Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, James Way, Ross Ramgobin, University of Birmingham Voices
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68418
Release: 2023
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Requiem, Op. 63
01. Ia. Introit. Requiem aeternam –
02. Ib. Te decet hymnus –
03. Ic. Requiem aeternam
04. IIa. Kyrie I –
05. IIb. Kyrie II
06. IIc. Kyrie III
07. IIIa. Gradual. Requiem aeternam –
08. IIIb. In memoria aeterna
09. IVa. Sequence. Dies irae –
10. IVb. Tuba mirum –
11. IVc. Liber scriptus proferetur
12. IVd. Quid sum miser?
13. IVe. Quem patronum rogaturus? –
14. IVf. Rex tremendae maiestatis –
15. IVg. Recordare, Jesu pie
16. IVh. Quaerens me –
17. IVi. Iuste iudex ultionis –
18. IVj. Inter oves locum praesta
19. IVk. Confutatis maledictis –
20. IVl. Lacrimosa dies illa –
21. IVm. Pie Jesu Domine
22. Va. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe –
23. Vb. Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
24. Vc. Hostias et preces tibi –
25. Vd. Transire ad vitam … Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
26. VIa. Sanctus –
27. VIb. Benedictus –
28. VIc. Osanna
29. VIIa. Agnus Dei –
30. VIIb. Lux aeterna
Recorded in association with a live performance from Birmingham’s Symphony Hall last year, this account of Stanford’s Requiem rescues a magnificent work from wholly unjustified neglect.
The performance of Charles Villiers Stanford’s forgotten late-Victorian masterpiece, marking 125 years since the premiere of the Requiem at the Birmingham Triennial Festival, featured a number of international soloists alongside Brabbins ? including Carolyn Sampson and Marta Fontanal-Simmons (both Birmingham alumni), with James Way and Ross Ramgobin.