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Originally Posted by Mirror Image
Thanks Jim. I've owned two cycles of Stanford for a while now: Handley and Lloyd-Jones and not to mention the "Six Irish Rhapsodies" disc with Handley/Ulster Orchestra on Chandos, but I think we've talked about his before.
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We have,thats right. The symphonies of Stanford are really the revival of the English symphony and paved the way for the flood that followed by Bax,Vaughn-Williams,Wallace,Elgar,etc,etc. Stanford's teachings were instrumental(pardon the pun) in forming the new British cycle of composers. Parry as well though on a more limited scale.
Granted,Stanford's compositions are not on par with Elgar or Vaughn-Williams by any degree. But they are good and at times charming in their own way.
Just my opinions of course. I have them on my computer here at work I like them that much. And yes, the Irish Rhapsodies are sheer delight. I like them better than the symphonies actually.
Jim