Sharon Carty; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews, Stanford: Orchestral Songs in High-Resolution Audio

℗ 2024 BBC / Resonus Limited

Released	June 7, 2024
Duration	1h 12m 47s
Record Label	Resonus Classics
Catalogue No.	RES10345
Genre	Classical (Romantic)

Stanford: Orchestral Songs

Sharon Carty, Morgan Pearse, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews

Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats

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An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op. 77 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.1	No. 2, A Fairy Lough Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:43
The Clown's Songs from "Twelfth Night", Op. 65 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.2	II. Come Away Death Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:34
1.3	Is it the Wind of the Dawn (Version for Voices & Orchestra) Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	2:42
1.4	La Belle Dame sans merci (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Jeremy Dibble) Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	6:46
5 Sonnets from "The Triumph of Love", Op. 82 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.5	No. 4, I Think that We Were Children Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:32
1.6	No. 3, When in Solemn Stillness Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:53
1.7	No. 5, O Flames of Passion Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	2:29
Three Cavalier Songs, Op. 17 (Version for Mezzo-Soprano)
1.8	I. Marching Along Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Singers; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	2:32
1.9	II. King Charles Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Singers; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	2:00
1.10	III. Boot, Saddle, To Horse Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Singers; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	1:56
Songs of Faith, Op. 97, Set 2 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Jeremy Dibble)
1.11	I. To the Soul Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:31
1.12	II. Tears! tears! tears Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	4:41
1.13	III. Joy, Shipmate, Joy! Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	1:50
Irish Songs and Ballads (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.14	Chieftain of Tyrconnell Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:22
Songs of Old Ireland (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.15	No. 34, The Foggy Dew Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	2:40
1.16	No. 42, When She Answered Me Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	1:47
1.17	O Ye Dead (Version for Voice & Orchestra) Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	4:00
1.18	No. 6, Battle Hymn Charles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	1:21
1.19	No. 22, Lament for O R O’Neill Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	3:35
1.20	No. 2, Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	4:16
Songs of Erin, Op. 76 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.21	No. 22, The Alarm Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	1:34
Bible Songs, Op. 113 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
1.22	III. A Song of Hope Charles Villiers Stanford; Morgan Pearse; BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews	7:03

Charles Villiers Stanford felt a special affinity for the orchestral song, an idiom which began to establish itself as a distinct art form in its own right at the end of the nineteenth century with composers such as Mahler, Richard Strauss, Elgar and Bantock. This recording, released to mark the composer’s centenary year, features a wide selection of colourful and inventive orchestrations he made of his own songs and arrangements of Irish folk melodies for the concert hall, many of which were made for the leading soloists of the days such as Harry Plunket Greene, David Bispham, Marie Brema and Olga Michailoff (the wife of Henry Wood).

192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Resonus Classics Studio Masters

	Track title	Peak (dB FS)	RMS (dB FS)	LUFS (integrated)	DR
	Album average Range of values	-3.42 -9.60 to -1.01	-25.24 -32.30 to -19.11	-20.74 -28.10 to -14.90	13 11 to 16
1	No. 2, A Fairy Lough	-6.51	-30.23	-25.5	16
2	II. Come Away Death	-4.33	-28.13	-23.3	14
3	Is it the Wind of the Dawn (Version for Voices & Orchestra)	-1.21	-24.83	-19.8	14
4	La Belle Dame sans merci (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Jeremy Dibble)	-1.30	-25.83	-20.4	15
5	No. 4, I Think that We Were Children	-1.77	-25.69	-20.3	15
6	No. 3, When in Solemn Stillness	-1.02	-20.70	-15.3	11
7	No. 5, O Flames of Passion	-1.01	-19.11	-14.9	12
8	I. Marching Along	-1.02	-19.67	-15.5	11
9	II. King Charles	-1.02	-21.17	-16.9	13
10	III. Boot, Saddle, To Horse	-1.02	-22.25	-17.6	13
11	I. To the Soul	-1.02	-22.49	-17.3	13
12	II. Tears! tears! tears	-1.02	-23.36	-18.2	14
13	III. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!	-1.61	-21.34	-17.0	11
14	Chieftain of Tyrconnell	-5.27	-27.59	-23.6	15
15	No. 34, The Foggy Dew	-7.58	-30.73	-26.4	14
16	No. 42, When She Answered Me	-9.02	-30.68	-26.1	12
17	O Ye Dead (Version for Voice & Orchestra)	-9.60	-31.12	-27.2	13
18	No. 6, Battle Hymn	-1.02	-23.26	-19.5	12
19	No. 22, Lament for O R O’Neill	-4.50	-25.08	-21.7	13
20	No. 2, Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain	-7.60	-32.30	-28.1	15
21	No. 22, The Alarm	-1.02	-21.09	-17.4	11
22	III. A Song of Hope	-5.83	-28.55	-24.2	14

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