying... If a sudden stroke of fate" (Abdallah, Blush-of-Morning, Dancing Sunbeam)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: Sunbeam! the Priest keeps saying, sotto voce (Blush)

1:40

04

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 6. "'Neath my lattice through the night" (Rose-in-Bloom)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: Neath my lattice through the night (Rose-in-Bloom)

3:36

05

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 8. "When my father sent me to Ishpahan" (Hassan, Chorus)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: When my father sent me to Ispahan (Hassan and Chorus)

2:23

06

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 9. "Peace be upon this house... I care not if the cup I hold" (Yussuf, HassanChorus)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: Peace be upon this house! (Abdallah)

2:53

09

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 12."The Sultan's Executioner" (Dancing Sunbeam, Hassan, Abdallah, Rose-in-Bloom, Heart's Desire, Scent-of-Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Yussuf)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: For the Sultan's Executioner (All)

2:14

10

The Rose of Persia: Act I: 14. "Oh, luckless hour!" (Chorus, Dancing Sunbeam, Sultan, Blush-of-Morning, Vizier, Physician, Hassan, etc.))

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 1: Oh, luckless hour! (Girls)

16:28

11

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 1. "Oh, What is love?" (Heart's Desire, Yussuf)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2: Oh, what is love? (Desire)

2:37

12

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 2. "If you or I, should tell the truth" (Scent-of-Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Heart's Desire, Yussuf)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2: If you or I should tell the truth (Girls)

2:49

13

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 4."Let the satirist enumerate a catalogue" (Sultan, Chorus)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - Let a satirist enumerate a catalogue of crimes

2:48

14

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 5. "In my heart of my hearts I've always known" (Dancing Sunbeam, Blush-of-Morning, Honey-of-Life, Song-of-Nightingales, Sultan, Vizier, Physician)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - In the heart of my hearts I've always known

3:05

15

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 7. "Laughing low, on Toe-tip" (Chorus, Hassan, Vizier, Physician, Executioner)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - Laughing low, on toe-tip

3:40

16

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 8. "It's a busy, busy, busy, busy day for thee" (Scent-of-Lilies, Executioner, Chorus, Yussuf, Heart's Desire, Hassan)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - It's a busy, busy, busy, busy day for thee

2:33

17

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 10. "What does it mean?... Joy and Sorrow Alternate" (Dancing Sunbeam, Blush-of-Morning, Yussuf, Royal Guard)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - What does it mean?

2:42

18

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 12. "Hassan, the sultan with his court approaches" (Vizier, Physician, Executioner, Chorus, Sultan)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - Hasan, the Sultan with his Court approaches

2:18

19

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 13. "There was once a small street Arab" (Hassan, Chorus)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - There was once a small Street Arab

2:51

20

The Rose of Persia: Act II: 14. "A bridal march" (Chorus)

Arthur Sullivan - The Rose of Persia, Act 2 - A bridal march

1:27