BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 9: The Rose of Persia (extended highlights)
Album by Sullivan; Southwark Voices, The Hanover Band, Tom Higgins
Released May 1999
Tracklist
- 1The Rose of Persia: OvertureArthur Sullivan3:11
- 2The Rose of Persia: Act I: 1. "As We lie in langour lazy... I'm Abu'l Hassan" (Chorus of Girls, Hassan)Arthur Sullivan3:21
- 3The Rose of Persia: Act I: 4. "Sunbeam, the priest keeps saying... If a sudden stroke of fate" (Abdallah, Blush-of-Morning, Dancing Sunbeam)Arthur Sullivan1:39
- 4The Rose of Persia: Act I: 6. "'Neath my lattice through the night" (Rose-in-Bloom)Arthur Sullivan3:35
- 5The Rose of Persia: Act I: 8. "When my father sent me to Ishpahan" (Hassan, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan2:23
- 6The Rose of Persia: Act I: 9. "Peace be upon this house... I care not if the cup I hold" (Yussuf, HassanChorus)Arthur Sullivan3:04
- 7The Rose of Persia: Act I: 10. "Musical Maidens are we" (Rose-in-Bloom, Scent-of-Lilies, Heart's Desire, Honey-of-Life, Hassan, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan5:30
- 8The Rose of Persia: Act I: 11. "We have come to invade" (Abdallah, Hassan)Arthur Sullivan1:35
- 9The 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 Sullivan2:14
- 10The Rose of Persia: Act I: 14. "Oh, luckless hour!" (Chorus, Dancing Sunbeam, Sultan, Blush-of-Morning, Vizier, Physician, Hassan, etc.))Arthur Sullivan16:27
- 11The Rose of Persia: Act II: 1. "Oh, What is love?" (Heart's Desire, Yussuf)Arthur Sullivan2:37
- 12The 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 Sullivan2:49
- 13The Rose of Persia: Act II: 4."Let the satirist enumerate a catalogue" (Sultan, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan2:47
- 14The 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 Sullivan3:05
- 15The Rose of Persia: Act II: 7. "Laughing low, on Toe-tip" (Chorus, Hassan, Vizier, Physician, Executioner)Arthur Sullivan3:39
- 16The 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 Sullivan2:33
- 17The Rose of Persia: Act II: 10. "What does it mean?... Joy and Sorrow Alternate" (Dancing Sunbeam, Blush-of-Morning, Yussuf, Royal Guard)Arthur Sullivan2:42
- 18The Rose of Persia: Act II: 12. "Hassan, the sultan with his court approaches" (Vizier, Physician, Executioner, Chorus, Sultan)Arthur Sullivan2:18
- 19The Rose of Persia: Act II: 13. "There was once a small street Arab" (Hassan, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan2:51
- 20The Rose of Persia: Act II: 14. "A bridal march" (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan1:26
More by Sullivan, Southwark Voices, The Hanover Band, Tom Higgins
Release credits
- soprano vocals [7, 9, 12, 14]
- soprano vocals [9, 11-12, 14, 16]
- soprano vocals [3, 14, 17]
- baritone vocals [14-15, 18]
- tenor vocals [6, 9, 11-12, 16-17]
- bass vocals [3, 8-9]
- bass vocals [15-18]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [3, 9, 14, 17]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [9]
- producer
- engineer
- tenor vocals [14-15, 18]
- baritone vocals [13-14, 18]
- baritone vocals [2, 5, 7-9, 15-16, 18-19]
- soprano vocals [4, 9]
- choir vocals [2, 5-8, 13, 15-16, 18-20]
- performing orchestra [1-6, 9-20]
- conductor [1-6, 9-20]


