Lyrita
Stanford: Te Deum; Elegiac Ode / Partington, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Details
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Artist
- Rhian Lois, Samantha Price, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Bbc N
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Lyrita
- Released
- Jul 19, 2024
- Catalog #
- SRCD435
- UPC
- 5020926043528
About
By the time Stanford had received a commission from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival to write a choral work for them in 1884, he had, at the age of 32, already begun to assert himself as one of Britain's leading composers. The Elegiac Ode was, however, his first mature foray into the world of major British choral festivals. Some of the Elegiac Ode had in fact been sketched three years earlier in 1881, but after the Norwich commission was received, Stanford evidently grasped the opportunity to complete the work in it's entirety in July 1884. The words were taken from the last part of Whitman's elegy, 'When lilacs in the dooryard bloom'd', written in the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination in 1865 (it was a text which Stanford's pupil, Holst, later used for his Ode to Death, composed in the wake of the war in 1919). Taking the seven verses of the burial hymn, Stanford divided his chosen text into four parts, thereby creating a four-movement musical structure more akin to a choral symphony with it's substantial (and thematically related) choral outer movements flanking two shorter inner essays. By the time Stanford had received a commission from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival to write a choral work for them in 1884, he had, at the age of 32, already begun to assert himself as one of Britain's leading composers. The Elegiac Ode was, however, his first mature foray into the world of major British choral festivals. Some of the Elegiac Ode had in fact been sketched three years earlier in 1881, but after the Norwich commission was received, Stanford evidently grasped the opportunity to complete the work in it's entirety in July 1884. The words were taken from the last part of Whitman's elegy, 'When lilacs in the dooryard bloom'd', written in the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination in 1865 (it was a text which Stanford's pupil, Holst, later used for his Ode to Death, composed in the wake of the war in 1919). Taking the seven verses of the burial hymn, Stanford divided his chosen text into four parts, thereby creating a four-movement musical structure more akin to a choral symphony with it's substantial (and thematically related) choral outer movements flanking two shorter inner essays. Stanford's large-scale setting of the Te Deum Op. 66 was first sung at the Leeds Festival on 6 October 1898 and it's ambitious, opulent dimensions were clearly intended to be a fitting commemoration of the accession to the throne of Queen Victoria (it's dedicatee) sixty years earlier as well as a tribute to the full-bodied, well-trained Leeds chorus of 350 singers. A particular feature of the Te Deum is the grandeur of much of it's choral writing. Though also dramatic in it's impact, a dominating feature of the Te Deum is it's prominent use of the chorus, and the many fulsome sonorities Stanford was able to draw from the magnificent 'instrument' of the Leeds voices. © Jeremy Dibble
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Te deum laudamus 09:34
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Te deum laudamus
- Duration
- 09:34
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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2 Tu rex gloriae 07:58
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Tu rex gloriae
- Duration
- 07:58
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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3 Judex crederis 07:49
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Judex crederis
- Duration
- 07:49
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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4 Per singles dies 07:17
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Per singles dies
- Duration
- 07:17
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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5 Miserere nostril 04:46
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Miserere nostril
- Duration
- 04:46
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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6 In te, Domine speravi 08:34
- Track
- 6
- Title
- In te, Domine speravi
- Duration
- 08:34
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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7 No. 1. Come, lovely and smoothing Death 08:31
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 1. Come, lovely and smoothing Death
- Duration
- 08:31
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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8 No. 2. Dark Mother, always gliding near 03:48
- Track
- 8
- Title
- No. 2. Dark Mother, always gliding near
- Duration
- 03:48
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Morgan Pearse
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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9 No. 3. From me to thee glad serenades 03:56
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 3. From me to thee glad serenades
- Duration
- 03:56
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer
- Rhian Lois
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington
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10 No. 4. The night is silence 10:21
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 4. The night is silence
- Duration
- 10:21
- Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Ensemble
- BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Adrian Partington