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26 Dec, 2018
A wonderful realization of a wrongfully underrated and maligned work
This is Sullivan’s second and last oratorio in the strictest sense of the genre as understood in the English-speaking world before WW1. Although he would continue to write large choral works for the festivals throughout his career, the later works, though thematically sacred, are not based on biblical narrative and text so they can’t be termed “oratorios.” This is also true of Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius.”
Even in his earliest oratorio “The Prodigal Son” (1869) Sullivan begins to depart from traditional oratorios by focusing on the human aspects of the selected biblical narrative rather than on its religious dogma. He further develops this in “The Light of the World.” Indeed, it has long been recognized that his large choral works are opera-oratorio hybrids. For instance, in “The Light of the World” one can find early examples of arioso writing techniques he would later use in his operas “Ivanhoe” and “Beauty Stone.”
The performance here does justice to the work and what a wonderful work it is. The soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus and Kinder Children’s Choir are all excellent and so is the BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor John Andrews keeps the work moving at a purposefully spirited pace and carefully shapes phrases and gives proper attention to drama and dynamics.
As the present recording is the first professionally performed commercial recording of the work with an orchestra, its “World Premiere” designation is justified. This recording uses a new edition of the score by Robin Gordon-Powell which represents Sullivan’s original intentions before he felt compelled to make revisions in the form of cuts to reduce its performance duration. Unlike a number of other musical works, restoring cuts here actually enhances this work as its numbers are more fleshed-out and elaborated in very creative ways.
Dutton has provided a recorded sound that is both warm and clear. Buy with confidence.
08 Jul, 2020
S/PDIF input may not work.
This review applies only to this one unit I purchased off of Ebay. I purchased this unit as an back-up unit for the same model. My single need of this product is to archive my aging digital audio tapes (DAT) and convert them to WAV files via its S/PDIF input. The unit I purchased on Ebay does not recognize the S/PDIF signal from any S/PDIF output even after I updated its firmware/resource file to the latest available version to match my existing unit. The digital interconnect works fine with my older Microtrack II.