Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Irish composer

Also known as: C. V. Stanford, Charles V. Stanford, Charles Villiers Stanford, Karel Drofnatski

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. He was instrumental in raising the status of the Cambridge University Musical Society, attracting international stars to perform with it.

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Albums (68 of 77 release groups)

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Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Stanford: Ballata

Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Stanford: Ballata 2025 · Album

Orchestral Anthems

Orchestral Anthems 2025 · Album

English Music for Clarinet

English Music for Clarinet 2024 · Album

Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs

Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs 2024 · Album

Orchestral Songs

Orchestral Songs 2024 · Album

Songs of the Sea / Songs of the Fleet / Symphony No. 3 "Irish"

Songs of the Sea / Songs of the Fleet / Symphony No. 3 "Irish" 2024 · Album

Cushendall - Irish Song Cycles

Cushendall - Irish Song Cycles 2024 · Album

Requiem

Requiem 2023 · Album

Five Mystical Songs and Other British Choral Anthems

Five Mystical Songs and Other British Choral Anthems 2022 · Album

Children’s Songs

Children’s Songs 2022 · Album

String Quintets and Intermezzi

String Quintets and Intermezzi 2020 · Album

Stanford and Howells Remembered

Stanford and Howells Remembered 2020 · Album

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Stanford / Gray / Wood

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Stanford / Gray / Wood 2020 · Album

String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6

String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6 2020 · Album

Like to the Lark

Like to the Lark 2019 · Album

A Song of Agincourt / Overture in the Style of a Tragedy / Verdun / A Welcome March / Fairy Day

A Song of Agincourt / Overture in the Style of a Tragedy / Verdun / A Welcome March / Fairy Day 2019 · Album

Mass "Via victrix" / At the Abbey Gate

Mass "Via victrix" / At the Abbey Gate 2019 · Album

Bairstow / Harris / Stanford

Bairstow / Harris / Stanford 2019 · Album

String Quartets nos. 3, 4 & 7

String Quartets nos. 3, 4 & 7 2018 · Album

Morning Service in C / Three Motets / Lighten Our Darkness / For Lo, I Raise Up / Eternal Father / O for a Closer Walk With God / Magnificat for Eight-Part Chorus / St Patrick's Breastplate

Morning Service in C / Three Motets / Lighten Our Darkness / For Lo, I Raise Up / Eternal Father / O for a Closer Walk With God / Magnificat for Eight-Part Chorus / St Patrick's Breastplate 2017 · Album

Preludes

Preludes 2017 · Album

String Quartets nos. 5 & 8

String Quartets nos. 5 & 8 2016 · Album

Choral Music

Choral Music 2016 · Album

English Romantic Madrigals

English Romantic Madrigals 2016 · Album

BBC Music, Volume 23, Number 7: Elgar: Sea Pictures / Bax: Tintagel / Stanford: Songs of the Sea

BBC Music, Volume 23, Number 7: Elgar: Sea Pictures / Bax: Tintagel / Stanford: Songs of the Sea 2015 · Album

Canticles from St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Canticles from St Paul’s Cathedral, London 2014 · Album

British Clarinet Concertos

British Clarinet Concertos 2012 · Album

British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1

British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1 2012 · Album

I Was Glad: Sacred Music of Stanford and Parry

I Was Glad: Sacred Music of Stanford and Parry 2012 · Album

The Romantic Cello Concerto, Volume 3: The Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra

The Romantic Cello Concerto, Volume 3: The Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra 2011 · Album

Piano Concerto no. 2 / Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men"

Piano Concerto no. 2 / Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men" 2011 · Album

Symphony no. 1 / Clarinet Concerto

Symphony no. 1 / Clarinet Concerto 2008 · Album

Symphonies nos. 3 "Irish" and 6 "In honour of G.F. Watts"

Symphonies nos. 3 "Irish" and 6 "In honour of G.F. Watts" 2008 · Album

Symphonies nos. 2 and 5

Symphonies nos. 2 and 5 2007 · Album

Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7

Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 2007 · Album

The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea / Songs of the Fleet

The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea / Songs of the Fleet 2006 · Album

Hear my Prayer: Hymns and Anthems

Hear my Prayer: Hymns and Anthems 2006 · Album

String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 2 / Horn Fantasy

String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 2 / Horn Fantasy 2005 · Album

Requiem

Requiem 2004 · Album

Anthems and Services

Anthems and Services 2003 · Album

Grainger: Rambles and Reflections

Grainger: Rambles and Reflections 2002 · Album

The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 2: Violin Concerto in D, op. 74 / Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 32

The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 2: Violin Concerto in D, op. 74 / Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 32 2000 · Album

Songs 2

Songs 2 2000 · Album

Evening Services & Anthems

Evening Services & Anthems 2000 · Album

Music for Violin and Piano

Music for Violin and Piano 1999 · Album

Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concert Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men"

Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concert Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men" 1998 · Album

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 3

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 3 1998 · Album

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 2

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 2 1998 · Album

Hear My Prayer: Choral Music of the English Romantics

Hear My Prayer: Choral Music of the English Romantics 1998 · Album

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 1

Sacred Choral Music, Volume 1 1997 · Album

Stabat Mater, Bible Songs & Te Deum laudamus

Stabat Mater, Bible Songs & Te Deum laudamus 1997 · Album

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 12: Parry: Piano Concerto in F-sharp major / Stanford: Piano Concerto no. 1 in G major

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 12: Parry: Piano Concerto in F-sharp major / Stanford: Piano Concerto no. 1 in G major 1995 · Album

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Stanford: Three Motets / Stanford: Eternal Father / Stanford: Magnificat

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Stanford: Three Motets / Stanford: Eternal Father / Stanford: Magnificat 1994 · Album

Symphony no. 1 in B flat major / Irish Rhapsody no. 2 "The Lament for the Son of Ossian"

Symphony no. 1 in B flat major / Irish Rhapsody no. 2 "The Lament for the Son of Ossian" 1992 · Album

British Cello Music, Volume 2

British Cello Music, Volume 2 1992 · Album

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto / 5 Bagatelles / Stanford: Clarinet Concerto / 3 Intermezzi

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto / 5 Bagatelles / Stanford: Clarinet Concerto / 3 Intermezzi 1992 · Album

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes 1992 · Album

Symphony No. 2, “Elegiac” / Clarinet Concerto

Symphony No. 2, “Elegiac” / Clarinet Concerto 1991 · Album

20th Century Sacred Music

20th Century Sacred Music 1991 · Album

Symphony No. 4, Irish Rhapsody No. 6 & Oedipus Rex Prelude

Symphony No. 4, Irish Rhapsody No. 6 & Oedipus Rex Prelude 1990 · Album

Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Irish Rhapsody no. 3 / Concert Piece

Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Irish Rhapsody no. 3 / Concert Piece 1990 · Album

Music for Clarinet and Piano

Music for Clarinet and Piano 1989 · Album

Nonets

Nonets 1989 · Album

Irish Rhapsody No. 1 / Symphony No. 6

Irish Rhapsody No. 1 / Symphony No. 6 1988 · Album

Symphony No. 5 in D Major & Irish Rhapsody No. 4

Symphony No. 5 in D Major & Irish Rhapsody No. 4 1988 · Album

Symphony no. 3 in F minor "Irish" / Irish Rhapsody no. 5

Symphony no. 3 in F minor "Irish" / Irish Rhapsody no. 5 1987 · Album

Great European Organs, No. 57: David Briggs Plays the Lewis Organ in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London

Great European Organs, No. 57: David Briggs Plays the Lewis Organ in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London — · Album

Twentieth Century English Choral Classics

Twentieth Century English Choral Classics — · Album

Albums (9)

Sacred Choral Music

Sacred Choral Music 2012 · Album Compilation

BEST OF BRITISH

BEST OF BRITISH 2007 · Album Compilation

English Song

English Song 2004 · Album Compilation

The British Music Collection: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

The British Music Collection: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford 2002 · Album Compilation

Trottin' to the Fair: Sings and Ballads by Sir Charles Stanford

Trottin' to the Fair: Sings and Ballads by Sir Charles Stanford 1997 · Album Compilation

Masters of English Church Music

Masters of English Church Music 1995 · Album Compilation

Symphonies nos. 1-7

Symphonies nos. 1-7 1994 · Album Compilation

Stanford: Irish Symphony / Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands

Stanford: Irish Symphony / Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands 1994 · Album Compilation

Stanford: Clarinet Concerto / Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

Stanford: Clarinet Concerto / Finzi: Clarinet Concerto 1980 · Album Compilation