Edward Bairstow and William Harris are choral composers not often heard outside Britain, and even there, their music tends to show up in church services (both were organists as well as composers) more often than on recordings. The commercial success of this recording has doubtless been due to the chance to sample their choral music, which follows on that of Stanford and Howells, and even forms a kind of link with the large body of stylistically conservative choral music of today. Their pieces are both more progressive and ...
Read More
Edward Bairstow and William Harris are choral composers not often heard outside Britain, and even there, their music tends to show up in church services (both were organists as well as composers) more often than on recordings. The commercial success of this recording has doubtless been due to the chance to sample their choral music, which follows on that of Stanford and Howells, and even forms a kind of link with the large body of stylistically conservative choral music of today. Their pieces are both more progressive and more conservative than the Stanford works included here. They add strong dashes of chromaticism, but they don't contain the big Wagnerian gestures present in Stanford's music. Sample the fascinating choral rippling in the third minute of the Stanford Nunc dimittis from the Evening Service in A, to hear why Stanford survives but Bairstow and Harris, largely, do not. However, there's more to the success of this recording than the presence of unfamiliar repertory and the rich readings of...
Read Less
Add this copy of Bairstow, Harris, Stanford: Choral Works to cart. $21.72, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Hyperion.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Charles Villiers Stanford; Edward Bairstow; William H. Harris. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
Add this copy of Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works to cart. $27.72, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by HYPERION.
