Martyr of Antioch

Sullivan (Artist), Balcombe (Artist), Northern Chamber Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Symposium
• ASIN: B0000560XO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #822,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Chor Of Sunworshippers

3. The Love-Sick Damsel

4. Break Off The Hymn

5. Where Is The Crown...Come, Margarita, Come

6. Duet, Olybius And Callias

7. Long Live The Christians' Scourge

8. Brother Thou Art Gone Before Us

9. Brother, Thou Art Slumberest

10. Yet Once Again...For Thou Did'st Die For Me

11. Duet, Margarita And Callias

12. Evening Song Of The Maidens

13. Sweet Margarita, Give Me Thine Hand

14. Duet, Margarita And Olybius

15. Chor Of Heathen Maidens And Christians

16. The Maids Lift Up Their Hymn Around The Temple

17. Great Is Olybius And His Mercy Great!

18. Have Mercy Unrelenting Heav'n

19. The Hour Of Mercy's O'er, Or Sacrifice, Or Die

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lesser-known Sullivan, December 10, 2010

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I may have overpaid for this, but found it well worth it. Enjoyed this one as much as I did Sullivan's "Ivanhoe," and a great deal more than his "Golden Legend."
In seeking the reason I like "Martyr" and "Ivanhoe" so much better at first and second hearings than "Golden Legend," I think maybe it has to do with the strength of the libretto.
The greatest problem with this CD of "Martyr of Antioch" is that it does not include a copy of the libretto -- which, fortunately, is available online. As far as individual musical performances are concerned: they satisfied me, but I admit my musical ear is not of the highest caliber; while I can hear the difference between Dawn Upshaw and Barbara Streisand, I probably cannot hear the difference between Dawn Upshaw and whatever singer the Met currently has singing the roles in question.