NORMA BURROWES Tolhurst: two arias from "Ruth"

Soprano Norma Burrowes sings "Go return, each to her mother’s house" and "Let me now go to the field" from the rarely-performed, ostentatious Victorian oratorio, "Ruth", composed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1864, by the English composer, George Tolhurst (1827–1877). Antony Hopkins conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music From a radio broadcast of the first live performance of the work with orchestra, March 6, 1973, in the Royal Albert Hall 0:00 recit + aria: 'And Naomi said' / 'Go return, each to her mother’s house' 2:45 recit + aria: 'And Ruth the Moabitess' / 'Let me now go to the field'