Charles Villiers Stanford - Orchestral Songs

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

Stanford - A Song of Agincourt; Overture in the Style of a Tragedy; Verdum

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Overture in the style of a tragedy, Op.90

Verdun: Solemn March and Heroic Epilogue, Op.151

A Welcome March, Op.87

Fairy Day, Op.131*

A Song of Agincourt, Op.168

Codetta*

Ulster Orchestra

Howard Shelley

Recorded 27-29 August 2018 in Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Charles Villiers Stanford - Requiem Op.83

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852–1924)

Requiem Op 63

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano

James Way, Tenor

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mezzo soprano

Ross Ramgobin, Baritone

University of Birmingham Voices

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins

Recorded July 2022 at The Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Stanford - Six Irish Rhapsodies; Piano Concerto No.2; Down among the Dead Men

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Irish Rhapsodies: No. 1 in D minor, op. 78 (1902), 

No. 2 in F minor, op. 84 – "The Lament for the Son of Ossian" (1903), 

No. 3 in D, op. 137 (1913) (*), 

No. 4 in A minor, op. 141 – "The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and What he Saw" (1913),

No. 5 in G minor, op. 147 (1917), 

No. 6 in D minor, op. 191 (1922) (**)

Concert Variations upon an English Theme, op. 71 – "Down among the Dead Men" (c.1897-8) (***), 

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 126 (1911) (***)

Raphael Wallfisch (violoncello) (*) 

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) (**) 

Margaret Fingerhut (piano) (***) 

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley

Recorded August 1986 (op.147), 7-9 September 1987 (op.141), 9-10 March 1988 (op.78), 19-23 February 1989 (opp.71, 126), 22 August 1989 (op.191), 5 November 1989 (op.137), 30 April-2 May 1991 (op. 84), 

Ulster Hall, Belfast

British Clarinet Concertos - Stanford, Finzi, Arnold

 

British Clarinet Concertos

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Clarinet Concerto Op.80 (1902)   

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op.31 (1948-9) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Clarinet Concerto No.2 Op.115 (1974) [16:00]

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Michael Collins (clarinet, conductor)

rec. Blackheath Concert Halls, London, England, 5-6 January 2012 (Arnold; Finzi); Watford Colosseum, England, 4 April 2012 (Stanford)

 

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Stanford - Symphony No.1; Clarinet Concerto Op.80

Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Symphony No. 1 in Bb major (1876)
Clarinet Concerto Op.80 (1903)
Robert Plane (clarinet)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones

rec. Concert Hall. Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK, 19-20 June 2007. DDD

Stanford - Symphonies Nos.4 and 7

Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Symphony No.4 in F major, op.31 (1888)
Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.124 (1911)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

David Lloyd-Jones
rec. 2-3 June 2006, The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK

Stanford - Symphonies Nos.2 and 5

Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Symphony No. 2 in D minor, ‘Elegiac’ (1880)
Symphony No. 5 in D major, ‘L’Allegro ed il Penseroso’, Op. 56 (1894)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

rec. The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK, 29-30 June, 25-26 July 2006. DDD

Stanford - Symphonies Nos.3 and 6

Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Symphony No. 6 in E flat major, ‘In honour of the life-work of a great artist: George Frederick Watts’ Op. 94 (1905)
Symphony No. 3 in F minor ‘Irish’, Op. 28 (1887)*

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones

rec. 25-26 July 2006; *18-19 June 2007, 

The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, UK DDD

Stanford - Clarinet Sonata & Piano Trio No.3

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Clarinet Sonata, Op.129 (1911) [18:44] (1) 

Fantasies Nos. 1 and 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet, (1921, 1922) [11:39; 14:37] (2) 

Three Intermezzi for Clarinet and Piano, Op.13 (1879) [8:06] (3) 

Piano Trio No. 3, Op.158 ‘Per aspera ad astra’ (1918) [20:59] (4) 

Robert Plane (clarinet) (1, 2, 3), 

Gould Piano Trio 

(Lucy Gould (violin) (2, 4), Alice Neary (cello) (2, 4), Benjamin Frith (1, 3, 4); Mia Cooper (violin) (2), David Adams (viola) (2) 

rec. 17-19 December 2006, Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England. DDD 

Linda Finnie - Songs of the British Isles (Quilter, Britten, Parry, Holst et al.)

Songs of the British Isles

in tribute to Kathleen Ferrier

Anthony Egge & Linda Finnie 

Stanford - Piano Trio No.2 & Piano Quartet No.1

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 73 (1898/99) 

Piano Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 15 (1879)

Gould Piano Trio

David Adams (viola) 

rec. 2014, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK 

Stanford - Piano Quartet No.2 & Piano Trio No.1

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Piano Quartet No. 2 

Piano Trio No. 1 

Legend 

Irish Fantasies 

Gould Piano Trio

Lucy Gould (Violin); Alice Neary (Cello); Benjamin Frith (Piano)

David Adams (Viola)

Stanford - Stabat Mater; Bible Songs; Te Deum

Charles Villiers Stanford  (1852 - 1924)

Stabat Mater; Bible Songs; Te Deum

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Stanford, Holst and Bax - Piano Trios

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Piano Trio No.2 in G Minor, Op.73 (1899)

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934

Short Pianoforte Trio in E (1894)

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

Piano Trio in B Flat (1946)

Pirasti Trio

Nicholas Miller (Violin)

Jeffrey Sharkey (Piano) 

Alison Wells (Cello)

Stanford - String Quartets 1 and 2

Charles Villers STANFORD

String Quartets 1 and 2

RTE Vanbrugh Quartet

Charles Villers Stanford - Requiem

Charles Villiers Stanford 

Stanford Requiem Op 63

The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan (Excerpts)

A late-Victorian masterpiece that should find new recognition today

Frances Lucey (sop)

Colette McGahon (mez)

Peter Kerr (ten)

Nigel Leeson-Williams (bbar)

Adrian Leaper Conductor

RTE Philharmonic Choir

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Stanford - Symphony No.3; Irish Rhapsody No.5

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Symphony No. 3 In F Minor, "Irish"
Irish Rhapsody No. 5

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley

Stanford - Symphony No.1; Irish Rhapsody No.2

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)
 
Symphony No.1 in B flat major

Irish Rhapsody No.2 in F minor Op.84 "The Lament for the son od Ossian"

ULSTER ORCHESTRA

VERNON HANDLEY (Conductor)

Stanford - Symphony No.2; Clarinet Concerto

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD

Symphony No.2; Clarinet Concerto

Release Date: 09/30/1992

Performer:  Janet Hilton

Conductor:  Vernon Handley

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ulster Orchestra