Finghin Collins - C. V. Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126 / Allegro moderato

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126 I. Allegro moderato Do you know Sir Charles Villiers Stanford? If not; here is a wonderful opportunity to fill this gap: Irish pianist Finghin Collins (author of several Claves albums; among which volumes 1 and 3 of the Schumann collection) and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra co-sign with the Swiss label a magnificent recording completely dedicated to this .... Irish composer! Son of a protestant lawyer; Stanford went to Queen's College in Cambridge and Trinity College; Dublin; then left for Leipzig to study with Reinecke and Kiel. Most of his life and work were associated with Cambridge; where he was a prominent actor of the University Music Society; and with London's Royal College of Music; where he taught composition right from the opening of the establishment in 1883. He is to be thanked for the first English auditions of numerous Romantic masterpieces -- such as Brahms' First Symphony in 1877 -- and for highly original symphonic arrangements of Hymns for the Anglican liturgy. Among his own productions; « The Revenge » - a choral ballad written for the Leeds Festival -- remained an absolute favourite with British choirs for many years. Featured on Finghin Collins's CD; his 2nd Piano Concerto also dates from the 1910 Leeds Festival; where Sergei Rachmaninov interpreted his 2nd Concerto himself. The work is dedicated to Ukranian pianist Moritz Rosenthal. The Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men"; on the other hand; date from 1898 and were written for Leonard Borwick; an English pianist and former pupil of Clara Schumann. http://www.claves.ch Piano category: http://www.claves.ch/categories/piano All the albums of this artist: http://bit.ly/2g7mXjj Album N°: CD 50-1101 EAN: 7619931110127 _________________ Find more: http://www.claves.ch/categories/concerto/albums/stanford-music-for-piano-orchestra Contact us: info[at]claves.ch / +41 21 721 13 66 Press: presse[at]claves.ch _________________ Award(s): 5 diapason: http://bit.ly/2ymrCsb Gramophone Editor's Choice: http://bit.ly/2z5TtcY _________________ We are on the most famous digital stores ! iTunes: http://apple.co/2hFtzWz Amazon: http://amzn.to/2kK1TCJ Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2zlgsSe Qobuz: http://bit.ly/2iabmV1 .. _________________ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Claves records RECORDING Nordklang RECORDING PRODUCER & EDITING Johannes Kammann BALANCE ENGINEER Ines Kammann ASSISTANT ENGINEER (RTE) Damian Chennells PIANO Steinway & Sons PIANO TECHNICIAN Paul Wade PAGETURNER Katie McGuinness PHOTOGRAPHS Brendan Duffy DESIGN Amethys Special thanks to Mr Felix Lienhard © 2010 Claves Records SA, Pully (Switzerland) Recorded at National Concert Hall, Dublin (Ireland) - 8-11 June 2010 Presented with funding from the Music Network/Arts Council Music Recording Scheme _________________ Do you want to synch that? Claves records S.A: info[at]claves.ch / http://www.claves.ch/contact or Cézame Musique http://www.cezame-fle.com/ Find a Reseller in your Country http://www.claves.ch/resellers _________________ Website & Shop: https://www.claves.ch Twitter: https://twitter.com/clavesrecords Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clavesrecords Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/clavesrecordsofficial