Artist: The Sixteen
Title: Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Coro
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:15:37
Total Size: 283 MB


Tracklist:

1. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 1, Oh! Breathe Not His Name (2:19)
2. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 2, What the Bee is to the Flow’ret (1:32)
3. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 3, At the Mid Hour of Night (2:18)
4. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 4, The sword of Erin (2:06)
5. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 5, It is Not the Tear (3:00)
6. Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 6, Oh, The Sight Entrancing (2:25)
7. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 1, Plighted (2:07)
8. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 2, Veneta (2:20)
9. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 3, When Mary Thro' the Garden Went (3:07)
10. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 4, The Haven (3:09)
11. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 5, The Guest (3:34)
12. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 6, Larghetto (2:08)
13. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 7, Wilderspin (3:13)
14. Eight Partsongs, Op. 127: No. 8, To a Tree (3:29)
15. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 1, To His Flocks (2:51)
16. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 2, Diaphenia (1:59)
17. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 3, Damon's Passion (3:44)
18. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 4, Sweet Love For Me (2:55)
19. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 5, Corydon, Arise! (2:35)
20. Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Set 1, Op. 49: No. 6, Phoebe (2:36)
21. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 1, 'Twas Pretty to be in Ballinderry (2:37)
22. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 2, Come, Rest in This Bosom (2:10)
23. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 3, Silence is in Our Festal Halls (3:19)
24. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 4, Wreathe the Bowl (1:53)
25. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 5, When She Answered Me (2:15)
26. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 6, She is Far From the Land (1:57)
27. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 7, St Mary's Bells (2:07)
28. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 8, Awake, Awake, Fianna (1:44)
29. Nine Irish Folksongs: No. 9, Molly Hewson (1:33)
30. Five Partsongs: No. 3, Emer's Farewell to Cucullain (Londonderry Air) (Bonus Track) (2:50)

Celebrating Anglo-Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford's centenary, this new album from The Sixteen includes 17 premiere recordings of Stanford's Irish Folksongs and Partsongs. Stanford is celebrated both nationally and internationally as a composer of great diversity. He composed a substantial number of concert works, including seven symphonies, but he is best-remembered for his choral works. Stanford’s writing for voices is exquisite and his imaginative storytelling is ever-present in his Irish Folksongs where he captures everything from fiery revenge to passionate love with equal effectiveness. Stanford’s dedication to the poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge also stands out—he was drawn to the lyricism of her poetry and the imagery she conjures up—something that is clearly heard in his Opus 127 settings.