Charles Villiers Stanford - Six Irish Rhapsodies (Chandos Audio CD)

Six Irish Rhapsodies

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

COMPACT DISC ONE
1 Irish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 78 13:42
in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré mineur
To Hans Richter
Allegro molto - Adagio non troppo - Tempo I -

2 Irish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 84 'The Lament for the Son of Ossian'* 15:44
in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur
To Willem Mengelberg
Adagio - Allegro moderato - Adagio -

3 Irish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 137† 14:08
in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
for Cello and Orchestra
Andante - Tranquillandosi Più lento - Più mosso -

4 Irish Rhapsody No. 4, Op. 141 'The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and What He Saw' 18:30
in A minor - in a-Moll - en la mineur
Larghetto - Maestoso - Allegro (alla marcia) -

5 Irish Rhapsody No. 5, Op. 147 14:33
in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur
Allegro moderato alla marcia - Larghetto - Più lento -
77:13

COMPACT DISC TWO
1 Irish Rhapsody No. 6, Op. 191‡ 10:16
in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré mineur
for Violin and Orchestra
Andante - Più mosso - Rallentando al tempo I -

Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 126§ 39:05
in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
2 I Allegro moderato 15:33
3 II Adagio molto - Più mosso (quasi andante) 12:39
4 III Allegro molto - Largamente e sostenuto 10:43

Down among the Dead Men, Op. 71§ 26:08
Concert Variations upon an English Theme
in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
for Piano and Orchestra
5 Introduction. Lento - Allegro moderato - Lento - 2:23
6 I Tranquillo 0:50
7 II Poco più moto 1:00
8 III Poco meno mosso 1:21
9 IV Presto 0:39
10 V - 0:54
11 VI Poco a poco più sostenuto 1:29
12 VII Intermezzo 2:18
13 VIII Andante tranquillo 2:10
14 IX - 1:55
15 X - 0:48
16 XI Lento 3:43
17 XII Finale. Allegro moderato e deciso 6:38
75:49
Lydia Mordkovitch violin‡
Raphael Wallfisch cello†
Margaret Fingerhut piano§
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley
Recorded in:
Ulster Hall, Belfast
August 1986 (Irish Rhapsody No. 5), 7-9 September 1987 (Irish Rhapsody No. 4), 9 & 10 March (Irish Rhapsody No. 1), 19-23 February 1989 (Piano Concerto No. 2, Down among the Dead Men), 22 August 1989 (Irish Rhapsody No. 6),
5 November 1989 (Irish Rhapsody No. 3) and 30 April-2 May 1991 (Irish Rhapsody No. 2)
Producer(s)
Ralph Couzens (Irish Rhapsody No. 2)
Tim Oldham (Irish Rhapsodies Nos 3 and 6)
Brian Couzens (other works)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K