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Stanford - Partsongs

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Label: Somm

Cat No: SOMMCD0128

Barcode: 0748871012820

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd September 2013

Contents

Works

Stanford, Charles Villiers

Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.49
» no.2 Corydon, arise!
» no.3 Diaphenia
Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.53
» no.1 On a hill there grows a flower
» no.2 Like desert woods
» no.3 Praised be Diana
Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.67
» no.3 Shall we go dance?
On Time, op.142
Out in the windy West
Partsongs (3), op.111
» no.1 A lover's ditty
Partsongs (4), op.106
» no.3 To his flocks
Partsongs (4), op.110
» no.2 Dirge
» no.4 Heraclitus
Partsongs (8), op.119
Partsongs (8), op.127
» no.3 When Mary thro' the garden went
» no.4 Diaphenia
Peace, come away
Songs of Faith, op.97
» no.2 God and the Universe
To Chloris

Artists

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir

Conductor

Paul Spicer

Works

Stanford, Charles Villiers

Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.49
» no.2 Corydon, arise!
» no.3 Diaphenia
Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.53
» no.1 On a hill there grows a flower
» no.2 Like desert woods
» no.3 Praised be Diana
Elizabethan Pastorals (6), op.67
» no.3 Shall we go dance?
On Time, op.142
Out in the windy West
Partsongs (3), op.111
» no.1 A lover's ditty
Partsongs (4), op.106
» no.3 To his flocks
Partsongs (4), op.110
» no.2 Dirge
» no.4 Heraclitus
Partsongs (8), op.119
Partsongs (8), op.127
» no.3 When Mary thro' the garden went
» no.4 Diaphenia
Peace, come away
Songs of Faith, op.97
» no.2 God and the Universe
To Chloris

Artists

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir

Conductor

Paul Spicer

About

It seems a paradox that over the years we have gone to such great lengths to become familiar with the music of Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan-Willliams, John Ireland, Frank Bridge and Arthur Bliss and yet we still know far less of the music of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, their composition teacher at the Royal College of Music!

There is no doubt, however, that Stanford was a considerable composer in his own right. He was not only at ease with large musical structures - nine operas, seven symphonies, ten concertos, six Irish rhapsodies, four masses and eight string quartets among others, are ample witness - but he was also gifted in writing musical miniatures and his songs, some of which we have already covered (SOMMCD214 - A Century of English Song Vol. 2 - Sarah Leonard, Malcolm Martineau), have charm, lyricism and a sensitivity to the rhythm of words.

There has been renewed interest in the music of Stanford recently and with the kind support of the Stanford Society, Somm now turns the spotlight on Stanford's Partsongs in the second of a series of recordings with the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir who have achieved an enviable reputation under the direction of Paul Spicer, in recent years.

The eight Partsongs Op.119 set to poems by Mary Coleridge - including the glorious Bluebird - appear on CD as a complete set for the very first time. Our recording also includes ten Songs which are first recordings.

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