Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones - Sullivan: Pineapple Poll & Irish Symphony (2007)

Tracklist

01. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene I: Opening Dance
02. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene I: Poll's Solo - Pas de Deux
03. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene I: Captain Belaye's Solo
04. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene I: Pas de Trois
05. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene I: Finale
06. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene II: Poll's Solo
07. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene II: Jasper's Solo
08. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene III: Belaye's Solo - Sailor's Drill
09. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene III: Poll's Solo
10. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene III: Entry of Belaye With Blanche As Bride
11. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene III: Reconciliation
12. Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras): Scene III: Grand Finale
13. Symphony in E Major, "Irish": I. Andante - Allegro, Ma non troppo Vivace
14. Symphony in E Major, "Irish": II. Andante Espressivo
15. Symphony in E Major, "Irish": III. Allegretto - Moderato - Tempo I
16. Symphony in E Major, "Irish": IV. Allegro Vivace e Con Brio



As Sir Charles Mackerras writes in the booklet notes, the idea of transforming ‘the eminently danceable tunes’ of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas into a ballet score occurred to him while he was playing in the orchestra for a Gilbert and Sullivan season in Australia. Pineapple Poll was first performed, with immediate success, in March 1951 at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Sullivan was of partly Irish descent and his Symphony in E (later known as the ‘Irish’) originated during a holiday in Northern Ireland when he was 21. Although Mendelssohn and Schubert are obvious influences, the freshness of Sullivan’s melodic gifts, as well as his technical fluency, are abundantly evident.

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