Stanford, Charles Villiers > Tenor

Stanford: Sacred Choral Music / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir

3 CD / Hyperion / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in B flat major, Op; The Lord Is My Shepherd; Motets (3) for chorus, Op. 38; Services in A ...
Performers: Christopher Monks [Organ/Choral Conductor]; Farr, Stephen; Hill, David; Kendall, William
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford is a central figure in Anglican church music. His many settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis have been staples of...continue...
Recording information: Winchester Cathedral (01/1997/04/1997)....continue...

Back To Ireland: Irish Songs & Ballads / James Griffett, tenor; Simon Lindley; Clifford Benson

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-11-08

Works: John Andrew Stevenson: The Last Rose of Summer, song; Charles Villiers Stanford: The Irish Reel, for voice & piano; Songs of Erin, for voice & piano, no 33, "Trottin' to the Fair" Op. 76/33; A Lullab...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; Griffett, James; Lindley, Simon

Recording information: Leeds Parish Church; London....continue...

A Feast for the Senses

1 CD / / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous: Flos Regalis, for 4 voices; Veni Mater Gracie / Dou way, Robin, motet (Marial polyphony); Thomas Campion: Peaceful Westerne Winde; Christmas Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréab...
Performers: Anderson, Philip; Heijink, Hank; White, Nicholas

Recording information: Concert Hall of Drew University, Dorothy Young Center f (06/2011)....continue...

I Was Glad

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-05-03

Works: Hubert Parry: I was glad; Jerusalem; Songs (6) of Farewell; Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Hail, gladdening light; William H. Harris: Faire Is the Heaven, for chorus; Charles Villiers Stanfor...
Performers: Christophers, Harry; Davies, Ben; Dobell, Mark; Quinney, Robert; Sixteen, The [Choir]; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

Recording information: St. Peter's Italian Church, Clerkenwell, London, Englan (10/10/2008/10/13/2008)....continue...

The English Songbook / Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: La Belle Dame Sans Merci, ballad for voice & piano; Songs (50) of Old Ireland, for voice & piano, "My love's an arbutus"; Ivor Gurney: Elizabethan Songs (5) for voice & pia...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Drake, Julius [Piano]

"These 24 songs are, according to Bostridge, among 'the greatest and best-loved in the English tradition' and add up to a recital of infinite lyrical...continue...

Stanford: Requiem / Leaper, Pearce, Lucey, Kerr, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Requiem, Op. 63; The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, opera
Performers: Kerr, Peter; Kerr, Virginia; Leeson-Williams, Nigel; Lucey, Frances; McGahon, Colette
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian; Pearce, Colman
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; RTE Philharmonic Choir

A towering figure of the English musical establishments, whilst remaining an Irishman in his blood and bones until his dying day, Stanford wrote more than...continue...

Stanford: Stabat Mater, etc / Hickox, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Stabat Mater Op. 96; Hymns (6), Op. 113; Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for chorus, brass & organ, in B flat major, Op. 10
Performers: Attrot, Ingrid; Battiwalla, Darius; Robson, Nigel; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

"...Chandos again puts in a bid to be crowned champion among all record companies as a purveyor of gloriously realistic sound - plangent, imposing, yet...continue...