Georg Boge, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Brigitte Draganov, Nikolaus Resa - Stanford: Chamber Works (2021)

Tracklist

01. Quintet in D Minor, Op. 25: I. Allegro moderato ma agitato
02. Quintet in D Minor, Op. 25: II. Scherzo
03. Quintet in D Minor, Op. 25: III. Adagio espressivo
04. Quintet in D Minor, Op. 25: IV. Allegro risoluto
05. Fantasy in A Minor
06. Fantasy No. 2 in F Major


Nowadays Charles Villiers Stanford’s fame is largely based on his teaching activities in London while his reputation as a "great composer" has waned considerably. The list of his students reads like a veritable Who’s-Who of British music of the 19th and 20th century. Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Bliss, Frank Bridge and several more were taught by Stanford. His œuvre covered a wide variety of sacred and secular music and his works carry within them elements of Irish folklore and mysticism. His many chamber works have a definite air of Brahms about them… never by way of direct quote or paraphrase, but by making Brahms’ style his own.

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