Cry From the Heart
Y favourite among the Gilbert and Sullivan operas is Jolanthe, which I will maintain in the teeth of opposition to be the most sincerely musical of all the G. and S. operas. That is probably why I was very disappointed with the recordings I heard from 4YO. The singers performed pleasantly and accurately, and the words of even the chorus were plain to the ear, but the tearing apart of the score was like ripping to pieces a growing plant. The lovely Invocation to Iolanthe was cut, and the highly-sus-ceptible Chancellor, alas! was not to be heard; likewise we missed the noble, if rather unorthodox, sentiments of Lord Tolloller, who stoutly declares Hearts just as pure and fair May heat in Belgrave Square As in the lowly air Of Seven Dials! I don’t think I shall listen to Part 2. of Iolanthe when it finally appears on the local programmes; some part of it will be missing, and I shall be in the mood to cry unavaflingly, "Woodman, spare that tree!"-well knowing that the sawing and hacking were done long before the music ever got on to the reeord.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 14
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193Cry From the Heart New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 14
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