EDWARD GERMAN (1862-1936)

 

Tom Jones

 

Comic Opera in Three Acts

 

Book by Alexander Thompson and Robert Courtneidge

Lyrics by Charles Taylor

 

Sophia...... Marianne Hellgren Staykov, soprano

Tom Jones...... Richard Morrison, Baritone

Honour...... Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano

Squire Western...... Donald Maxwell, Baritone

Gregory...... Simon Butteriss, Baritone

Benjamin Partridge...... Richard Suart, Baritone

Lady Bellaston...... Gaynor Keeble, Mezzo-soprano

An Officer...... Giles Davies, Baritone

 

National Festival Orchestra and Chorus / David Russell Hulme

 

Tom Jones, based on Fielding’s classic novel, first appeared in 1907. One of the finest British operettas to follow Gilbert and Sullivan, the music has a style of its own and brings a new Romantic sweep to the genre. Full of superb numbers, such as the famous waltz-song For Tonight, On a January morning, A Soldier’s Scarlet Coat, Dream o’ Day Jill and West County lad, this is the first complete recording, and includes three numbers cut during the original run.

 

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