COMPOSERS: Stanford
LABELS: Naxos
ALBUM TITLE: Stanford
WORKS: Requiem
PERFORMER: Soloists, RTE Philharmonic Choir, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of IrelandAdrian Leaper, Colman Pearce
CATALOGUE NO: 8.555201-02
Stanford’s 1896
Requiem is a work of
beauty, with many
strokes of imagination
in wordsetting and
scoring. Adrian Leaper’s well-paced
performance, with an acceptable
solo quartet, a soft-grained chorus
and an excellent orchestra, and well
recorded, is a welcome transfer from
Marco Polo to its budget stable-mate.
Anthony Burton