Victoria And Merrie England Rte Sinfonietta, Penny

Sir Arthur Sullivan also regularly produced music for important royal or national occasions. In 1897, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, he was commissioned to write a ballet for the Alhambra Theatre in London. Conforming closely to the theatre’s established style, this single-act ballet was a spectacular pageant. Significant research and reconstruction of the score has made this recording possible. (Naxos)