In Memory of…: Classics for Funerals
Matthias Bamert · Yan Pascal Tortelier · Neeme Järvi · Richard Hickox · Simon Halsey · Alexander Gibson · Andrew Parrott · George Guest · George Hurst · Micaela Comberti
In Memory of…: Classics for Funerals (2005), CD, on Chandos. Music by Gabriel Fauré, Edward Elgar, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jules Massenet, performed by Matthias Bamert, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Neeme Järvi, Richard Hickox; 24 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Messa da Requiem: V. Agnus Dei
Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem
Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", op. 36: (Nimrod) Adagio
Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Messiah: Part III: 45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)
Concerto for two violins and strings, BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
Disc 2
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (Süßmayr completion): I. Introitus: "Requiem aeternam"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626
George Guest, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
La Vierge : Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge
Jules Massenet - La Vierge: Scene 4. The Assumption: Dernier sommeil de la Vierge
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36