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11-05-2016, 12:53 PM
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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has been called the most important single factor in the renaissance of English music
during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; indeed, even if one were to overlook Stanford's own vast catalog
of compositions, it would be impossible to ignore the pronounced effect Stanford's nearly 40-year teaching career had on
several generations of British composers. Born in 1852 to a prominent Irish lawyer and amateur musician, Stanford
manifested his musical talents early in life. Whether the stories that he was actively composing songs by age of four
and giving full-length recitals by age nine are true or not, Stanford was certainly the recipient of a thorough musical
and academic education, studying at Henry Tilney Bassett's school in Dublin and taking private lessons in piano, organ
and composition from a number of trained musicians (including Arthur O'Leary).
At age 18 Stanford entered Queens' College, Cambridge to pursue more serious studies in music. In 1874 he earned
a B.A. in music, having already been appointed both organist at Trinity College (a post he filled with distinction for
almost 20 years) and conductor of a number of University choral societies. After graduating from Queen's College,
Stanford traveled to the continent for further studies, working with composer Carl Heinrich Reinecke in Leipzig for
almost two years and later (having met and impressed Joseph Joachim) with Joachim's associate Friedrich Kiel in
Berlin. By the time of Stanford's return to London in the late 1870s his reputation as one of the leading British
composers of the day was secure, and a number of his large compositions (such as the Second Symphony, 1882)
were premiered during the following 10 years.
Stanford was appointed to the faculty of the new Royal College of Music in 1882, and further honored when he was
made a professor at Cambridge University in 1887. He was knighted in 1902, and remained a prominent feature
of the musical landscape of Great Britain until his death in 1924. Stanford's lifelong service to British music
earned his ashes a place of distinction next to Henry Purcell's in Westminster Abbey.
Although accounts of Stanford's life have tended to focus on his impact as a teacher (understandably, with such
notables as Vaughan Williams, Holst, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Ireland, Frank Bridge, and Arthur Bliss among
his many pupils), his merit as a composer deserve as much mention. He is, without a doubt, the greatest British
composer of sacred music since Henry Purcell: Morning, Communion, and Evening Services in B flat, Op.10 is almost
symphonic in scope, and Stanford's many cantatas and oratorios are the pre-eminent British entries in the genres.
His orchestral output includes seven symphonies and three piano concertos, and, although only one of his operas
(Shamus O'Brien, 1896) achieved any kind of success, Stanford's interest in a new kind of British opera cleared a
path for one of that country's most notable twentieth century composers, Benjamin Britten.
In addition to the symphonies, this collection includes:
Irish Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6 (Complete)
Clarinet Concerto
Concert Piece for Organ
Oedipus Rex Prelude
Piano Concerto No.2
Down Among the Dead Men Variations
Music Composed by
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Played by the
Ulster Orchestra
With
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
Janet Hilton (clarinet)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Gillian Weir (organ)
Conducted by
Vernon Handley
"One of England's busiest and most recorded conductors of the late 20th century, Vernon Handley (1930-2008)
emerged in the 1970s as the successor to Sir Adrian Boult and Sir John Barbirolli as the leading exponent of English
music. Like Boult before him, he made a career specialty out of performing and recording symphonic music from England,
some of it well-known and much of it overlooked by previous generations of conductors and audiences.
Vernon George Handley was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and the Guildhall School of Music. His earliest engagements
as conductor were with the Oxford University Musical Club and Union, the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, and the orchestra
of the Hatfield School of Music and Drama. He became a professor of orchestra and conducting at the Royal College of
Music during 1966, a post he held for six years. During the 1960s and 1970s, Handley was a frequent guest conductor
with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic,
the BBC Welsh Orchestra and the BBC Northern Symphony, the London Philharmonic, and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
He was also frequently seen as a guest conductor on tour in various European countries, including Germany, Holland,
Sweden, and France. Handley was also seen as a conductor at the London Proms concerts, and was the chief guest
conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 1989 to 1994, in addition to holding posts with several
Australian orchestras. In 1998 he became principal guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and was, as well,
associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Handley's major impact as a conductor was through his recordings for EMI and Chandos, where he performed a large
body of important English music. For EMI, his recordings of the music of Delius and Elgar, and, especially, the nine
Vaughan Williams symphonies have proved perennially popular, the latter good successors to the earlier recordings
by Sir Adrian Boult. For Chandos, he recorded a more unusual and specialized body of work, including the six
symphonies of Sir Charles Villier Stanford -- which had largely been forgotten since the first decade of the 20th
century -- and the works of E.J. Moeran, Sir Arnold Bax, Sir Arthur Bliss, Peter Warlock, and Gerald Finzi, among
many others. Handley also occasionally did work with more mainstream European composers, including conducting
Jill Gomez's highly effective performance of the Joseph Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne.
When he wasn't conducting, Handley spent much of his time studying and photographing birds in their natural
habitats."
Source: Chandos Records CDs (My rips!)
Quality: FLAC 16-44 files (each disc incl. cover & booklet)
File Sizes: 255 MB / 230 MB / 248 MB / 284 MB / 257 MB / 224 MB / 276 MB / 268 MB
Total Size: 2.0 GB
Please request the FLAC links (including the
the covers and booklets) in this thread. PMs will be ignored!
These are my own rips. Please do not share my material further, also please
add to my reputation!
the covers and booklets) in this thread. PMs will be ignored!
These are my own rips. Please do not share my material further, also please
add to my reputation!
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has been called the most important single factor in the renaissance of English music
during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; indeed, even if one were to overlook Stanford's own vast catalog
of compositions, it would be impossible to ignore the pronounced effect Stanford's nearly 40-year teaching career had on
several generations of British composers. Born in 1852 to a prominent Irish lawyer and amateur musician, Stanford
manifested his musical talents early in life. Whether the stories that he was actively composing songs by age of four
and giving full-length recitals by age nine are true or not, Stanford was certainly the recipient of a thorough musical
and academic education, studying at Henry Tilney Bassett's school in Dublin and taking private lessons in piano, organ
and composition from a number of trained musicians (including Arthur O'Leary).
At age 18 Stanford entered Queens' College, Cambridge to pursue more serious studies in music. In 1874 he earned
a B.A. in music, having already been appointed both organist at Trinity College (a post he filled with distinction for
almost 20 years) and conductor of a number of University choral societies. After graduating from Queen's College,
Stanford traveled to the continent for further studies, working with composer Carl Heinrich Reinecke in Leipzig for
almost two years and later (having met and impressed Joseph Joachim) with Joachim's associate Friedrich Kiel in
Berlin. By the time of Stanford's return to London in the late 1870s his reputation as one of the leading British
composers of the day was secure, and a number of his large compositions (such as the Second Symphony, 1882)
were premiered during the following 10 years.
Stanford was appointed to the faculty of the new Royal College of Music in 1882, and further honored when he was
made a professor at Cambridge University in 1887. He was knighted in 1902, and remained a prominent feature
of the musical landscape of Great Britain until his death in 1924. Stanford's lifelong service to British music
earned his ashes a place of distinction next to Henry Purcell's in Westminster Abbey.
Although accounts of Stanford's life have tended to focus on his impact as a teacher (understandably, with such
notables as Vaughan Williams, Holst, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Ireland, Frank Bridge, and Arthur Bliss among
his many pupils), his merit as a composer deserve as much mention. He is, without a doubt, the greatest British
composer of sacred music since Henry Purcell: Morning, Communion, and Evening Services in B flat, Op.10 is almost
symphonic in scope, and Stanford's many cantatas and oratorios are the pre-eminent British entries in the genres.
His orchestral output includes seven symphonies and three piano concertos, and, although only one of his operas
(Shamus O'Brien, 1896) achieved any kind of success, Stanford's interest in a new kind of British opera cleared a
path for one of that country's most notable twentieth century composers, Benjamin Britten.
In addition to the symphonies, this collection includes:
Irish Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6 (Complete)
Clarinet Concerto
Concert Piece for Organ
Oedipus Rex Prelude
Piano Concerto No.2
Down Among the Dead Men Variations
Music Composed by
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Played by the
Ulster Orchestra
With
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
Janet Hilton (clarinet)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Gillian Weir (organ)
Conducted by
Vernon Handley
"One of England's busiest and most recorded conductors of the late 20th century, Vernon Handley (1930-2008)
emerged in the 1970s as the successor to Sir Adrian Boult and Sir John Barbirolli as the leading exponent of English
music. Like Boult before him, he made a career specialty out of performing and recording symphonic music from England,
some of it well-known and much of it overlooked by previous generations of conductors and audiences.
Vernon George Handley was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and the Guildhall School of Music. His earliest engagements
as conductor were with the Oxford University Musical Club and Union, the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, and the orchestra
of the Hatfield School of Music and Drama. He became a professor of orchestra and conducting at the Royal College of
Music during 1966, a post he held for six years. During the 1960s and 1970s, Handley was a frequent guest conductor
with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic,
the BBC Welsh Orchestra and the BBC Northern Symphony, the London Philharmonic, and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
He was also frequently seen as a guest conductor on tour in various European countries, including Germany, Holland,
Sweden, and France. Handley was also seen as a conductor at the London Proms concerts, and was the chief guest
conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 1989 to 1994, in addition to holding posts with several
Australian orchestras. In 1998 he became principal guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and was, as well,
associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Handley's major impact as a conductor was through his recordings for EMI and Chandos, where he performed a large
body of important English music. For EMI, his recordings of the music of Delius and Elgar, and, especially, the nine
Vaughan Williams symphonies have proved perennially popular, the latter good successors to the earlier recordings
by Sir Adrian Boult. For Chandos, he recorded a more unusual and specialized body of work, including the six
symphonies of Sir Charles Villier Stanford -- which had largely been forgotten since the first decade of the 20th
century -- and the works of E.J. Moeran, Sir Arnold Bax, Sir Arthur Bliss, Peter Warlock, and Gerald Finzi, among
many others. Handley also occasionally did work with more mainstream European composers, including conducting
Jill Gomez's highly effective performance of the Joseph Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne.
When he wasn't conducting, Handley spent much of his time studying and photographing birds in their natural
habitats."
Source: Chandos Records CDs (My rips!)
Quality: FLAC 16-44 files (each disc incl. cover & booklet)
File Sizes: 255 MB / 230 MB / 248 MB / 284 MB / 257 MB / 224 MB / 276 MB / 268 MB
Total Size: 2.0 GB
Please request the FLAC links (including the
the covers and booklets) in this thread. PMs will be ignored!
These are my own rips. Please do not share my material further, also please
add to my reputation!