Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphonien Nr.1-7 (CD)

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley

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CD (Compact Disc)

Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.

Item will be re-manufactured.
Expected availability end of September 2025

Current price: EUR 56.99

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Artists:: Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Label:: Chandos
Year of recording ca.:: 1986-1991
Item number:: 7061523
UPC/EAN:: 0095115927922
Release date:: 30.5.1994

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The symphonies of Charles Stanford are amongst the most impressive in the English symphonic repertoire of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their rich late-romantic style is imbued with a distinctive, discernibly Irish flavour which has won them many admirers. With its almost Brahmsian scope and manner, the Third Symphony is perhaps the most famous. Like many of the composer's other compositions, it incorporates the idiom of Irish folk music, even authentic folk-tunes. The Fifth Symphony is brimming with easy melody, and the Sixth and Seventh, too, are full of interesting and memorable ideas. The Chandos series is the only complete cycle available and has received superlative reviews over the years. The numerous Chandos recordings of the Ulster Orchestra and Vernon Handley, one of the most famous conductors of British music, are regarded as classics of the digital era.

Reviews

Gramophone 11/90: »Unterstützt von der typischen klaren, erfreulichen Chandos-Aufnahmequalität, gelingt Handley und dem Orchester ein überzeugendes Plädoyer für die weltläufige Eleganz dieser Musik.«