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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

music hall

orkney and shetland folk

Orkney And Shetland Folk

school choir

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Latest Release

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The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•

Aaron Copland•

Alan Rawsthorne•

Alberto Ginastera•

Arthur Sullivan•

Benjamin Britten•

Camille Saint-Saëns•

Claudio Monteverdi•

Domenico Scarlatti•

Felix Mendelssohn•

Francis Poulenc•

Franz Lehár•

Gabriel Fauré•

George Frideric Handel•

Georges Bizet•

Gioachino Rossini•

Giuseppe Verdi•

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•

Henry Mancini•

Igor Stravinsky•

Johannes Ciconia•

Karlheinz Stockhausen•

Maurice Ravel•

Modest Mussorgsky•

Philippe Sarde•

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•

Samuel Barber•

Sergei Prokofiev•

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August 8, 2026

The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alberto Ginastera•
Anonymous•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Henry Mancini•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jerome Kern•
Johannes Ciconia•
Karlheinz Stockhausen•
Louis Ganne•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nino Rota•
Philippe Sarde•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Traditional
38 tracks
July 24

Hymn to the Sun
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
André Messager•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arthur Sullivan•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Daniel Auber•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Duke Ellington•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduardo di Capua•
Edward Elgar•
Einojuhani Rautavaara•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gerald Finzi•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Holst
108 tracks
July 17

Refreshing Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alphonse Hasselmans•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Arensky•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Lotti•
Antonio Rosetti•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Soler•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Arvo Pärt•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter
193 tracks
June 19

Sullivan: Songs for Tenor
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
18 tracks
June 12

Sullivan: The Rose of Persia: Drinking Song
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
May 29

Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: Oh, is There Not One Maiden Breast?
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
May 22

The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (Arr. for Voice and Ensemble by John Andrews)
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
May 1

Grande Dame
Felicity Lott•
André Messager•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Edward Elgar•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Mahler•
Gustave Charpentier•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Léo Delibes•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael William Balfe•
Oscar Straus•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann•
Roger Quilter•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Émile Paladilhe
74 tracks
April 6

Spring Sonatas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Adrian Le Roy•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alfonso X El Sabio•
Alfredo Catalani•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Messager•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arrigo Boito•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Somervell•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Christian Sinding•
Clara Schumann•
Claude Le Jeune•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Colin Muset•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduard Toldrà•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Frank Loesser•
Franz Lehár
132 tracks
April 4

Gathering Clouds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alban Berg•
Alexander Glazunov•
André Campra•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Aram Khachaturian•
Armando Manzanero•
Arthur Honegger•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Django Reinhardt•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Émile Waldteufel•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferdinand Hérold•
Florent Schmitt•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Georg Philipp Telemann
139 tracks

August 8, 2026

The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alberto Ginastera•
Anonymous•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Henry Mancini•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jerome Kern•
Johannes Ciconia•
Karlheinz Stockhausen•
Louis Ganne•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nino Rota•
Philippe Sarde•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Traditional
38 tracks
July 24

Hymn to the Sun
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
André Messager•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arthur Sullivan•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Daniel Auber•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Duke Ellington•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduardo di Capua•
Edward Elgar•
Einojuhani Rautavaara•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gerald Finzi•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Holst
108 tracks
July 17

Refreshing Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alphonse Hasselmans•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Arensky•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Lotti•
Antonio Rosetti•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Soler•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Arvo Pärt•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter
193 tracks
June 19

Sullivan: Songs for Tenor
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
18 tracks
May 1

Grande Dame
Felicity Lott•
André Messager•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Edward Elgar•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Mahler•
Gustave Charpentier•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Léo Delibes•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael William Balfe•
Oscar Straus•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann•
Roger Quilter•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Émile Paladilhe
74 tracks
April 6

Spring Sonatas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Adrian Le Roy•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alfonso X El Sabio•
Alfredo Catalani•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Messager•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arrigo Boito•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Somervell•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Christian Sinding•
Clara Schumann•
Claude Le Jeune•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Colin Muset•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduard Toldrà•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Frank Loesser•
Franz Lehár
132 tracks
April 4

Gathering Clouds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alban Berg•
Alexander Glazunov•
André Campra•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Aram Khachaturian•
Armando Manzanero•
Arthur Honegger•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Django Reinhardt•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Déodat de Séverac•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Émile Waldteufel•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferdinand Hérold•
Florent Schmitt•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Georg Philipp Telemann
139 tracks
January 30

Above the Mists - Echoes of the Mountain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Sullivan•
Astor Piazzolla•
Baldassare Galuppi•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Charles Ives•
Claude Debussy•
Claudin de Sermisy•
César Cui•
Darius Milhaud•
David Monrad Johansen•
Eduard Strauss•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Emmerich Kálmán•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francesco Cilea•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
George Frideric Handel•
Geronimo Gimenez•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Hamish MacCunn•
Harrison Birtwistle•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Alfvén•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jacques Offenbach
89 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

June 12, 2026

Sullivan: The Rose of Persia: Drinking Song
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
May 29

Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: Oh, is There Not One Maiden Breast?
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
May 22

The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (Arr. for Voice and Ensemble by John Andrews)
Arthur Sullivan•
Academy of Ancient Music•
John Andrews
1 tracks
March 22, 2024

Neath My Lattice Through the Night (The Rose of Persia)
Arthur Sullivan•
Erin Morley
1 tracks
March 22

Neath My Lattice Through the Night (The Rose of Persia)
Arthur Sullivan•
Erin Morley
1 tracks
October 17, 2023

There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 16, 1956)
Arthur Sullivan
1 tracks
July 10

Three Little Maids From School (From The Mikado: Act 1/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 16, 1956)
Arthur Sullivan
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