Stanford: Mass 'Via Victrix' & At the Abbey Gate

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Rescued from obscurity nearly a century after its composition, Stanford’s large-scale post-war mass is definitely worth checking out. Impassioned performances here. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd May 2019
Catalogue No: SRCD382
Label: Lyrita
Length: 79 minutes

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Stanford: Mass Via Victrix, Op. 173

Work length1:07:48

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Kiandra Howarth (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Ruairi Bowen (tenor), Gareth Brynmore John (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington

I. Kyrie eleison

Track length11:17

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II. Gloria

Track length14:14

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III. Credo

Track length18:41

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IV. Sanctus

Track length13:03

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$3.85

V. Agnus Dei

Track length10:33

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Stanford: At the Abbey Gate, Op. 177

Work length12:07

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Gareth Brynmore John (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington

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In 1919 Charles Villiers Stanford chose to compose a setting of the mass to commemorate the allied victory of WW1. The vocal score was published in 1920 however it lay unperformed for almost a century until the manuscript was edited by Professor Jeremy Dibble and given its first full performance on 27th October 2018 by BBC National Chorus of wales, conducted by Adrian Partington to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Coupled here with Standford’s 1920 work for chorus and orchestra ‘At the Abbey Gate’ inspired by the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey in 1920.

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September 2019

Rescued from obscurity nearly a century after its composition, Stanford’s large-scale post-war mass is definitely worth checking out. Impassioned performances here.

July 2019

Symphonically paced and nuanced in its construction, Stanford’s Mass receives an impressive reading from Adrian Partington, his four soloists, and the wonderful voices of the BBC National Chorus of Wales with BBC NOW. Thanks to the editorial work and tireless advocacy of Stanford scholar Jeremy Dibble, this CD again makes available an important British choral work that has lain largely forgotten for over a century.

Stanford: Mass 'Via Victrix' & At the Abbey Gate

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