Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852–1924)
Orchestral Songs
An Irish Idyll in Six
Miniatures, Op. 77, No. 2
A Fairy Lough
The Clown’s Songs from
Twelfth Night, Op. 65, No. 2
Come Away Death
Is it the Wind of the Dawn?
La belle dame sans merci
From The Triumph of Love, Op.82
I think that we were children
When in solemn stillness
O Flames of Passion
Cavalier Songs, Op. 17
From Songs of Faith, Op. 97
To the Soul
Tears
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
From Irish Songs and Ballads
Chieftain of Tyrconnell
From Songs of Old Ireland
The Foggy Dew
When She Answered me
O Ye Dead
From Songs of Old Ireland
Battle Hymn
Lament for O R O’Neill
Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain
Songs of Erin, Op. 76, No. 22
The Alarm
Bible Songs, Op. 113, No. 3
A Song of Hope
Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano); Morgan Pearse (baritone)
BBC Singers (male voices)
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Andrews
Recorded: 2023, Battersea Arts Centre, London