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Charles Villiers Stanford

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Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Karel Drofnatski

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. He was instrumental in raising the status of the Cambridge University Musical Society, attracting international stars to perform with it.

     
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The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3 on Good Night, Beloved by The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
Beati quorum via on A New Heaven by The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
Eight Part Songs, Op. 115: III. The Blue Bird on The Blue Bird by Charles Villiers Stanford, National Youth Choir Of Great Britain, Bethany Partridge & Christopher Hann
The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3 on Like to the Lark by Simon Phipps, Maria Forsström, Jennifer Pike & Swedish Chamber Choir
The Bluebird on One is the All by The Choral Project
3 Latin Motets, Op. 38: III. Beati quorum via on Stanford: 3 Motets & Other Choral Music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Stephen Layton & The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge
Eight Part-songs, Op. 119: The Bluebird on Bluebird - Music Of Contemplation by Choir of New College, Oxford & Edward Higginbottom
Royal Fanfare on Great Music From Great Occasions At Westminster Abbey by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Bliss, Samuel Wesley, Dr. William McKie, Charles Villiers Stanford, Patricia Baird Ross, Hubert Parry, Walter Galpim Alcock, Jack Hilton, William Walton, Charles-Marie Widor, London Brass & Martin Neary
8 Part-Songs, Op.119: No. 3, The Blue Bird on Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles by Tenebrae & Nigel Short
St. Patrick's Breastplate "I Bind unto Myself Today" (Version for Choir & Organ) on The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 8 by Choir of Keble College, Oxford, Mark Laflin & Gavin Plumley

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
String Quartets Nos 3, 4 & 7Charles Villiers Stanford, Dante Quartet2018Album
PreludesCharles Villiers Stanford, Sam Haywood2017Album
Complete Works For Piano Solo - Vol. 3Charles Villiers Stanford, Christopher Howell2017Album
Choral MusicCharles Villiers Stanford, The Choir Of Trinity College Of Cambridge, Stephen Layton2017Album
Kathleen Ferrier Remembered: Broadcasts Of British Songs And German Lieder 1947-1952Kathleen Ferrier, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Charles Villiers Stanford, Maurice Jacobson And Edmund Rubbra With Bruno Walter, Gerald Moore, Frederick Stone2017Compil.
String Quartets Nos. 5 & 8Charles Villiers Stanford, Dante Quartet2016Album
Piano Trio No. 2; Piano Quartet No. 1Charles Villiers Stanford, Gould Piano Trio, David Adams2015Album
Elgar - Sea Pictures, Bax - Tintagel, Stanford - Songs Of The SeaArnold Bax, Sir Edward Elgar, Charles Villiers Stanford2015Compil.
The Complete Works For Cello & OrchestraCharles Villiers Stanford, Gemma Rosefield2011Album
Piano Quartet No. 2 • Piano Trio No. 1 • Legend • Jig • Hush SongCharles Villiers Stanford - Gould Piano Trio • David Adams2011Album
Clarinet Sonata • Piano Trio No. 3Charles Villiers Stanford, Robert Plane • Gould Piano Trio • Mia Cooper • David Adams2007Album
On The Sea-Shore / The Sea / Four Sea Interludes And Passacaglia / The Fisherman Of Loch Neagh And What He SawArnold Bax / Frank Bridge / Benjamin Britten / Charles Villiers Stanford / Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2007Compil.
Hear My Prayer (Hymns And Anthems)Sir Edward Elgar • Charles Villiers Stanford • Gerald Finzi • Herbert Howells • Henry Purcell - Karina Gauvin • Matthew Larkin • Choir Of St John's, Elora • Noel Edison2006Album
The Revenge: A Ballad Of The Fleet / Songs Of The Sea / Songs Of The FleetCharles Villiers Stanford, Richard Hickox, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, The BBC National Chorus Of Wales, Gerald Finley2006Album
String Quintet No 1, Piano QuintetCharles Villiers Stanford, The Vanbrugh Quartet2005Album
String Quartet No 1, String Quartet No 2, Horn FantasyCharles Villiers Stanford, The Vanbrugh Quartet2005Album
Six Irish Rhapsodies Piano Concerto No. 2 Down Among The Dead MenCharles Villiers Stanford, Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2003Compil.
Anthems And ServicesCharles Villiers Stanford - St. John's College Choir, Christopher Robinson2003Album
Frederick Thurston 1901-1953 Centenary Tribute (Quintet / 'Caoine' From Sonata Op. 129 / Quintet / Quartet)Arthur Bliss, Charles Villiers Stanford, Frederick Thurston, Myers Foggin, The Griller String Quartet, Gordon Jacob, Alan Rawsthorne, Thea King, Aeolian String Quartet2001Compil.
Violin SonatasGranville Bantock, Thomas Dunhill, Charles Villiers Stanford2001Album
Violin Concerto In D, Op. 74 / Suite For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 32Charles Villiers Stanford, Anthony Marwood2000Album
Psalms For The SoulHerbert Howells, Charles Villiers Stanford, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Herbert Sumsion, Lennox Berkeley, David Willcocks2000Album
Sacred Choral Music Volume 2Charles Villiers Stanford, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill, Stephen Farr1998Album
A Sheaf Of Songs From IrelandJohn Larchet, Charles Villiers Stanford, Arnold Bax, Havelock Nelson, Hardebeck Carl, Vincent O'Brien, Gerard Victory1998Album
Piano Concerto In F Sharp Major • Piano Concerto No 1 In G MajorCharles Hubert Hastings Parry / Charles Villiers Stanford / Piers Lane1995Album
Irish Symphony / From The Bavarian HighlandsCharles Villiers Stanford, Sir Edward Elgar, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar1994Album
The Art Of The ClarinettistColin Bradbury, Donald Watson, Oliver Davies, Henry Lazarus, Charles Oberthur, James Waterson, Johannes Wenceslaus Kalliwoda Johann wenzel Kalliwoda Charles Villiers Stanford, Fransisco Gomes, Edward German, André Messager, Richard Henry Walthew, Sir Edward Elgar, Alfred Pratt, Harold Samuel, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Domenico Liverani, Antonio Spadina, Giacomo Panizza, Ernesto Cavallini, Donato Lovreglio, Amilcare Ponchielli1994Compil.
Symphonies 1-7Charles Villiers Stanford, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1994Album
Percy Grainger Plays - Volume IIPercy Grainger Plays Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, William Byrd, Charles Villiers Stanford1993Album
Irish Rhapsody No.4 - Funeral March (Becket) - Piano Concerto No.2Charles Villiers Stanford, Malcolm Binns, The London Symphony Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Sir Adrian Boult1992Compil.
Symphony No. 1 / Irish Rhapsody No. 2Charles Villiers Stanford – Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992Album
Clarinet Concerto / 5 Bagatelles / Clarinet Concerto / 3 IntermezziEmma Johnson, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Malcolm Martineau - Gerald Finzi / Charles Villiers Stanford1992Album
Symphony No. 2 In D Minor 'Elegiac' / Clarinet ConcertoCharles Villiers Stanford - Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Janet Hilton1991Album
Jerusalem (I Was Glad • Blest Pair Of Sirens)Charles Hubert Hastings Parry • Charles Villiers Stanford • Sir Edward Elgar, Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill1991Album
Symphony No. 7 In D Minor / Irish Rhapsody No. 3 For Cello & Orchestra / Concert Piece For Organ & OrchestraCharles Villiers Stanford - Raphael Wallfisch, Gillian Weir, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1990Album
Symphony No. 4 In F Major / Irish Rhapsody No. 6 / Oedipus Rex PreludeCharles Villiers Stanford, Lydia Mordkovitch, Ulster Orchestra Conducted By Vernon Handley1990Album
The English Anthem – Volume 1Edward C. Bairstow · Gerald Finzi · Henry Balfour Gardiner · Patrick Hadley · John Ireland · Edward Naylor · John Stainer · Charles Villiers Stanford · Samuel Sebastian Wesley · Charles Wood - St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lucas, John Scott1990Album
NonetsCharles Hubert Hastings Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Capricorn1989Album
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Concert Variations upon an English Theme 'Down Among the Dead Men'Charles Villiers Stanford, Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1989Album
Symphony No. 6 In E Flat Major, Irish Rhapsody No. 1Charles Villiers Stanford, Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra1988Album
Symphony No. 5 In D Major 'L'Allegro Ed Il Penseroso', Irish Rhapsody No. 4Charles Villiers Stanford, Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra1988Album
Songs Of Farewell / Magnificat • Eternal Father • Three MotetsCharles Hubert Hastings Parry / Charles Villiers Stanford - The Choir Of Trinity College Of Cambridge, Richard Marlow1987Album
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 {The Four Temperaments} / Songs Of The Sea, Etc.Carl Nielsen, Charles Villiers Stanford, Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta1987Compil.
Symphony No.3 In F Minor 'Irish' / Irish Rhapsody No.5Charles Villiers Stanford, Ulster Orchestra Conducted By Vernon Handley1987Album
Piano Concerto No. 2Charles Villiers Stanford - Malcolm Binns, The London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite1985Album
Overture To A Greek Tragedy / Irish Rhapsody No. 4Granville Bantock / Charles Villiers Stanford - Philharmonia Orchestra / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite1985Album
Songs Of EnglandGraham Trew, Roger Vignoles - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry / Charles Villiers Stanford / Frank Bridge / Frederick Delius / Roger Quilter / Sir Arthur Somervell / William Denis Browne / Michael Head / Peter Warlock / Armstrong Gibbs / Patrick Hadley1984Album
Kathleen FerrierKathleen Ferrier - Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Claudio Monteverdi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Charles Villiers Stanford1984Compil.
The English Anthem (C. 1830 - 1900)Samuel Sebastian Wesley / Charles Villiers Stanford / John Stainer / Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley - Magdalen College Choir Oxford Directed By John Harper1984Album
The Dorians SingThe Dorian Choir, Peter Godfrey, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, William Byrd, Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir William Henry Harris, David Griffiths1983Album
Songs From The Elfin PedlarCharles Villiers Stanford, James Griffett, Clifford Benson1983Album
Songs Of The Sea / Songs Of The FleetCharles Villiers Stanford, Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar1983Album
'Irish' SymphonyCharles Villiers Stanford, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta1982Album
Stanford Cathedral MusicCharles Villiers Stanford - Choir Of Worcester Cathedral With Paul Trepte, Donald Hunt1982Album
Music For Clarinet And PianoThea King, Clifford Benson, Charles Villiers Stanford, Howard Ferguson, Gerald Finzi, William Hurlstone1981Album
Stanford Clarinet Concerto / Finzi Clarinet ConcertoCharles Villiers Stanford / Gerald Finzi - Thea King, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alun Francis1980Album
Benedictus In C / Jubilate / Ave VerumThe Choir Of Winchester College Chapel, Charles Villiers Stanford, Benjamin Britten, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1978Single
From The Shulbrede Tunes / Theme And Nineteen Variations / Three Rhapsodies, Op. 92Charles Hubert Hastings Parry & Charles Villiers Stanford1978Album
Biblical Songs & Hymns (Opus 113)Charles Villiers Stanford1977Album
Anthems And MotetsCharles Villiers Stanford & Charles Wood, Bernard Rose, Magdalen College Choir Oxford1976Album
The 'Blue Bird' And Other DelightsThe Richard Hickox Singers, Charles Villiers Stanford, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry1976Album
The Complete RecordingsCharles Villiers Stanford1974Compil.
Het Gouden Geluid Van Het King's College Choir, CambridgeThe King's College Choir Of Cambridge • David Willcocks - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck • Johann Sebastian Bach • Georg Friedrich Händel • Joseph Haydn • Gabriel Fauré • Charles Hubert Hastings Parry • Charles Villiers Stanford1974Compil.
Church Music of Stanford And WoodCharles Villiers Stanford, Charles Wood, Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Bernard Rose1973Album
Romantische KlarinettenmusikNorbert Burgmüller, Niels Wilhelm Gade, Charles Villiers Stanford - Lux Brahn, Zsuzsanna SirokayAlbum
Requiem, Musique Sacrée AnglaiseJohn Rutter, Charles Villiers Stanford, Benjamin Britten, Sir Edward Elgar / Choeur St-Michel dir. Philippe Savoy, Florence Mabboux, Vincent Perrenoud, Edmée-Angeline Sansonnens, Christophe Rody, Sébastien Bréguet, Bruno Luisoni, Christophe Crausaz, Philippe VautheyAlbum
Complete Works For Piano Solo - Vol. 1Charles Villiers Stanford, Christopher HowellAlbum
Complete Works For Piano Solo - Vol. 2Charles Villiers Stanford, Christopher HowellAlbum
Land Of Sunset Glories: Piano Music By Charles Villiers StanfordCharles Villiers Stanford, Christopher HowellAlbum
Songs Of Farewell / Part SongsCharles Hubert Hastings Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, The Louis Halsey Singers, Louis HalseyAlbum
Piano Music - 24 Preludes, Set 11, Op.179 - Three Rhapsodies, Op 92Charles Villiers Stanford, Peter JacobsAlbum
English Violin SonatasRalph Vaughan Williams – Thomas Dunhill • Granville Bantock, Charles Villiers StanfordAlbum
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