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Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan was a British composer best known for his collaborations with librettist W.S. Gilbert, creating some of the most enduring operettas of the 19th century. Born in 1842, Sullivan showed musical talent from a young age and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His partnership with Gilbert resulted in classics like *H.M.S. Pinafore*, *The Pirates of Penzance*, and *The Mikado*, which combined witty lyrics with Sullivan’s memorable melodies. Beyond his work in operetta, he also composed orchestral pieces, hymns, and choral works, including *The Lost Chord* and *Onward, Christian Soldiers*. His music remains a cornerstone of British musical heritage, celebrated for its charm and sophistication.

Genres

opera

romantic classical

Romantic Classical

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Arthur Sullivan

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November 12, 2025

The Choral
Edward Elgar•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Arthur Sullivan
61 tracks
October 21

London Symphony Orchestra - British Composers. Holst, Elgar, Delius...
London Symphony Orchestra•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Eric Coates•
Frederick Delius•
George Butterworth•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Holst•
John Ireland•
John Rutter•
John Tavener•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Edward Elgar•
William Walton
88 tracks
October 1

A Musical Bestiary
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Adrian Le Roy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Charles Lecocq•
Charles Trenet•
Claude Debussy•
Cole Porter•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
David Monrad Johansen•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Elliott Carter•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Enrique Granados•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn
175 tracks
September 8

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Edward German•
Frederick Delius•
George Frideric Handel•
Granville Bantock•
Gustav Holst•
John Ireland•
John Ogdon•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Edward Elgar•
Sir Henry Wood•
William Walton
96 tracks
August 10

Music by the Sea
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Sullivan•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Ives•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Charles-Valentin Alkan•
Claude Debussy•
Daniel Auber•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Wolf•
Jacques Ibert•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
John Ireland•
John Philip Sousa
85 tracks
June 13

Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida; Gilbert & Sullivan Spectacular
Arthur Sullivan•
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Sir Malcolm Sargent
43 tracks
June 10

British Classical Masterpieces
Edward Elgar•
Gustav Holst•
Frederick Delius•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Henry Purcell•
John Field•
Benjamin Britten•
John Rutter•
John Tavener•
William Walton•
Percy Grainger•
Arthur Sullivan•
George Butterworth
52 tracks
May 18

A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Messager•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arnold Bax•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward MacDowell•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Federico Mompou•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gabriel Pierné•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Giacomo Meyerbeer•
Giacomo Puccini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jehan Alain•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
John Ireland•
Joseph Haydn
81 tracks
March 22, 2024

Neath My Lattice Through the Night (The Rose of Persia)
Arthur Sullivan•
Erin Morley
1 tracks
January 25

Harmonies. Piano Music from the Golden Age
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Edvard Grieg•
Franz Liszt•
George Frideric Handel•
Muzio Clementi•
Joseph Haydn•
Gustav Mahler•
Alexander Borodin•
Selim Palmgren•
Cyril Scott•
Franz Schubert•
Edward MacDowell•
Jean Sibelius•
Alexander Glazunov•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Arthur Sullivan•
Giacomo Meyerbeer•
Léo Delibes•
Giuseppe Verdi
40 tracks

November 12, 2025

The Choral
Edward Elgar•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Arthur Sullivan
61 tracks
October 21

London Symphony Orchestra - British Composers. Holst, Elgar, Delius...
London Symphony Orchestra•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Eric Coates•
Frederick Delius•
George Butterworth•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Holst•
John Ireland•
John Rutter•
John Tavener•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Edward Elgar•
William Walton
88 tracks
October 1

A Musical Bestiary
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Adrian Le Roy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Charles Lecocq•
Charles Trenet•
Claude Debussy•
Cole Porter•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
David Monrad Johansen•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Elliott Carter•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Enrique Granados•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn
175 tracks
September 8

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Edward German•
Frederick Delius•
George Frideric Handel•
Granville Bantock•
Gustav Holst•
John Ireland•
John Ogdon•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Edward Elgar•
Sir Henry Wood•
William Walton
96 tracks
August 10

Music by the Sea
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Sullivan•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Ives•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Charles-Valentin Alkan•
Claude Debussy•
Daniel Auber•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Wolf•
Jacques Ibert•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
John Ireland•
John Philip Sousa
85 tracks
June 13

Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida; Gilbert & Sullivan Spectacular
Arthur Sullivan•
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Sir Malcolm Sargent
43 tracks
June 10

British Classical Masterpieces
Edward Elgar•
Gustav Holst•
Frederick Delius•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Henry Purcell•
John Field•
Benjamin Britten•
John Rutter•
John Tavener•
William Walton•
Percy Grainger•
Arthur Sullivan•
George Butterworth
52 tracks
May 18

A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Messager•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arnold Bax•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward MacDowell•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Federico Mompou•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gabriel Pierné•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Giacomo Meyerbeer•
Giacomo Puccini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jehan Alain•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
John Ireland•
Joseph Haydn
81 tracks
January 25, 2024

Harmonies. Piano Music from the Golden Age
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Edvard Grieg•
Franz Liszt•
George Frideric Handel•
Muzio Clementi•
Joseph Haydn•
Gustav Mahler•
Alexander Borodin•
Selim Palmgren•
Cyril Scott•
Franz Schubert•
Edward MacDowell•
Jean Sibelius•
Alexander Glazunov•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Arthur Sullivan•
Giacomo Meyerbeer•
Léo Delibes•
Giuseppe Verdi
40 tracks
September 11, 2023

Klassische Musik für den Sommer - Über das Meer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alexander Borodin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arthur Sullivan•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Ives•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Claude Debussy•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Florent Schmitt•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
John Ireland•
Joseph Haydn•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Richard Wagner•
Samuel Barber
60 tracks

March 22, 2024

Neath My Lattice Through the Night (The Rose of Persia)
Arthur Sullivan•
Erin Morley
1 tracks
July 9, 2021

Sullivan: Incidental Music
Arthur Sullivan•
RTE Concert Orchestra
1 tracks
April 19

The Pirates Of Penzance (1958)
Arthur Sullivan•
Isidore Godfrey
2 tracks
June 30, 2010

Sullivan: Overtura di ballo
Arthur Sullivan•
American Symphony Orchestra•
Leon Botstein
1 tracks